Abstract:
The invention provides a method for selectively solubilizing the non-ferrous metals contained in sulphurized ores and concentrates, with regard to the iron and sulphur therein, by subjecting the ore or concentrate to lixiviation with an aqueous solution of cupric chloride at a temperature above 50.degree. C., preferably at a temperature between 70.degree. C. and 105.degree. C., and then regenerating said aqueous solution in situ at atmospheric pressure by means of air and a regeneration agent selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid and ferrous chloride. The invention also contemplates the preferable inclusion in the aqueous cupric chloride solution of an agent for solubilizing cuprous chloride selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal chloride, an alkaline earth metal chloride, ammonium chloride, and ferrous chloride. When the regeneration agent is hydrochloric acid, the pH of the aqueous cupric chloride solution is at most 1 in the presence of ferrous chloride and at most 3 in the absence of ferrous chloride. When the regeneration agent is ferrous chloride, the pH of the aqueous cupric chloride solution ranges between 1 and 3, the temperature of the solution exceeds 50.degree. C., and the solution contains at least 1g/l of cuprous ions and at least 2g/l of ferrous ions, with the result that geothite is precipitated and may be separated, and the non-ferrous metals isolated as the aqueous solutions of the metal chlorides.
Abstract:
The improvement in the method of recovering copper from low grade ore containing oxidized copper ore which comprises establishing a dump of such ore in fragmented form, substantially completely wetting the ore in the dump with strong aqueous sulfuric acid containing at least about 100 g/l H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, allowing the acid wetted ore to age for a period of at least about three days, thereafter washing the aged ore with dilute aqueous sulfuric acid containing about 5 to 40 g/l H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, collecting such washings, and recovering copper therefrom.
Abstract translation:从含有氧化铜矿的低品位矿石中回收铜的方法的改进,其中包括以碎片形式倾倒这种矿石,使用含有至少约100g / l H 2 SO 4的强硫酸水溶液基本上完全润湿了矿石中的矿石 允许酸润湿的矿石老化至少约三天的时间,然后用含有约5至40g / l H 2 SO 4的稀硫酸水溶液洗涤老化矿石,收集这种洗涤液,并从中回收铜。
Abstract:
A hydrometallurgical process to recover metal value e.g., copper, from sulfide ore concentrates, e.g., chalcopyrite, bornite and chalcocite characterized by: (1) nitric acid-sulfuric acid leach whereby the acidity is just sufficient to retain iron in solution while extracting substantially all of the copper and reducing nitrate to a low level, (2) reduction of nitrate to
Abstract:
A metal is leached from an ore or concentrate with an aqueous solution of an organic chelating agent. In selecting a suitable agent the formula Beta >10 3/Ksp is employed wherein Beta is the stability constant of the chelate composed of the agent and the metal to be leached, and Ksp is the solubility product constant, in water, of the compound in the ore or concentrate which supplies the metal in the chelate. As an example, an aqueous solution of EDTA leaches copper from a carbonate ore in a limestone matrix. Metal values are then recovered from solution by chemical reduction, electrolysis, cementation, sulfide precipitation or pH control.
Abstract:
THE BENEFICIATION ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION IS CARRIED OUT BY COMMINUTING THE STARTING COMPLEX SULFIDE ORE (INCLUDING SO-CALLED BLACK ORE), WHILE BEING CONCURRENTLY AIR-DRIED, THE COMMINUTED DRY ORE IS THEN FORTHWITH PULPED, AND THE PULP IS SUBJECTED TO LEACHING WITH E.G. WATER TO LEACH OUT WATER-SOLUBLE CONSTITUENTS THEREFROM. FILTRATION SEPARATES THE WATER-INSOLUBLES FROM THE FILTRATE. ROUGH FLOTATION SEPARATES THE FILTER CAKE INTO A PYRITE CONCENTRATE AND A COPPER AND ZINC CONCENTRATE. THE LATTER IS SEPARATED INTO A COPPER CONCENTRATE AND A ZINC CONCENTRATE BY DIFFERENTIAL FLOTATION, FOLLOWING CONDITIONING. CYANIDE SOLUBLES ARE REMOVED FROM THE ZINC CONCENTRATE. WASH WATERS AND FILTRATES FROM THE LEACHINGS ARE RECIRCULATED AND RE-USED.
Abstract:
THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING COPPER AND SULFATE SALTS OF SODIUM, OF POTASSIUM, OF MAGNESIUM OR OF CALCIUM, OBTAINED AS BY-PRODUCTS, BY REACTING AT LEAST ONE COPPER COMPOUND, SUCH AS COPPER SULFATE, COPPER CARBONATE, COPPER OXIDE OR BASIC COPPER SALTS OF THESE COMPOUNDS WITH SALTS OF SODIUM, OR OF POTASSIUM, OR OF MAGNESIUM OR OF CALCIUM WHICH PRODUCE SULFITE IONS OR HYDROGEN SULFITE IONS IN THE WATER SOLUTION, BY HEATING IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER.
Abstract:
Liquid/liquid extraction process for copper from an aqueous sulphuric acid solution acting on the concentrated mineral or semi-finished product to be treated.The extraction is carried out in an organic solvent containing in solution an extraction agent derived from 2-phenyl-4-acyl-(3H)-pyrazol-3-ones, with the phenyl group subsitituted or unsubstituted.Application to the upgrading of minerals.
Abstract:
A process for extracting metal values from aqueous solutions of metal salts which comprises the steps of contacting the aqueous solution with a solution in a water-immiscible organic solvent of one or more o-hydroxyaryloximes containing at least 3 aliphatic or alicyclic carbon atoms and which are strong metal extractants and one or more alkylphenols optionally containing one chlorine atom or one cyano group, separating from the aqueous phase the solvent phase containing metal in the form of a complex with the o-hydroxyaryloxime contacting the solvent phase with an aqueous mineral acid, and separating the solvent phase from the aqueous phase containing metal in the form of a salt with the mineral acid.