摘要:
A process for recovering zinc from zinc-containing sulphidic material which also contains iron and lead includes leaching the material under oxidizing conditions at a temperature in the range of from about 130.degree. to about 155.degree. C. in aqueous sulphuric acid solution with a stoichiometric excess of sulphuric acid relative to the zinc content of the material of from about 50 to about 100% to produce an undissolved residue containing a major proportion of the lead and a leach solution containing a major proportion of the zinc and iron. The sulphur and lead containing residue is separated from the zinc and iron containing leach solution. Elemental sulphur is physically separated from the remaining lead-containing residue, and the remaining lead-containing residue is recovered. The zinc and iron containing leach solution is treated to recover zinc by feeding the solution to another process in which zinc-containing material is treated to recover zinc and which includes an iron-precipitation step.
摘要:
A process for recovering zinc from material containing zinc ferrite includes leaching the ferrite containing material together with zinc sulphide containing material in a leach step, with the relative amounts of ferrite material and zinc sulphide material being such that the zinc present as zinc ferrite is a minor proportion of the total zinc content of the ferrite material and the zinc sulphide material. The leach step is carried out in aqueous sulphuric acid solution at elevated pressure under oxidizing conditions and at a temperature above the melting point of sulphur, with the sulphuric acid to zinc molar ratio being less than about 1.2:1, to cause dissolution of a substantial amount of zinc from the ferrite material and from the sulphide material.
摘要:
A process for recovering gold from refractory auriferous iron containing sulphidic material which comprises treating an aqueous slurry of the material in a pressure oxidation step at a temperature in the range of from about 135.degree. to about 250.degree. C. under a total pressure of from about 500 to about 5000 kPa to oxidize sulphide sulphur to sulphate form and release gold from a refractory state. The pH of the resultant oxidized slurry is adjusted to a value suitable for cyanidation. The pH adjusted slurry is subjected to a cyanidation step in which gold is dissolved in a cyanide solution. The cyanided slurry is diluted to a pulp density in the range of from about 2 to about 10% solids by weight. The diluted slurry is subjected to a liquid-solids separation step to produce a gold containing solution and a relatively high pulp density gold-containing slurry, and gold from the gold-containing solution and from the high pulp density gold-containing slurry is separately recovered.
摘要:
A process for separately recovering platinum group metal values, nickel values and copper from nickel-copper-iron sulphidic matte containing platinum group metals includes leaching ground matte at atmospheric pressure in acidic nickel-copper sulphate solution at a temperature in the range of from about 75.degree. to about 105.degree. C. and at a pH below about 4 initially under oxidizing conditions and subsequently under neutral or non-oxidizing conditions to cause dissolution of nickel and iron, precipitation of copper as a copper sulphide and precipitation of dissolved platinum group metals. The copper, nickel and platinum group metal containing solids are separated from the nickel and iron containing sulphate solution and are leached in acidic nickel-copper sulphate solution under pressurized oxidizing conditions at a temperature of from about 120.degree. to about 180.degree. C. to cause dissolution of nickel and copper with minor dissolution of platinum group metals. The platinum group metal containing solids are separated from the nickel and copper containing sulphate solution, and copper is electrowon from the nickel and copper containing sulphate solution under conditions to cause cathodic deposition of copper without significant deposition of nickel. Spent nickel and copper containing electrolyte solution which also contains minor amounts of dissolved platinum group metals is recycled to the atmospheric leach and pressure leaching steps.
摘要:
A process for recovering zinc from zinc-containing sulphidic material also containing iron and from zinc oxide containing material. Zinc-containing sulphidic material is leached under oxidizing conditions at a temperature in the range of from about 130.degree. to about 170.degree. C. in aqueous sulphuric acid solution with an initial stoichiometric excess of sulphuric acid relative to the zinc content of the sulphidic material to form a leach slurry containing dissolved zinc and iron. The leach step is continued until a substantial amount of zinc has been dissolved from the sulphidic material. Zinc oxide containing material is then added to the leach slurry to raise the pH of the slurry to a value in the range of from about 4.5 to about 5.5 to precipitate dissolved iron and form an iron-containing residue and a relatively iron-free leach solution. The residue is separated from the leach solution, and the leach solution is treated to recover zinc.
