Sulphide ores are major sources of base metals like Copper Lead Zinc Nickel Cobalt etc Beneficiation of these base metal sulphide minerals is predominating through froth flotation technique The beneficiation of CS ore type is simple but processing of GMS ore type is complicated due to high pyrite content coupled with its fine
Get PriceBesides copper ions considerably high ferrous/ferric ion concentrations were achieved in the leach solution This concentration was sufficiently high for the use of either solvent extraction or ion exchange techniques or both for further treatment of the leach solution Key words low grade ores; copper minerals; column leaching 1 Introduction
Get PriceNow Jetti aims to apply its technology to recover copper from a common type of sulfide ore that couldn t be economically processed via either route — the copper content is too low to justify the cost of refining while the hard non reactive coating prevented the copper from being extracted in the lower cost electro chemical or leaching
Get PriceA 1 part Sulphuric acid to 5 parts water pre treatment to remove the Copper and most base metals would be a sensible approach to your problem As for my choice of leach at this point T6 at ph2 from GoldmineWorld or Sodium Thiosulphate Electrowin the Gold from the leach solution
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Get PriceAcid leaching of a copper ore by sulphuroxidizing We compared copper extraction from ore 1 by addition of sulphuric acid to leach solution to maintain a pH of 2 0 and 2 by biological formation of sulphuric acid from S o oxidation in the ore bed In the case of 1 the pH of the recirculating leach solution was adjusted 4 to 5 times weekly to pH 2 0 by addition of 5 M H 2 SO 4 In the case of 2 H
Get PriceA leach solution is circulated down through a fractured ore body to dissolve the values and is then pumped to the surface where the values are precipitated Heap leaching is done on ores of semilow grade—that is high enough to be brought to the surface for treatment This method is increasing in popularity as larger tonnages of semilow
Get PriceThe leaching of copper from chalcopyrite in H2SO4 solution under pressure oxidative conditions and its kinetics were investigated in this study Leaching variables that affect the rate of copper dissolution from chalcopyrite are agitation speed 300 900 rpm total pressure 0 8 2 0 MPa temperature 160 180 °C and sulfuric acid concentration 0 1 2 0 M Results showed that
Get Pricethe method comprises the following steps breaking secondary copper oxide ore and secondary copper sulfate ore mixing and performing wet process dump leaching; using dilute sulphuric
Get PriceHeap leaching accounts for around 20% of the global production of copper In heap leaching coarsely crushed ore particles are contacted with an aqueous lixiviant percolating through large packed beds heaps of the ore particles with the loaded solution collected at the foot of the heap for metal recovery solution make up and recycle
Get PriceHigh Pressure Acid Leach HPAL is a process used to extract nickel and cobalt from laterite ore bodies The HPAL process utilizes elevated temperatures roughly 255 degrees Celsius elevated pressures roughly 50 bar or 725 psi and sulfuric acid to separate nickel and cobalt from the laterite ore
Get PricePetrosea Jul 2024 Present5 months Indonesia I am the deputy project manager in this joint venture with Fluor installing a new SAG mill and copper cleaner circuit at the PT Freeport mine in Grasberg mine in Papua Indonesia Representing Petrosea interests in the joint venture and managing the overall project with my counterpart from Fluor
Get PriceThe effects of total pressure on copper leaching rate total pressure 0 8 1 5 and 2 0 MPa agitation speed 700 rpm particle size 75 100 μm H 2 SO 4 concentration 1 0 M temperature 180 °C and pulp density 10% Full size image Fig 5 XRD patterns of an initial feed and residues obtained from various total pressure leaching
Get PriceHigh pressure grinding rolls HPGR are an accepted but continuously expanding comminution technology The copper industry has a growing need to process harder ores with progressively lower grades more challeng ing metallurgy and increasing demand for efficient bacterial leaching applications This has resulted in a major
Get PriceTheoretically one pound or iron will precipitate 1 137 pounds of copper while in actual practice two to three times this amount is required especially if the iron used is highly oxidized Sponge iron is usually more effective and consumption is often equal to weight of copper precipitated
