Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing an ore slurry that can suppress a rise in the viscosity of the ore slurry and consequently prevent a failure in transporting the slurry, and also to provide a metal refining method utilizing such a slurry producing method. The present invention includes: a pulverizing/classifying step of pulverizing raw material ores and classifying the resulting ores at a predetermined classifying point so that oversized ore particles are removed so as to obtain a coarse ore slurry composed of undersized ore particles; a grain size measuring step of measuring the grain size of the resulting coarse ore slurry; and an ore slurry condensing step of loading the coarse ore slurry to a solid-liquid separation device and separating and removing moisture contained in the coarse ore slurry therefrom so as to condense ore components.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a chromium-containing water treatment method that allows treatment of water that contains chromium (chromium-containing water) at low cost. A chromium-containing water treatment method according to the present invention comprises: a reduction step in which chromium-containing water 11 and a liquid 12 containing 5-50 ppm of hydrogen sulfide are mixed, and the mixture is adjusted to pH 3.5 or lower and ORP 200-400 mV by adding an acid 13 thereto, so as to reduce chromium contained in the water; and a precipitation separation step in which a neutralizing agent is added to a solution 11′ obtained via the reduction step so as to adjust the solution 11′ to pH 8-9, thereby precipitating and separating, as a hydroxide, the reduced chromium contained in the solution.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method for shortening operation shutdown time of high pressure acid leach equipment in a hydrometallurgical process, wherein the high pressure acid leach equipment comprises (i) means to transfer an ore slurry into the high pressure acid leach equipment; (ii) means to increase temperature and pressure of an ore slurry before leaching; (iii) means to add sulfuric acid into the high pressure acid leach equipment and to leach the ore slurry to obtain a leached slurry at high temperature under high pressure; (iv) means to adjust the pressure of the leached slurry; and (v) means to discharge the leached from the high pressure acid leach equipment; wherein, upon operation shutdown of the high pressure acid leach equipment, the leached slurry is subjected to self-circulation inside the high pressure acid leach equipment.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a chromium-containing water treatment method that allows treatment of water that contains chromium (chromium-containing water) at low cost. A chromium-containing water treatment method according to the present invention comprises: a reduction step in which chromium-containing water 11 and a liquid 12 containing 5-50 ppm of hydrogen sulfide are mixed, and the mixture is adjusted to pH 3.5 or lower and ORP 200-400 mV by adding an acid 13 thereto, so as to reduce chromium contained in the water; and a precipitation separation step in which a neutralizing agent is added to a solution 11′ obtained via the reduction step so as to adjust the solution 11′ to pH 8-9, thereby precipitating and separating, as a hydroxide, the reduced chromium contained in the solution.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method for shortening operation shutdown time of high pressure acid leach equipment in a hydrometallurgical process, wherein the high pressure acid leach equipment comprises (i) means to transfer an ore slurry into the high pressure acid leach equipment;(ii) means to increase temperature and pressure of an ore slurry before leaching; (iii) means to add sulfuric acid into the high pressure acid leach equipment and to leach the ore slurry to obtain a leached slurry at high temperature under high pressure; (iv) means to adjust the pressure of the leached slurry; and (v) means to discharge the leached from the high pressure acid leach equipment; wherein, upon operation shutdown of the high pressure acid leach equipment, the leached slurry is subjected to self-circulation inside the high pressure acid leach equipment.
Abstract:
The present invention aims at providing a method for effluent treatment, which enables the separation and recovery of a high-density and high-concentration aluminum sediment from waste water that is discharged in the smelting of a nickel oxide ore and contains aluminum ions. In the present invention, an alkali and an iron-containing solid are added to waste water containing aluminum ions to form a slurry, and the slurry is allowed to stand to perform solid-liquid separation, whereby an aluminum sediment and an effluent is formed.
Abstract:
The present invention aims at providing a method for effluent treatment, which enables the separation and recovery of a high-density and high-concentration aluminum sediment from waste water that is discharged in the smelting of a nickel oxide ore and contains aluminum ions. In the present invention, an alkali and an iron-containing solid are added to waste water containing aluminum ions to form a slurry, and the slurry is allowed to stand to perform solid-liquid separation, whereby an aluminum sediment and an effluent is formed.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing nickel sulfide from an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, which is capable of suppressing particle diameters of nickel sulfide obtained thereby. The present invention is a method for producing nickel sulfide by causing a sulfurization reaction by blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas into an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, wherein: nickel sulfide having particle diameters of 5-20 μm and serving as seed crystals is added into an acidic sulfuric acid solution having a nickel concentration of 0.5-5.0 g/L in an amount of 40-500% by mass relative to the amount of nickel contained in the acidic sulfuric acid solution; and a hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into the acidic sulfuric acid solution, into which the seed crystals have been added, while setting the amount of the hydrogen sulfide gas blown in to be within the range of 0.30-0.85 Nm3/kg-Ni.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing nickel sulfide from an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, which is capable of suppressing particle diameters of nickel sulfide obtained thereby. The present invention is a method for producing nickel sulfide by causing a sulfurization reaction by blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas into an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, wherein: nickel sulfide having particle diameters of 5-20 μm and serving as seed crystals is added into an acidic sulfuric acid solution having a nickel concentration of 0.5-5.0 g/L in an amount of 40-500% by mass relative to the amount of nickel contained in the acidic sulfuric acid solution; and a hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into the acidic sulfuric acid solution, into which the seed crystals have been added, while setting the amount of the hydrogen sulfide gas blown in to be within the range of 0.30-0.85 Nm3/kg-Ni.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing an ore slurry that can suppress a rise in the viscosity of the ore slurry and consequently prevent a failure in transporting the slurry, and also to provide a metal refining method utilizing such a slurry producing method. The present invention includes: a pulverizing/classifying step of pulverizing raw material ores and classifying the resulting ores at a predetermined classifying point so that oversized ore particles are removed so as to obtain a coarse ore slurry composed of undersized ore particles; a grain size measuring step of measuring the grain size of the resulting coarse ore slurry; and an ore slurry condensing step of loading the coarse ore slurry to a solid-liquid separation device and separating and removing moisture contained in the coarse ore slurry therefrom so as to condense ore components.