scholarly journals A Novel Technology for Separating Copper, Lead and Zinc in Flotation Concentrate by Oxidizing Roasting and Leaching

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Qicheng Feng ◽  
Shuming Wen ◽  
Chuanfa Cui ◽  
Junbo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Flotation Concentrate ◽  
Copper And Zinc ◽  
Lead And Zinc ◽  
Electron Microscopy Analysis ◽  
Leaching Parameters ◽  
Copper Lead

In this work, oxidizing roasting was combined with leaching to separate copper, lead, and zinc from a concentrate obtained by bulk flotation of a low-grade ore sourced from the Jiama mining area of Tibet. The flotation concentrate contained 7.79% Cu, 22.00% Pb, 4.81% Zn, 8.24% S, and 12.15% CaO; copper sulfide accounted for 76.97% of the copper, lead sulfide for 25.55% of the lead, and zinc sulfide for 67.66% of the zinc. After oxidizing roasting of the flotation concentrate, the S content in the roasting slag decreased to 0.22%, indicating that most sulfide in the concentrate was transformed to oxide, which was beneficial to leaching. The calcine was subjected to sulfuric acid leaching for separation of copper, lead, and zinc; i.e., copper and zinc were leached, and lead was retained in the residue. The optimum parameters of the leaching process were: a leaching temperature of 55 °C; sulfuric acid added at 828 kg/t calcine; a liquid:solid ratio of 3:1; and a leaching time of 1.5 h. Under these conditions, the extents of leaching of copper and zinc were 87.43% and 64.38%, respectively. Copper and zinc in the leaching solution could be further separated by electrowinning. The effects of leaching parameters on the extents of leaching of copper and zinc were further revealed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy analysis.

Uranium Bioleaching from Low Grade Ore

2020 ◽  
Vol 989 ◽  
pp. 559-563
Author(s):  
Ashimkhan T. Kanayev ◽  
Khussain Valiyev ◽  
Aleksandr Bulaev
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Concentration ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Leach Solution ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Bacterial Cells ◽  
Acid Mine

The goal of the present work was to perform bioleaching of uranium from low grade ore from Vostok deposit (Republic of Kazakhstan), which was previously subjected to long-term acid leaching. The ore initially contained from 0.15 to 0.20% of uranium in the form of uraninite, but ore samples used in the study contained about 0.05% of uranium, as it was exhausted during acid leaching, and uranium was partially leached. Representative samples of ore were processed in 1 m columns, leach solutions containing 5, 10, 20 g/L of sulfuric acid and bacterial cells (about 104) were percolated through the ore. Leaching was performed at ambient temperature for 70 days. In one of the percolators, the leaching was performed with leaching solution containing 10 g/L of H2SO4, cells of A. ferrooxidans, and 0.5 g/L of formaldehyde. Leaching with the solution containing 5, 10, and 20 g/L of sulfuric acid made it possible to extract 50, 53, and 58% of uranium. Addition of formaldehyde in leach solution led to the decrease in uranium extraction extent down to 37%. Thus, the results of the present work demonstrated that uranium ore exhausted during long-term acid leaching may be successfully subjected to bioleaching, that allows extracting residual quantities of uranium. Leaching rate of uranium from exhausted ore depended on both sulfuric acid concentration and microbial activity of bacteria isolated from acid mine drainage, formed on uranium deposit. In the same time, acid mine drainage may be used as a source of inoculate, to start bioleaching process.

scholarly journals Extraction of Lead and Zinc from a Rotary Kiln Oxidizing Roasting Cinder

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhui Xiao ◽  
Kai Zou ◽  
Wei Ding ◽  
Yang Peng ◽  
Tao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Rotary Kiln ◽  
Lead Oxide ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Shaking Table ◽  
Lead And Zinc ◽  
Lead Recovery ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Acid Dosage

