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Lun-wei Wang, Xue-ming Lü, Mei Liu, Zhi-xiong You, Xue-wei Lü, and Chen-guang Bai, Preparation of ferronickel from nickel laterite via coal-based reduction followed by magnetic separation, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 25(2018), No. 7, pp. 744-751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1622-7 |
Zhi-xiong You E-mail: youzx@cqu.edu.cn
Xue-wei Lü E-mail: lvxuewei@163.com
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