摘要:
Provided is a method for producing ferronickel from a nickel sulfide or a mixed sulfide containing nickel and cobalt, obtained by hydrometallurgy of nickel oxide ore or obtained from scraps or products in process. The method for producing a ferronickel raw material is to form the ferronickel raw material from a nickel sulfide or a mixed sulfide containing nickel sulfide and cobalt sulfide, wherein treatments are performed through the following steps: (1) redissolution step, (2) deferrization step, (3) solvent extraction step, (4) hydroxylation step, (5) roasting step, and (6) washing and calcining step.
摘要:
A hydrometallurgical process for a nickel oxide ore comprising obtaining an aqueous solution of crude nickel sulfate by high pressure acid leaching of a nickel oxide ore; obtaining a zinc free final solution by sulfurization of the solution; obtaining a waste solution; and scrubbing hydrogen sulfide gas from an exhaust gas. The process is characterized by at least one of the following operations: Adjusting the total volume (m3) of a sulfurization reactor to a ratio of 0.2-0.9 (m3/kg/h) relative to the input mass (kg/h) of the nickel to be introduced to the reactor; and/or subjecting the waste solution and the exhaust gas to countercurrent contact, then introducing the exhaust gas back to the scrubber and charging the waste solution from the scrubber into the sulfurization reactor.
摘要:
A hydrometallurgical process based on pressure leaching at elevated temperature for recovering nickel from nickel oxide ores, characterized by a simplified and efficient process as a whole, realizing a simplified leaching stage, reduced neutralizer consumption and precipitate production in the neutralization stage, and efficient use of recycled water.The hydrometallurgical process of the present invention, comprising a leaching stage which stirs the slurried ore in the presence of sulfuric acid at 220 to 280° C. to produce the leached slurry; solid-liquid separation stage which washes the leached slurry in multi-stages to produce the pregnant liquor and leached residue, the former containing nickel and cobalt; neutralization stage which treats the pregnant liquor in the presence of calcium carbonate incorporated to keep the pH level at 4 or less, while suppressing oxidation of the liquor, to produce the neutralization precipitate slurry and mother liquor for nickel recovery, the former containing trivalent iron; and a sulfide precipitation stage which blows hydrogen sulfide gas into the mother liquor to produce the sulfide solution and barren liquor, the former containing nickel and cobalt.
摘要:
A method of sulfidation removal of zinc using hydrogen sulfide is provided, desirably at a temperature at 60° C. or lower, wherein in a container that is pressurized at 0.1 MPa or less with respect to atmospheric pressure, by making the pH of the solution 1.5 to 4.0, and the concentration of hydrogen sulfide in gas 2 volume % or greater in equilibrium with the hydrogen sulfide dissolved in the solution, the zinc in solution is removed by sulfidation to 1 mg/liter or less.
摘要:
A hydrometallurgical process based on pressure leaching at elevated temperature for recovering nickel from nickel oxide ores, characterized by a simplified and efficient process as a whole, realizing a simplified leaching stage, reduced neutralizer consumption and precipitate production in the neutralization stage, and efficient use of recycled water. The hydrometallurgical process of the present invention, comprising a leaching stage which stirs the slurried ore in the presence of sulfuric acid at 220 to 280° C. to produce the leached slurry; solid-liquid separation stage which washes the leached slurry in multi-stages to produce the pregnant liquor and leached residue, the former containing nickel and cobalt; neutralization stage which treats the pregnant liquor in the presence of calcium carbonate incorporated to keep the pH level at 4 or less, while suppressing oxidation of the liquor, to produce the neutralization precipitate slurry and mother liquor for nickel recovery, the former containing trivalent iron; and a sulfide precipitation stage which blows hydrogen sulfide gas into the mother liquor to produce the sulfide solution and barren liquor, the former containing nickel and cobalt.
摘要:
A hydrometallurgical plant for nickel laterite ore extraction having a plurality of treatment facility lines wherein the plant is capable of minimizing a decrease in throughput when line failure occurs and efficiently restoring normal operation status Each line of the treatment facility includes a pretreatment step, a leaching step, a solid-liquid separation step, a neutralization step, a zinc removal step, a sulfurization step and a detoxification step. The lines are coupled by pipelines, each having a valve, installed after the solid-liquid separation step for sending a liquid from the solid-liquid separation step to the neutralization step in each line and/or after the sulfurization step for sending a liquid from the sulfurization step to the detoxification step in each line.
