Short Course on

Hydrometallurgy

Fathi Habashi
Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering

Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

Fathi.Habashi@arul.ulaval.ca
 Topics
1) History
2) Scope
3) Solution Chemistry
4) Leaching Agents
5) Leaching Mechanisms
6) Leaching Methods and Equipment
7) Engineering Aspects
8) Role of Microorganisms
9) Leaching of Metals
10) Oxides and Hydroxides
11) Complex Oxides
12) Sulfides and Disulfides
13) Selenides and Tellurides
14) Arsenides
15) Phosphates
16) Silicates
17) Chlorides and Sulfates
18) Treatment of Leach Solutions: Concentration, Purification
19) Solvent Extraction
20) Crystallization, Hydrolytic, and Ionic Precipitation
21) Reduction