MINERALOGICAL STUDIES IN ASSISTING BENEFICIATION OF …
MINERALOGICAL STUDIES IN ASSISTING BENEFICIATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALS FROM CARBONATITE DEPOSITS Wendy Thompson*, Annegret Lombard, Eunice Santiago, Ashma Singh Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125, South Africa Abstract Rare earth elements (REE) are either housed in exotic REE minerals that sporadically populate the