Get PriceThe present invention relates generally to a process for recovering copper and other metal values from metal containing materials and more specifically to a process for recovering copper and
Get PriceBioleaching is used today in commercial operations to process ores of copper nickel cobalt zinc and uranium whereas biooxidation is used in gold processing and coal desulfurization Bioleaching involves the use of microorganisms to catalyze the oxidation of iron sulfides to create ferric sulfate and sulfuric acid
Get PriceHigh pressure hydrometallurgical unit operations utilizing autoclave technology and associated equipment have been exploited for the treatment of sulphidic or oxide ores and concentrates for the recovery of many important elements Au Cu Co Mo Ni U Zn and platinum group metals
Get PriceThree copper sulphide leaching and refining processes are discussed total pressure oxidation ferric sulphate leaching and copper chloride leaching The effect of mineralogy on the
Get PriceHowever in the acid leaching process the major bottleneck is the co leaching of iron potassium calcium magnesium and sodium Which substance is used to leach the ore in aluminium extraction In the Bayer process bauxite ore is heated in a pressure vessel along with a sodium hydroxide solution caustic soda at a temperature of 150 to 200 °C
Get PriceThe leaching rate of copper was 87 84% at MT1 The easily leached copper oxide minerals were dissolved totally 86 34% of isomorphic copper minerals were also leached including 78 88% copper bearing biotite 95 14% copper bearing muscovite and all copper bearing chlorite
Get PriceFlotation high pressure oxidative leaching Solvent extraction process Copper grade achieved 0 6 mass% from the initial 0 35 mass% under the optimal flotation conditions whereas the recovery of copper was about 78% Then the leaching percentage of copper from the concentrate of mine tailings achieved 94 4% under the optimized HPOL conditions
Get PriceOverview Pressure Oxidation POX is a process used to extract gold copper zinc molybdenum and uranium from refractory ore bodies The POX process utilizes elevated temperatures roughly 230 degrees Celsius elevated pressures roughly 35 bar or 510 psi and oxygen to liberate the minerals from refractory ores
Get PriceThe extraction of nickel from ore follows much the same route as copper and indeed in a number of cases similar processes and equipment are used The major differences in equipment are the use of higher temperature refractories and the increased cooling required to accommodate the higher operating temperatures in nickel production The specific processes taken depend on whether the ore is a
Get Price;;;; Abstract Zinc smelting high sulfur residues is a dangerous waste residue produced by the zinc oxygen pressure leaching process Due to the complex mineral phase and the lack of in depth research on process mineralogy it is difficult to safely utilize and dispose of high sulfur residues
Get PriceLeaching Most hydrometallurgical processes include one or more leaching steps to initially dissolve the metal of interest or to remove unwanted impurities The leaching process may employ one of a variety of chemicals such as dilute sulfuric acid dilute aqueous cyanide or other reagents
Get PricePressure leaching is an option for copper recovery from chalcopyrite Leaching takes place at high temperatures and pressures in the presence of an oxidising agent This work shows how the performance of pressure leaching circuits may be improved by optimising the configuration of autoclaves and the heat removal method
Get PriceS/S samples were prepared by the static pressure method which compacted a certain amount of mixture into a specific mold with a jack to obtain the designed sample H Y Effect of temperature on leaching behavior of copper minerals with different occurrence states in complex copper oxide ores M D ; Singh K K ; Morrison C A ; Love J
Get PriceAt these elevated temperatures the total POX autoclave is classified as a high temperature pressure leaching process Marsden 2007a The pressure range at which total POX autoclaves operate is between 30 40 atmospheres Dreisinger 2024 This combination of high pressure and temperature as
Get PriceThe test ore sample was taken from a copper mine in Yunnan Province The heap leaching method was used to recover copper The ore was an alkaline oxide ore with a high mud content and the copper grade was 1 26% In the production process the problem of poor permeability in ore heaps led to the failure of ore recovery
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