NICAL

Atmospheric heap-leaching to solve nickel laterite processing problems

Coordinatore	NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM    more  Organization address address: CROMWELL ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 5BD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lyanne Cognome: Wylde Email: send email Telefono: -6124 Fax: +44 20 7942 5841
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	791˙271 €
EC contributo	791˙271 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-3-1-IAPP
Funding Scheme	MC-IAPP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-11-01   -   2012-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM  Organization address address: CROMWELL ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 5BD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lyanne Cognome: Wylde Email: send email Telefono: -6124 Fax: +44 20 7942 5841	UK (LONDON)	coordinator	0.00
2	CALDAG NIKEL MADENCILIK SANAYI VE TICARET AS  Organization address address: CAMPINAR KOYU BAYRAMSAH MEVKII TURGUTLU city: MANISA postcode: 45400 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Sadan Cognome: Tutuncu Email: send email Telefono: 902325000000 Fax: 902325000000	TR (MANISA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Atmospheric heap leaching (AHL) offers a new low-cost, safe, environmentally friendly hydrometallurgical technology which has the potential to be applied to the treatment of currently neglected oxide-rich nickel laterite ores in southern Europe & elsewhere. Current limitations to application of the process are largely a function of a poorly characterized mineralogy of the ore types & a consequent lack of predictability to the leaching process applied to mixed ore types. The NICAL IAPP aims to forge a long-term partnership between Sardes Nickel (SN) currently applying AHL technology to the Caldag deposit in Turkey with the mineralogical research expertise at the Natural History Museum in the UK (NHM). NICAL will use the experience gained from the Caldag deposit to devise an integrated series of mineralogical experiments to better characterise the ore types from which it will design & carry out leach testing on a range of European deposits. Mineralogical research will use new x-ray techniques under development by researchers at NHM to characterise nickel residence in the diverse mineral phases & the process of how nickel is leached from these minerals by AHL will be quantified. Further work will develop mineralogical tools which may be used for the future routine screening of nickel laterite resources, identified elsewhere but not currently developed. The capabilities of both partners will be extended through the collaborative research programme and focused training initiatives, developing research within SN. The scientific results of the project will be disseminated via targeted workshops, international conferences & peer-reviewed publications. It is anticipated that IPR of economic value, relating to the processing of nickel ores and the development of novel analytical equipment will result from the research. The aim is to protect this IPR by patents, the value of which may be realised through licensing agreement to internationial mining companies.'