The production of electrolytic manganese in South Africa
The flowsheet of the Delta Manganese plant at Nelspruit is given in Fig. 1. The process consists essentially of four main steps: (a) reduction of the ore from manganese (IV) to manganese (II) to solubilize it in sulphuric acid, (b) leaching of the reduced ore in spent electrolyte by the reverseleaching technique to minimize the dissolution of ...