A critical review on solvent extraction of rare earths from aqueous solutions

• Published in: Minerals engineering Vol. 56; pp. 10 - 28
• Main Authors: Xie, Feng, Zhang, Ting An, Dreisinger, David, Doyle, Fiona
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Aqueous solutions; Minerals; Process configuration; Rare earth compounds; Rare earth elements; Rare earth metals; Rare earths; Separation; Solvation; Solvent extraction; Process configuration; Solvent extraction; Rare earths

•Separation processes for RE solvent extraction from aqueous solutions have been reviewed.•Bastnesite, monazite, and xenotime are main sources of RE hydrometallurgical processing.•SX is the main technology to separate individual rare earths or produce mixed rare earths.•For process configuration, up...