Poor permeability, high mud and impurities contents, severe curing conditions and ore complexity are primary challenges faced by Yangla Copper Mine (YCM) during acid leaching, resulting in a poor ...
Jul 31, 2021· The leaching behavior of an Iranian copper oxide ore in sulphuric acid was investigated in detail to evaluate the inuence of various factors, to optimize the dissolution conditions, and to ...
Apr 19, 2019· Copper Leaching Practices. For centuries small amounts of copper have been recovered from acid mine-drainage waters. In recent years, the expansion of copper-bearing waste dump leaching for copper recovery has established a technological basis that is rapidly converting the art of copper leaching into a science.
Copper extraction from primary copper sulfide ore from a typical porphyry copper deposit from Antofagasta, Chile, was investigated after leaching with a chloride-ferrous media at two temperatures. The study focused on whether this chemical leaching system could be applied at an industrial scale. Leaching tests were conducted in columns loaded with approximately 50 kg of agglomerated ore; the ...
The flotation tailings pond of the Bor Copper Mine poses a great ecological problem not only for the town of Bor but also for the surrounding soils and watercourses. Since the old flotation tailings contain about 0.2% of copper on the average, we investigated their leaching with sulphuric acid in the absence and presence of an oxidant.
May 23, 2017· The flowsheet discussed in this study is for treatment of 100 tons per day oxide-sulfide copper ore by the leaching process using sulfuric acid-ferric sulfate solvent. This flowsheet would also be suitable for a larger tonnage by proper sizing of the various units of equipment. The flowsheet contemplates a six to seven day leach …
existing mathematical models of heap leaching. Sulfuric acid curing is a pretreatment to accelerate the extraction kinetics of copper ores and is widely used in copper operations. The curing process involves the addition of a highly concentrated sulfuric acid to the copper ore during agglomeration. Then, chemical reactions already begin prior to
As with oxide ores, solvent extraction and electrowinning technologies are used to recover the copper from the pregnant leach solution. Supergene sulfide ores rich in native copper minerals are refractory to treatment with sulfuric acid leaching on all practicable time scales, and the dense metal particles do not react with froth flotation media.
The "Gall-Copper Process" was recorded as being used during the Song Dynasty (960-1271AD). Copper was precipitated from solution by dipping iron into the blue vitriol solution - a process identified as early as 150 BC in China. 6 Therefore, presumably, the recognition of a natural copper leaching process can be identified as early as that date.
A study of reactions in the fluid-bed roasting of Union Minière's chalcocite concentrates has made it possible to achieve optimum recovery of copper and cobalt during the acid leaching of ...
Nov 20, 2018· Acid consumption is another area of concern due to the high consumption of 18–20 tons of acid per ton of copper at YCM, which corresponds to 34% of the overall production cost, and high acid consumption also leads to mineral dissolution and subsequent precipitation that commonly reduce permeability and restrict leaching.
Mar 17, 2021· Alena opens describing the heap leaching process for copper: Copper ore is excavated from the ground, crushed and then spread in uniform layers on a pad. A slow trickle of sulfuric acid is distributed over the pile, where it percolates to the bottom and a collection point.
methods employing sulfuric acid leaching. Several of these methods or variations of these methods are routinely used for oxide or acid soluble copper determinations at commercial laboratories in the western United States. Information regarding the dissolution behavior of a number of common copper
The results indicated that zinc extraction efficiency was higher than 95%. A selective acid leaching process was then used to recover the copper content of the residue after filtration. In the second stage, an additional 1 N of sulphuric acid was added to the suspension in the selective leaching process, and the pH value was controlled at 1.5-2.0.
Copper mining from oxide ores demand sulfuric acid that percolates the heap leaching pill. From there acid is debilitated while copper goes to the electro winning process. LEWA process pumps are used to reinject sulfuric acid at 98% into the main pipelines that go to the heap leach sprinklers, recovering the concentration with safety ...
