Hydrometallurgy

Hydrometallurgy is a technique within the field of extractive metallurgy, the obtaining of metals from their ores. Hydrometallurgy involve the use of aqueous solutions for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.^[1]^[2] Processing techniques that complement hydrometallurgy are pyrometallurgy, vapour metallurgy, and molten salt electrometallurgy. Hydrometallurgy is typically divided into three general areas:

Leaching
Solution concentration and purification
Metal or metal compound recovery

^ Brent Hiskey "Metallurgy, Survey" in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2000, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1921182208091911.a01
^ Habashi, F. (2009). "Recent Trends in Extractive Metallurgy". Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy. 45: 1–13. doi:10.2298/JMMB0901001H.

[KO-1] Brent Hiskey "Metallurgy, Survey" in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2000, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1921182208091911.a01

[2] Habashi, F. (2009). "Recent Trends in Extractive Metallurgy". Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy. 45: 1–13. doi:10.2298/JMMB0901001H.

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