Solvent Extraction

Mineral processing describes applications that separate minerals from ores. Phosphine derivatives are proven to effectively extract/interact with specific minerals. These products are used commercially as solvent extractants and as flotation promoters. These same products have potential use as high performance chelating agents to remove specific minerals.

Cytec's CYANEX^® phosphine derived solvent extractants are recognized as industry leaders in cobalt/nickel separation and uranium recovery from phosphoric acid. The Company's extraction technology is playing a major role in the design of new separation processes, including the recovery of organics and mineral acids from industrial waste effluent streams.

Cytec is the world's largest supplier of specialty mining reagents and polymers. AEROPHINE^® phosphine derived promoters improve metals recovery (Cu, Pb, and Zn) in mineral processing flotation systems, and are used widely in processing complex sulfide ores around the world. Another area of application for phosphine derived products is to complex with Cadmium for removal from phosphoric acid streams. Visit the Mining Chemicals pages of Cytec.com to discover more about these.