Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Bastnasite Ore and Separation of Heavy REEs and Light REEs by Solvent Extraction

S. Samet Kaplan, M. Seref Sonmez*, Martina Petranikova

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Abstract

In this study, rare earth elementsRare earth elements in bastnasite oreOre from Eskişehir, Turkey, were extracted by leachingLeaching using EG-FeCl3-based deep eutectic solventDeep Eutectic Solvents (DES) together with the following solvent extractionExtraction. LeachingLeaching conditions such as temperature, FeCl3 molarity, solid–liquid ratio (S/L), time, and mixing speed were determined using Taguchi orthogonal (L32) method. About 62.704 wt.% of light REEs (La, Ce, Nd, Pr) were dissolved after the calcination of the oreOre using 1 M of FeCl3 at S/L ratio of 0.05, with 600 rpm of stirring rate for 16 h at 50 °C. Heavy REEs and light REEs were separated by solvent extractionExtraction. D2EHPA extracted Y and Th from the leachate sufficiently. The highest distribution ratio for both elements was 17.28 and 8.39, respectively. Following to extractionExtraction, 74% of Y has been stripped back to 2 M HNO3 solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRare Metal Technology 2025
EditorsKerstin Forsberg, Athanasios Karamalidis, Takanari Ouchi, Gisele Azimi, Shafiq Alam, Neale R. Neelameggham, Alafara Abdullahi Baba, Hong Peng, Hojong Kim
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages59-66
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783031811814
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Event12th Symposium on Rare Metal Extraction and Processing, 2025 was part of the 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, TMS 2025 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 23 Mar 202527 Mar 2025

Publication series

NameMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
ISSN (Print)2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)2367-1696

Conference

Conference12th Symposium on Rare Metal Extraction and Processing, 2025 was part of the 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, TMS 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period23/03/2527/03/25

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2025.

Keywords

  • Deep eutectic solvents (DESs)
  • Extractive metallurgy
  • Green solvents
  • Rare earth elements

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