摘要:
A process for leaching a value metal from a base metal sulfide ore, comprising the step of leaching the ore with a lixiviant comprising a chloride, an oxidant and hydrochloric acid is disclosed. The leaching is controlled, by use of low concentrations of hydrochloric acid and a redox potential, to effect formation of hydrogen sulfide from the base metal sulfide ore. The hydrogen sulfide is stripped from the leach solution, thereby reducing the amount of sulfate generated in the leach to very low levels. The leaching may also be conducted to limit the co-dissolution of platinum group metals and gold with the base value metals. The leach forms a value metal-rich leachate and a solids residue. The solids residue may be subsequently leached to recover the platinum group metals and gold. The value metal-rich leachate can be oxidized and neutralized to recover the value base metals. In an embodiment, the chloride is magnesium chloride and lixiviant solution is regenerated.
摘要:
A production process of a sulfide containing nickel and cobalt by adding a sulfurizing agent under pressurization into an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid containing nickel and cobalt, which is capable of recovering nickel and cobalt as a sulfide in high yield, as well as enhancing the utilization efficiency of hydrogen sulfide gas.A production process of a sulfide containing nickel and cobalt by adding a sulfurizing agent under pressurization into an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid containing nickel and cobalt, characterized by supplying, as the above sulfurizing agent, hydrogen sulfide gas into the vapor phase of inside of a reactor, as a major sulfurizing agent, as well as, by supplying an aqueous solution containing a sodium hydrosulfide, which is recovered by absorbing unreacted hydrogen sulfide gas, which is discharged from inside of the reactor in producing the above sulfide, with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, into the liquid phase.
摘要:
A process for leaching a value metal from a base metal sulfide ore, comprising the step of leaching the ore with a lixiviant comprising a chloride, an oxidant and hydrochloric acid is disclosed. The leaching is controlled, by use of low concentrations of hydrochloric acid and a redox potential, to effect formation of hydrogen sulfide from the base metal sulfide ore. The hydrogen sulfide is stripped from the leach solution, thereby reducing the amount of sulfate generated in the leach to very low levels. The leaching may also be conducted to limit the co-dissolution of platinum group metals and gold with the base value metals. The leach forms a value metal-rich leachate and a solids residue. The solids residue may be subsequently leached to recover the platinum group metals and gold. The value metal-rich leachate can be oxidized and neutralized to recover the value base metals. In an embodiment, the chloride is magnesium chloride and lixiviant solution is regenerated
摘要:
A method and apparatus for treating heavy-metal-containing wastewater using a sulfidizing agent. Sulfidizing treatment is carried out by adding a sulfidizing agent to heavy-metal-containing wastewater, while detecting hydrogen sulfide gas generated from the wastewater, such as to maintain a state in which hydrogen sulfide gas is just starting to be generated from the wastewater. When separately recovering each of a plurality of metals from wastewater in which are mixed ions of the plurality of metals, there is repeated for each of the metals a process in which the acidity of the wastewater is adjusted to within a range suitable for the metal to be separated out and recovered, a sulfidizing reaction is carried out on that metal, and the metal sulfide produced is precipitated and filtered off.
摘要:
A system and process for recovering copper from a copper-containing ore, concentrate, or other copper-bearing material to produce high quality cathode copper from a leach solution without the use of copper solvent extraction techniques or apparatus. A process for recovering copper from a copper-containing ore generally includes the steps of providing a feed stream containing comminuted copper-containing ore, concentrate, or other copper-bearing material, leaching the feed stream to yield a copper-containing solution, conditioning the copper-containing solution through one or more physical or chemical conditioning steps, and electrowinning copper directly from the copper-containing solution, without subjecting the copper-containing solution to solvent extraction.
