Inventors:
William E. Fristad - Santa Rosa CA
Jeffrey L. Narum - Santa Rosa CA
Phillip L. Mattison - Santa Rosa CA
Michael J. Virnig - Santa Rosa CA
John Fast - Littleton CO
Assignee:
Cognis, Inc. - Santa Rosa CA
International Classification:
C22B 1100
Abstract:
The invention is a process and an apparatus for removing metal contamination from soil. In the method, the soil is treated to produce soil with a small particle size. The particulate soil is then separated into a coarse fraction and a fine fraction. The coarse fraction and the fine fraction are contacted with a leach solution in separate contacting zones to remove the metal contamination from the soil, the metal is removed from the leach solution and the leach solution recycled to the leaching zones.