摘要:
The hydrometallurgical process for a nickel oxide ore comprising a step (1) for obtaining an aqueous solution of crude nickel sulfate by High Pressure Acid Leach of a nickel oxide ore; a step (2) for obtaining a zinc free final solution formed; a step (3) for obtaining a waste solution; and a step (4) for scrubbing a hydrogen sulfide gas in exhaust gas, wherein utilization efficiency of hydrogen sulfide gas is enhanced while maintaining nickel recovery rate.It is characterized in that at least one kind of the following operations (a) to (d) is adopted. (a) to adjust total volume (m3) of the sulfurization reactor (B) in the above step (3), at a ratio of 0.2 to 0.9, relative to input mass (kg/h) of nickel to be introduced; (b) to evaporate, under negative pressure, slurry in the above step (3), and to add hydrogen sulfide gas recovered to the above step (3); (c) to reuse exhaust gas from the sulfurization reactor in the above step (3), and add it to the step (2); and (d) to subject the waste solution in the above step (3) and exhaust gas in the above step (4) to countercurrent contact, then to introduce the exhaust gas to the scrubber again and to charge waste solution from the scrubber into the sulfurization reactor in the step (3).
摘要:
Provided is a method for producing ferronickel from a nickel sulfide or a mixed sulfide containing nickel and cobalt, obtained by hydrometallurgy of nickel oxide ore or obtained from scraps or products in process. The method for producing a ferronickel raw material is to form the ferronickel raw material from a nickel sulfide or a mixed sulfide containing nickel sulfide and cobalt sulfide, wherein treatments are performed through the following steps: (1) redissolution step, (2) deferrization step, (3) solvent extraction step, (4) hydroxylation step, (5) roasting step, and (6) washing and calcining step.
摘要:
The separation method for zinc sulfide, in the hydrometallurgical process by a High Pressure Acid Leach for nickel oxide ore comprising leaching and solid/liquid separation step, neutralization step, zinc removal step, and nickel recovery step, which can inhibit clogging of a filter cloth and reduce a frequency of washing operation and replacement operation of a filter cloth by improving filtration performance of zinc sulfide, and inhibit decrease of nickel recovery ratio, in the zinc removal step in which zinc sulfide is formed by adding a sulfurizing agent to the neutralization final liquid containing zinc as well as nickel and cobalt and zinc sulfide is separated to obtain a mother liquid for nickel recovery containing nickel and cobalt.The separation method for zinc sulfide of the present invention is characterized in that in the above-described neutralization step, the leach residue is added to the leach liquor, and pH of the neutralization final liquid is adjusted so as to fall to the range from 3.0 to 3.5, and in the zinc removal step, the suspended solid comprising the neutralized precipitate and the leaching reside are kept remained in said neutralization final liquid so that turbidity thereof falls in the range from 100 to 400 NTU.
摘要:
The hydrometallurgical Process for a nickel oxide ore, which is capable of preventing inevitable operation shutdown of a leaching step and maintaining high operation efficiency as a whole process, in a trouble of the steps other than the leaching step, in a hydrometallurgical Process for a nickel oxide ore using a High Pressure Acid Leach.It is characterized in that, the hydrometallurgical Process for a nickel oxide ore using a High Pressure Acid Leach equipment equipped with the following means (a) to (c), in a trouble of the steps other than the above leaching step, the leached slurry discharged from the means (c), which is used in the above High Pressure Acid Leach equipment, is subjected to self-circulation inside the High Pressure Acid Leach equipment, by transferring to the means (a), which is used in the above High Pressure Acid Leach equipment, as well as by shutdown of receiving the ore slurry and the addition of sulfuric acid, in the above leaching step: means (a) to preliminarily increase temperature and pressure of the ore slurry; means (b) to form the leached slurry, by the addition of sulfuric acid to the ore slurry with preliminarily increased temperature and pressure, and leaching under blow of high-pressure steam and high-pressure air; means (c) to eliminate a pressurized state of the leached slurry formed.