摘要:
A process for selectively removing ions of copper and/or cadmium from a sulphate solution containing nickel and/or cobalt values. The solution is treated at a temperature in the range of from about 85.degree. to about 95.degree. C. and at a pH in the range of from about 4.5 to about 5.5 with hydrogen sulphide to precipitate copper and/or cadmium ions as copper and/or cadmium sulphide, and the precipitated copper and/or cadmium sulphide is separated from the solution.
摘要:
A process for recovering nickel from an impure nickel compound which contains a major proportion of nickel values and a minor proportion of other metal values which are relatively soluble in ammoniacal ammonium sulphate solution, and a minor proportion of nickel values and other metal values which are relatively insoluble in the solution. The impure nickel compound is treated with ammoniacal ammonium sulphate solution so that the relatively soluble nickel and other metal values are dissolved in the solution with the relatively soluble nickel values being dissolved substantially as nickel diammine sulphate, and so that the relatively insoluble nickel and other metal values form an undissolved residue. The residue is separated from most of the ammoniacal ammonium sulphate solution so as to provide a substantially residue-free solution of nickel diammine sulphate and relatively soluble other metal values on the one hand and a slurry of the residue of undissolved nickel and other metal values and the solution on the other hand. The substantially residue-free solution is subjected to a reducing operation by hydrogen gas to produce precipitation of elemental nickel powder from the residue-free solution, and the elemental nickel powder is separated from the residue-free solution to produce a first nickel powder product. The slurry is subjected to a reducing operation by hydrogen gas to produce precipitation of elemental nickel powder from the slurry, and the elemental nickel powder is separated from the slurry to produce a second nickel powder product.
摘要:
A water permeability contrast correction process to improve the sweep efficiency of waterflooding which involves the sequential injection of (1) an optional aqueous preflush slug to adjust connate water salinity, (2) an aqueous thickened slug comprising a sequestered polyvalent metal cation such as aluminum citrate and a gelable polymeric viscosifier such as polyacrylamide, (3) carbon dioxide to decrease the pH of the polymer slug which triggers the delayed in-situ gelation of said thickened slug to preferentially decrease water permeability in highly permeable thief zones, and (4) an aqueous drive fluid.
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A process for recovering gold from refractory auriferous iron-containing sulphidic ore which comprises feeding ground ore as an aqueous slurry to an acidic pretreatment step. The ground ore in the acidic pretreatment step is treated with aqueous sulphuric acid solution to decompose carbonate and acid consuming gangue compounds, and subjecting the treated slurry to a first liquid-solids separation step to produce a sulphate solution and separated solids. Water is added to the separated solids in a first repulping step to form a slurry having a pulp density in the range of from about 25 to about 60% by weight solids. The first repulped slurry is oxidized in a pressure oxidation step at a temperature in the range of from about 135.degree. to about 250.degree. C. under a pressurized oxidizing atmosphere while maintaining a free acid concentration of from about 5 to 40 g/L sulphuric acid to cause dissolution of iron, formation of sulphuric acid and oxidation of substantially all oxidizable sulphide compounds to sulphate form with less than about 20% of oxidized sulphur being present as elemental sulphur during the oxidation step. Water is added to the oxidized slurry in a seocnd repulping step to produce a repulped oxidized slurry with a pulp density in the range of from about 5 to 15% by weight, and subjecting the repulped oxidized slurry to a second liquid-solids separation step to produce an acid and iron containing solution and oxidized separated solids. The acid and iron containing solution is recycled to at least one of the first and second repulping steps.
摘要:
A process for the recovery of uranium values from uranium-containing material which also contains iron, arsenic and siliceous matter, includes leaching the uranium-containing material in aqueous sulphuric acid solution under conditions to provide dissolved iron present in the resultant leach solution as predominantly ferrous iron rather than ferric iron and/or to provide a sulphuric acid concentration in the leach solution sufficiently high to substantially prevent the precipitation of arsenates. Uranium values are recovered from the leach solution by solvent extraction agent which has little affinity for arsenic.