To produce this form of yellowcake, crushed ore is mixed with hot water to a 58% solids slurry.
In this extraction step, the dissolved uranium is transferred from the feed solution into the organic solvent.
Next a stripping step recovers the uranium into a sodium chloride aqueous phase after which the barren solvent is recycled.
The high-grade “pregnant” strip solution from SX goes to the next stage where magnesia slurry is added to precipitate magnesium diuranate.
The yellow cake precipitate is then thickened, dried, re-crushed and packed into industry standard 220 litre steel drums for shipment to customers.