Inventor
LIU HOUYUAN
US23 patents
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BHP MINERALS INT INC
7 patentsUS6312500B1Nov 6, 2001
Heap leaching of nickel containing ore
BHP MINERALS INT INC59 citations96
US5571308ANov 5, 1996
Method for recovering nickel from high magnesium-containing Ni-Fe-Mg lateritic ore
BHP MINERALS INT INC100 citations95
US6395061B1May 28, 2002
Process for organic acid bioleaching of ore
BHP MINERALS INT INC23 citations92
US5304359AApr 19, 1994
Dissolution of platinum group metals from materials containing said metals
BHP MINERALS INT INC25 citations87
US5292490AMar 8, 1994
Recovery platinum group metals from oxides ores
BHP MINERALS INT INC15 citations72
US5236491AAug 17, 1993
Boron recovery from geothermal brines
BHP MINERALS INT INC8 citations72
US5328035AJul 12, 1994
Lithium metatungstate
BHP MINERALS INT INC14 citations69
BHP BILLITON SSM TECH PTY LTD
5 patentsUS7871584B2Jan 18, 2011
Consecutive or simultaneous leaching of nickel and cobalt containing ores
BHP BILLITON SSM TECH PTY LTD9 citations79
US7597738B2Oct 6, 2009
Production of ferro-nickel or nickel matte by a combined hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical process
BHP BILLITON SSM TECH PTY LTD9 citations76
US7585350B2Sep 8, 2009
Production of ferronickel
BHP BILLITON SSM TECH PTY LTD8 citations76
US7559972B2Jul 14, 2009
Process for enhanced acid leaching of laterite ores
BHP BILLITON SSM TECH PTY LTD5 citations54
US7758669B2Jul 20, 2010
Process for recovery of nickel and cobalt by heap leaching of low grade nickel or cobalt containing material
BHP BILLITON SSM TECH PTY LTD2 citations53
BHP BILLITON SSM DEV PTY LTD
5 patentsUS7935171B2May 3, 2011
Production of metallic nickel with low iron content
BHP BILLITON SSM DEV PTY LTD4 citations57
US8366801B2Feb 5, 2013
Atmospheric acid leach process for laterites
BHP BILLITON SSM DEV PTY LTD4 citations50
US9481919B2Nov 1, 2016
Production of high grade nickel product
BHP BILLITON SSM DEV PTY LTD2 citations48
US7988938B2Aug 2, 2011
Selectively leaching cobalt from lateritic ores
BHP BILLITON SSM DEV PTY LTD0 citations46
US9920397B2Mar 20, 2018
Removal of ferric iron as hematite at atmospheric pressure
BHP BILLITON SSM DEV PTY LTD0 citations28