Hydrometallurgy | Article about Hydrometallurgy by The ...
hydrometallurgy[¦hī·drō′med·əl‚ər·jē] (metallurgy) Treatment of metals and metalcontaining materials by wet processes. Hydrometallurgy the extraction of metals from ores, concentrates, and various waste products by means of aqueous solutions of chemical reagents with the subsequent separation out of the metals from these solutions. In 1763 ...