A Review of Nickel, Copper, and Cobalt Recovery by Chelating Ion Exchange Resins from Mining Processes and Mining Tailings

Amilton Barbosa Botelho1, David Dreisinger2, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa1
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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