In this study, sulfuric acid leaching and gravity shaking-table separation by shaking a table are used to extract lead and zinc from a Pb-Zn oxidizing roasting cinder. The oxidizing roasting cinder—containing 16.9% Pb, 30.5% Zn, 10.3% Fe and 25.1% S—was obtained from a Pb-Zn sulfide ore in the Hanyuan area of China by a flotation-rotary kiln oxidizing roasting process. Anglesite and lead oxide were the main Pb-bearing minerals, while zinc sulfate, zinc oxide and zinc ferrite were the main Zn-bearing minerals. The results show that a part of lead contained in lead oxide is transformed to anglesite, and a 3PbO·PbSO4·H2O-dominated new lead mineral phase after acid leaching. A zinc leaching efficiency of 96.7% was obtained under the leaching conditions used: a leaching temperature of 55 °C; a leaching time of 90 min; a sulfuric acid dosage of 20%; a sulfurous acid dosage of 4%; a cinder particle size of <0.3 mm; and a solid-liquid ratio of R = 1:4. After the gravity shaking-table separation, a lead concentrate with 50.2% Pb, 2.33% Zn and lead recovery of 86.0% was produced. The main chemical compounds in leaching residue are anglesite, 3PbO·PbSO4·H2O, SiO2 and ZnFe2O4, while the main chemical compounds in lead concentrate are anglesite, 3PbO·PbSO4·H2O and SiO2.

Factors on Leaching Zinc and Copper from Zinc Leach Residue

2014 ◽  
Vol 633 ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
Li Jiao Yang ◽  
Nan Chun Chen ◽  
Xia Ping Zhong ◽  
Jun Gao ◽  
Yao Xiu Lang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Zinc Sulfide ◽  
Zinc Sulfate ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Leach Residue ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Leaching ◽  
Edta Titration ◽  
Solid Ratio ◽  
Copper And Zinc

It is found that cuprous sulfite, zinc sulfate and zinc sulfide were the main phases of copper and zinc in zinc leach residue, through analyzing its composition and phase characteristics by XRF and XRD. The method that cooperate sulfuric acid leaching with oxidant was chosen. 60 g/L H2SO4 at 60 °C for 2 h with 4% KMnO4 and liquid/solid ratio of 5..1, 84.29 % of Cu and 92.02 % of Zn are extracted. The ion concentration of copper and zinc are tested by UV-VIS spectrophotometer and EDTA titration respectively. The results show that the amount of acid is sufficient for leaching at the condition of 60 g/L H2SO4 and liquid/solid ratio of 5..1. At the same time, copper change from low valence into high valence after adding KMnO4 which strengthen the leaching, and the chemical reaction can reach balance at 60 °C for 2 h. This method has good extraction effect on copper and zinc.

Investigation and optimization of influencing parameters on the copper extraction from a low-grade oxide deposit by acid leaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Mostafa Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Mohammad Raouf Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Concentration ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Solid Content ◽  
Copper Extraction ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Operational Variables ◽  
Contour Plots ◽  
Residuals Analysis

Recovery of copper (II) from a low-grade deposit obtained from the rejects of a crushing circuit was investigated by means of leaching using H2SO4solution. Sulfuric acid concentration was between 30–180 g/L, solid content was set at 10–60%, particles were in the size range of −1 + 2 mm, and the leaching time was 5–60 min. Initially, a screening step was utilized involving a full factorial design (FFD) with four factors at two levels and two replications. Normal probability plot of residuals, analysis of variance (ANOVA), surface plots, and contour plots were used to study the effects of the main operational parameters and their interactions. The results of ANOVA,F-test andt-student test showed that at 95% confidence level, the sulfuric acid, solid content, leaching time, and the 2-way interaction of them considerably affected Cu(II) extraction, and increasing their value positively influenced the Cu(II) extraction. A factorial regression model was developed to relate Cu(II) extraction and the operational variables. The fitted model presented a good agreement between the experimental data and the predicted values with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.9989. Optimization of Cu(II) extraction suggested that the optimum conditions for Cu(II) extraction (Re = 72%) were sulfuric acid: 90 g/L, solid content: 50%, particle size: under 2 mm, and leaching time: 30 min.

