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Uranium Processing Removing Heavy Metals from the Wastewater
Unit: Chemical Equilibria
This activity was developed for the Saskatchewan Mining Association by A. Lafontaine (Teacher, Kenaston School). Uranium Processing information provided by B. Bharadwaj (Metallurgist, Cameco) and the Mill staff at Rabbit Lake Mine (Cameco Corporation).
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Potash Mining – How to Sparate the KCI from the Ore
Unit: Chemical Equilibria
Students will discover how mining companies process the raw ore of potash (sylvinite) to produces the desirable potassium chloride (KCl). The students are given the task of separating the valuable KCl (sylvite) from the NaCl (halite) and gangue minerals in the ore.