Resource commodity
Niobium (commodity)
Niobium as a traded commodity. In the Iberian case held here it is carried in columbotantalite alongside tantalum, and the two must be taken apart chemically before either is a product.
Classification
- commodity class
- metal
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EstablishedAssociation: columbotantalite carries both. Co-extracted with Cyanex 923; separated only at the stripping stage, by fluoride and ammonia concentration.
Reported for this deposit
Niobium and tantalum travel together out of the rock and out of the leach: in the Iberian case held here both are carried by one mineral, columbotantalite, both are co-extracted by one extractant, and only two different stripping solutions take them apart.
- assertion basis: SOURCE_REPORTED
Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence · one source
Evidence: Rodríguez 2020 · Peer-reviewed
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