Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Environmentally Benign Method For Removing Uranium And/Or Scandium From Nickel- And/Or Cobalt-Containing Resources

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647114399 A) filed by Umicore on September 24, 2026, for Environmentally Benign Method For Removing Uranium And/Or Scandium From Nickel- And/Or Cobalt-Containing Resources.

Inventors include Verdickt, Werner; Vereycken, Willem; and Roosen, Joris.

The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an environmentally benign method for removal of uranium and/or scandium from nickel- and/or cobalt-containing resources, comprising the steps of: i. leaching a solid material feed comprising uranium and/or scandium, and at least 20 wt% of at least one of nickel and cobalt, wi...