Application of Supercritical Fluid Extraction to extract and recover Rare Earth Elements

Solicitation number NRCan- 5000044351

Publication date

Closing date and time 2019/03/01 14:00 EST

Last amendment date


    Description

    By means of the RFP, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking proposals from bidders for:

    1.2.1 The objective of this project is to have a third-party (hereafter referred to as the ‘contractor’) evaluate the SCFE technology using CO2 as the solvent with TBP/HNO3 adduct as the chelating agent for its potential to extract rare earth elements from mineral samples. Three mineral samples will be used as feeds for this project, namely a mineral concentrate, a pre-treated mineral concentrate, and a leach residue. Supercritical CO2 containing TBP/HNO3 complex would be used to extract REE directly from the solid matrices. The extraction results on the three feeds will be analyzed and compared in order to understand the REE extraction achievable from each. Parameters that effect the extraction recovery and kinetics will also be investigated.

    Contract duration

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    Trade agreements

    • No trade agreements are applicable to this solicitation process
    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Natural Resources Canada
    Address
    580 Booth St
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E4
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Khokhar, Abbas
    Phone
    343-292-8319
    Email
    abbas.khokhar@canada.ca
    Address
    580 Booth ST
    Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E4
    CA

    Buying organization(s)

    Organization
    Natural Resources Canada
    Address
    580 Booth St
    Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E4
    Canada
    Bidding details

    Full details regarding this tender opportunity are available in the documents below. Click on the document name to download the file. Contact the contracting officer if you have any questions regarding these documents.

    Tender documents
    Document title Amendment no. Language Unique downloads Date added
    English
    5
    French
    0
    000
    English
    23
    000
    French
    4

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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Ontario (except NCR)
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding