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Minerals glossary

High-pressure acid leaching

Also called HPAL, mixed hydroxide precipitate, MHP

Dissolving nickel and cobalt from laterite ore with sulfuric acid at high temperature and pressure. It yields intermediates such as mixed hydroxide precipitate for battery materials.

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