Correction: Shikika et al. Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Bearing Ore by Means of Ammonium Bifluoride Fluorination and Sulfuric Acid Leaching. Minerals 2021, 11, 1392 - 2025
Correction: Shikika et al. Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Bearing Ore by Means of Ammonium Bifluoride Fluorination and Sulfuric Acid Leaching. Minerals 2021, 11, 1392
ammonium bifluoride; tantalum and niobium; coltan ore; sub-molten leaching; fluorination
Abstract :
[en] The contact details of the author Alidor Shikika have been updated. The original publication [1] contained a typographical error in the XRD data collection description (radiation source wavelength), and a mistake in the XRD data itself (ABF/ore mass ratio of 3/1) due to a copy–paste error. A correction has been made to Section 2. Materials and Methods, Subsection 2.2. Ore Characterization, second paragraph: The mineral-phase analysis of the ore was carried out by an X-ray Bruker D8-ECO diffractometer with CuKα radiation (λ = 1.54 Å). The sample was pulverized before being scanned between 3 and 90°2θ at a rate of 0.02°2θ per second. In the original publication, there was a mistake in Figure 13 as published. The XRD pattern (b) corresponding to the ABF/ore mass ratio of 3/1 was incorrectly plotted when importing data from the XY file, leading to data misrepresentation. The corrected Figure 13 appears below. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
Research Center/Unit :
GeMMe - Georesources, Mineral Engineering & Extractive Metallurgy
Disciplines :
Geological, petroleum & mining engineering Chemical engineering
Author, co-author :
Shikika, Alidor ; GeMMe-Mineral Processing and Recycling, University of Liège, Liege, Belgium ; Unité de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies Innovantes des Matériaux et de l’Envirronnement (URSTIME), Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu), Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo
Zabene, Francois ; Unité de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies Innovantes des Matériaux et de l’Envirronnement (URSTIME), Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu), Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo
Muvundja, Fabrice ; Unité de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies Innovantes des Matériaux et de l’Envirronnement (URSTIME), Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu), Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo ; Centre de Recherche en Environnement et Géo-Ressources (CREGéR), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UC Bukavu), Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo
Mugumaoderha, Mac C. ; Unité de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies Innovantes des Matériaux et de l’Envirronnement (URSTIME), Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu), Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo ; Centre de Recherche en Environnement et Géo-Ressources (CREGéR), Université Catholique de Bukavu (UC Bukavu), Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo ; Namur Institute of Structured Matter (NISM), Synthesis, Irradiation and Analysis of Materials Platform (SIAM), University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
Colaux, Julien L. ; Namur Institute of Structured Matter (NISM), Synthesis, Irradiation and Analysis of Materials Platform (SIAM), University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
Aatach, Mohamed ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Traitement et recyclage des matières minérales (y compris les sols)
Gaydardzhiev, Stoyan ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Traitement et recyclage des matières minérales (y compris les sols)
Language :
English
Title :
Correction: Shikika et al. Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Bearing Ore by Means of Ammonium Bifluoride Fluorination and Sulfuric Acid Leaching. Minerals 2021, 11, 1392
Publication date :
04 August 2025
Journal title :
Minerals
eISSN :
2075-163X
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Special issue title :
Moving towards the Crystal Structure, Molecular or Atomic-Scale for Green and Novel Hydrometallurgical Processing
Correction to: Shikika et al., “Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Bearing Ore by Means of Ammonium Bifluoride Fluorination and Sulfuric Acid Leaching”, Minerals 2021, 11, 1392, DOI: 10.3390/min11121392. The correction concerns the corresponding-author contact details, the XRD method description and Figure 13. The scientific conclusions of the original publication are unaffected.
Shikika A. Zabene F. Muvundja F. Mugumaoderha M.C. Colaux J.L. Aatach M. Gaydardzhiev S. Extraction of Ta and Nb from a Coltan Bearing Ore by Means of Ammonium Bifluoride Fluorination and Sulfuric Acid Leaching Minerals 2021 11 1392 10.3390/min11121392