Sulfuric Acid Leaching on Low Grade Oxide Ore

2013 ◽  
Vol 826 ◽  
pp. 122-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Lin Yang ◽  
Hong Mei Zhang ◽  
Gui Fang Wang ◽  
Shao Jian Ma ◽  
Min Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Concentration ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Strong Acid ◽  
Metal Extraction ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Leaching Rate ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Leaching ◽  
Solid Ratio ◽  
Iron Leaching

In this paper, sulfuric acid leaching was carried out to assess the effect of several parameters on metal extraction in a low grade complex gossan ore in which the grade of zinc and iron is 13% and 40.2%, respectively. Parameters, such as sulfuric acid concentration, liquid to solid ratio and leaching temperature, were studied. The results show that the zinc leaching rate is almost 80%, while the iron leaching rate is about 45% used strong acid with 200g/L. It can be seen from the results that sulfuric acid leaching could not effectively recover zinc from gossan ores studied in this paper because of iron dissolving greatly.

scholarly journals Implementation of sulfuric acid leaching for aluminum and iron removal for improvement of low-grade silica from quartz sand of Sukabumi, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6 (111)) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Eko Sulistiyono ◽  
Murni Handayani ◽  
Agus Budi Prasetyo ◽  
Januar Irawan ◽  
Eni Febriana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Acid Concentration ◽  
Quartz Sand ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Concentration ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Sulfuric Acid Leaching ◽  
X Ray

Indonesia has very abundant reserves of silica, but progressive studies on the deposition of this material are very few, resulting in limited applications of silica. This work refers to the purification of silica from quartz sand originated from Sukabumi, Indonesia to obtain high-purity silica, which can be applied as important raw materials for special purposes. The aim of our research is to improve low-grade silica from quartz sand by removing impurities, especially aluminum and iron removal, using sulfuric acid leaching. In order to achieve the aim, the effect of reaction time and sulfuric acid concentration on the leaching process was investigated. The effectiveness of sulfuric acid for the impurities removal was observed. The chemical composition of the samples before and after leaching was studied using X-ray fluorescence. The mineralogical analysis of the starting materials and the products was conducted using X-ray diffraction. Microstructure analysis was performed using a scanning electron microscope, and EDS test was used to show the element composition at different points. The experimental results show that the optimum condition of the leaching process occurs at a reaction time of 5 hours with a sulfuric acid concentration of 10 N. The silica levels increase from 93.702 % to 96.438 %. Aluminum and iron impurities reduced from 4.691 % to 2.712 % and from 0.641 % to 0.094 %, respectively. At this optimum point, sulfuric acid is very effective to remove aluminum and iron impurities up to 42 % and 85 %, respectively. The results of this research can be a very significant opportunity to increase the value added of quartz sand from Sukabumi, which can enhance the quality of low-grade silica to provide better raw materials for glass industries.

Preliminary Studies on Acid Leaching of Finely-Ground Malaysian Low Grade Manganese Ore (LGMO)

2016 ◽  
Vol 840 ◽  
pp. 364-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Fasyraf Hafizi Mohd Rozali ◽  
Nurulfazielah Nasir ◽  
Suhaina Ismail ◽  
Norazharuddin Shah Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Fine Particle ◽  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Reducing Agents ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Manganese Ore ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Leaching Process

Ore samples, believed to be low grade manganese ore were characterized using XRD, XRF and SEM, before being ground further into very fine particle sizes going through a preliminary leaching process. Sulfuric acid was chosen as the leachant, and leaching was done without any presence of reducing agents.

Phytoremediation as an Alternative Way for the Treatment of Large, Low Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites: Application at a Former Uranium Mining Area

2009 ◽  
Vol 71-73 ◽  
pp. 705-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Willscher ◽  
J. Wittig ◽  
Hans Bergmann ◽  
Georg Büchel ◽  
Dirk Merten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acid Leaching ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Contaminated Sites ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Test Field ◽  
Field Site ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University ◽  
Uranium Mining Area

Large sites with a low contamination of metall(oid)s were in the past a problem for remediation measures – the “traditional” processes were too expensive for an application on such expanded areas. Phytoremediation can be an alternative for such low contamination problems. In Germany, a research project is performed on this subject, in cooperation of the University of Jena and the TU Dresden. The field site is a former U mining area. Until 1991, a low grade U ore dump for sulfuric acid leaching was located on this site. After the close-down of the U mining in East Germany in 1991, the dump material was removed. Now, a phytoremediation test field is constructed on top of this site for the capture of the remained contaminants coming up by capillary forces. The paper pictures the phytoremediation in general, the research project and gives some first preliminary results.

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