Jul 18, 2021· The chemical binder is one of the critical factors affecting ore agglomeration behavior and leaching efficiency. In this study, we investigated the effect of the type of binder and mass fraction of the H 2 SO 4 solution used on the curing, soaking, and leaching behavior of agglomerations. The results revealed that Portland cement (3CaO·SiO 2, 2CaO·SiO 2, and 3CaO·Al 2 O 3) was the optimal ...
ACIDIC LEACHING OF COPPER AND TIN FROM USED CONSUMER EQUIPMENT D. Oraca,*, T. Havlika, A. Maulb, M. Berwangerb a Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Metallurgy, Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Waste Treatment, Kosice, Slovakia b RWTH Aachen University, Department of Processing and Recycling, Aachen, Germany (Received 03 December 2014; accepted 06 April 2015)
Aug 01, 2019· The calculated leaching rates of zinc and copper were 98.4% and 96.01% in the acid leaching residues containing 0.64% zinc and 0.41% copper respectively. 99.58% lead and 98.93% bismuth remained in the acid leaching residues can be returned to …
The leaching reagent (dilute sulfuric acid) is sprayed through sprinklers on top of the heap pile and allowed to trickle down through the heap, where it dissolves the copper from the ore. The resulting "pregnant" leach solution of sulfuric acid and copper sulfate is collected in a small pool. The copper compound can now be seen at ...
copper concentrations for an acid leaching operation are of the order of 1-2g copper (Cu)/L compared to PLS concentrations for the AmmLeach® process of 6-12g Cu/L. This, coupled to the much greater copper transfer between aqueous and organic, allows the efficient handling of high copper tenors in PLS (in acid plants this would
Oct 15, 2009· Leaching processes of metallic copper or ores containing copper in the divalent state have been the subject of many research works in recent years,,,, . However, no study was found concerning the dissolution kinetics of CuO/Al 2 O 3 catalyst in inorganic or organic acid solutions.
The amounts of leached chromium, copper and arsenic by sulfuric acid (pH 3) during 15 days were, respectively, 0.2, 0.14 and 0.15 mg more than leachates by nitric acid (pH 5) on the basis of 1g of wood (initial contents of 1.03 mg, 0.42 g and 0.8 mg per g of wood). Most of the leaching occurs in the first 5 days, and the rate of leaching ...
Herein we investigated simple acid leaching to effectively extract copper and limit iron dissolution. Selective copper leaching was achieved with all the acids studied, including HCl, HNO3, and H2SO4.
Leaching offers an alternative to copper mining. First, the ore is treated with dilute sulphuric acid. This trickles slowly down through the ore, over a period of months, dissolving copper to form a weak solution of copper sulphate. The copper is then recovered by electrolysis. This process is known as SX-EW (solvent extraction/electrowinning).
copper recoveries can be made in the leach, the economic necessity of limiting oxidation of sulfur suggests that a multi-stage leach procedure recovering about 50 per cent per stage is desirable. ChalCocite final concentrates, rougher concentrates, and ores were tested. These leached more readily than chalcopyrite concentrate.
A required amount of 75 g/L. sulphuric acid solution was used and 5 g of the ground copper oxide ore with a solid to liquid. ratio of 13%. Leaching parameters such as leaching time from 0.25 – 4 ...
by neutralizing the acid leach liquor or by leaching oxide copper with ammonia, but neither solution was economical. a molecule that extracted copper well from typical dump leach liquors (pH ~1.8) had to be built. The reagent LIX 64, containing the ketoxime LIX Copper recovery using leach/solvent extraction/electrowinning technology:
leaching methods. Agents for leaching copper can be acid, base, or salt solutions. Of all of these agents, sulphuric acid has been given the broadest industrial application in hydrometallurgy of copper. The basic copper carbonate minerals, which are easily leached with the solution of sulphuric acid are: azurite, malachite and chrysocolla.