Abstract:
A method for vitrification of arsenic and antimony, comprising substituting oxygen to sulfur on thiosalts, incorporating resulting sodium arsenate and sodium antimonate into a sodium silicate glass-forming mixture and vitrifying the sodium silicate glass-forming mixture into a resulting glass sequestering the arsenic and antimony.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is the plasmid pSheB, particularly a plasmid which may comprise a fragment of pSheB including the arr module and functional derivatives thereof, and strains containing such a plasmid, preferably the Shewanella sp. strain, deposited as KKP 2045p, which are capable of removing arsenic by dissolution of minerals and reduction of arsenates to arsenites. The object of the invention is also the method and the use of such bacterial strains or compositions which may comprise them, for the selective removal of arsenic from mineral resources, raw materials industry waste or soil.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a ferroalloy containing nickel. From a fine-grained raw material containing iron and chromium and a fine-grained raw material containing nickel, a mixture is formed with binding agent, the mixture is agglomerated so that first formed objects of desired size are obtained. The objects formed are heat treated in order to strengthen the objects so that the heat treated objects withstand conveyance and loading into a smelter furnace. Further, the objects are smelted under reducing circumstances in order to achieve ferrochromenickel, a ferroalloy of a desired composition containing at least iron, chromium and nickel.
Abstract:
A process and apparatus for refining iron from high-phosphorus content iron ores. The process involves mixing a high-phosphorus iron oxide ore and an alkaline solution of pH between about 12.5 and 13.5, screening the mixture by gravity to separate an alkaline-high-phosphorus solution from a low-phosphorus iron ore; and treating the low-phosphorus iron ore with lime and a natural gas.
Abstract:
An improved process to benefit colemanite and/or howlite minerals comprising the stages of: treating mineral with sulfuric acid in order to dissolve boron compounds; separating the solution formed from the solids in suspension; reacting said solution with hydrogen sulfide in order to precipitate the arsenic and iron impurities contained in the solution, and separating the impurities precipitated from the remaining solution as a beneficiated colemanite with boron. Said solution of the beneficiated colemanite with boron can be dried by spray fluidizing in order to obtain solid beneficiated colemanite with boron or said solution can be reacted with calcium hydroxide to precipitate a beneficiated colemanite with calcium borate which is separated from the remaining solution. This can be recycled for treatment with sulfuric acid to concentrate the mineral.The beneficiated colemanite with precipitated calcium borate, can be reacted with sulfuric acid in order to separate gypsum from the solution, while evaporating the remaining solution to precipitate boric acid. Said evaporation could be partial, while recycling the remaining solution to the evaporation stage to concentrate the boric acid.
Abstract:
A process for treating sulfide ores to reduce the sulfur content or recover the metal content therefrom comprises the use of enzymatic action to solubilize the sulfur and metal content.A nutrient, such as a saccharide, is used along with yeast spores which feed on the sugar and produce enzymes which act on sulfur in the sulfide ore to cause the sulfur to go into solution and to dissolve those metals which are soluble in strongly acidic solution. Sulfuric acid can be formed from the sulfide ores or from free sulfur by reaction with water, with evolution of hydrogen sulfide gas. Oxidation of at least a portion of the hydrogen sulfide can be achieved to regenerate sulfuric acid.
Abstract:
In producing a copper concentrate by flotation in which copper minerals are separated from arsenic minerals by using oxoacids of sulfur and oxidants, the arsenic in the copper concentrate is reduced by a simple method. In producing the copper concentrate by the flotation in which an arsenic-containing copper ore is a raw material, the oxoacids of sulfur and hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant are used together as additive reagents, and added in this order.