ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,106, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MINEX TECHNOLOGY GROUP Ltd. (Surrey, Great Britain).
"Metal recovery process" was invented by Brian Matthew Dey (South Glamorgan, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for recovering a metal in the form of a metal halide from a metal-containing source is described, the process comprising the steps of: -(i) forming a solid metal halide containing product by contacting the metal-containing source with a gaseous halide in an oxidising environment and at a temperature below the vaporisation temperature of the metal halide of interest; (ii) heating the metal halide containing produc...