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Journal Article
High-Purity Tungsten Oxide Production from Low-Grade Scheelite Concentrates at Pilot Plant Scale
2025
Overview
Tungsten is a critical raw material with increasingly important industrial applications. It is primarily found in minerals such as scheelite and wolframite (0.5% W), which are extracted and processed at the mine site to produce a high-grade scheelite concentrate (60% W). This process results in significant tungsten losses in the form of tailings, currently not utilized at the EU level. Deep eutectic solvents and imidazolium-based ionic liquids have been shown to possess excellent utility for recovering tungsten from low-grade concentrates, achieving tungsten oxide (96% purity) at high global yields (80%). In this study, an optimized ionic liquid-based process (involving leaching, solvent extraction, crystallization, and calcination) was developed at the laboratory scale. Important issues such as solvent flammability or the commercial availability of ionic liquids were addressed to ensure the safety and industrial feasibility of the process. Furthermore, a pilot plant was designed, constructed, and operated for a significant period (3 days). Tungsten oxide was produced with improved purity (>99%) and global yield (91.6%) in continuous operation.
