This report is in the form of a guide for planning and developing treatment flowsheets for uranium ore processing. Ore mineralogy data, analysed, described and interpreted in ways most meaningful to the metallurgist, form the most essential information required as a basis of such planning. As a first attempt to correlate, on a worldwide basis, ore type with processing, the report should constitute a useful basis for the future development of these themes. The purpose of this publication is to update and expand the first edition, which was published in 1983, and to report on advances in uranium ore processing which have taken place since. It includes background information about the principles of the unit operations used in uranium ore processing and summarizes the current state of the art.
Extensive references provide sources for specific technological details.