摘要:
A process for recovering copper and copper oxide for spent ammoniacal etchant, electroless and copper persulfate bath fluids used in the manufacture of copper printed wiring boards such that the treated baths contain no ammonia. The spent solutions are placed in a cooking vessel having its inner surface made of titanium and the formaldehyde is added. The ingredients are then stirred while air is bubbled through the ingredients until thoroughly mixed after which the pH of the mixture is adjusted to between 12.0 and 14.0. The adjusted mixture is now heated to a temperature within the range of 200.degree.-210.degree. F. and air is bubbled through the heated mixture until copper and copper oxide precipitates form in the mixture. After the precipitates form the mixture is allowed to cool to permit the precipitates to settle to the bottom of the vessel and the mixture is decanted from the vessel. The copper and copper oxide precipitates are washed and then collected.
摘要:
There is disclosed an improved method of treating a spent electrolyte of copper from a cell for electrolytic refining of copper for the purpose of purification and reuse of the spent electrolyte. The process comprises the steps of: pretreating the spent electrolyte for removing copper therefrom until the copper content is greatly reduced but still remains at a level which is substantially higher than the total content of various metal ion impurities, preferably to a concentration of 10-13 g/l of Cu; blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas into the pretreated solution at a temperature of 40.degree. C. or higher until the redox potential of solution becomes a certain predetermined value to precipitate metal ions; filtering the treated solution to separate the residue available as a raw material for copper smelting from a filtrate which consists essentially of sulfuric acid; and returning the filtrate to the cell for electrolytic refining of copper.
摘要翻译:公开了一种改进的方法,用于从用于铜的电解精制的电池处理铜的废电解质,以用于废电解质的净化和再利用。 该方法包括以下步骤:对用于除去铜的废电解质进行预处理,直到铜含量大大降低,但仍保持在基本上高于各种金属离子杂质的总含量的水平,优选浓度为10-13 g / l的Cu; 在40℃或更高的温度下将硫化氢气体吹入预处理溶液中,直至溶液的氧化还原电位达到一定的预定值以沉淀金属离子; 过滤处理过的溶液,从基本上由硫酸组成的滤液中分离作为铜熔炼原料可得到的残留物; 并将滤液返回到电解铜的电解精炼。
摘要:
A process is disclosed for extracting nickel, copper, cobalt and molybdenum from a complex ore containing copper, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, manganese and iron. The process features treatment of the ore with gaseous compound followed by leaching with an aqueous ammonia/ammonium salt solution into which is additionally introduced sulfite.
摘要:
Copper is recovered from solutions containing cupric ammoniacal complexes by reducing copper in the complexes to the cuprous state and thereafter precipitating the copper as cuprous acetylide by passing acetylene through the solution. After the cuprous acetylide is separated from the solution and washed thoroughly, it is reacted with acetonitrile and an acid to form acetylene and a cuprous-acetonitrile complex: Cu(CH.sub.3 CN).sub.2.sup.+. The solution containing this complex is then flash distilled to remove the acetonitrile and to disproportionate unstable cuprous ions into copper metal and cupric ions. Following the disproportionation, the components are separated and copper metal is collected. SUBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to the recovery of copper from ammoniacal solution which may also contain nickel, cobalt, and other ions. In practicing the invention, very pure copper metal is obtained without the need to employ ion exchangers, acid stripping, electrowinning, or electrorefining.It is known that copper (as well as nickel and cobalt) can be leached from the ores with ammoniacal leach liquors. One method of separating the copper values from such leach liquors while leaving the nickel and other metals in the raffinate, is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,440,612 to M. Lichtenwalter entitled Separation of Copper. In accordance with the process disclosed therein, the copper is recovered from the ammoniacal leach solutions by first reducing the copper values to the cuprous state and then precipitating the reduced copper by reacting it with acetylene to yield insoluble copper actylide which may be separated from the solution by filtration. If silver, mercury, or gold components are present in the leaching solution with the copper, these will also be precipitated out.In addition to the above process, it is known that solutions of cuprous salts can be thermally or electrochemically disproportionated to produce copper and solutions of cupric salts. This method is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,865,744 to Alan J. Parker et al. In general, this method involves reacting a cuprous salt with a ligand, i.e., an organic nitrile, to form a cuprous nitrile complex such as Cu(CH.sub.3 CN).sub.2.sup.+. The solution containing the complex can then be distilled to produce copper powder, a cupric salt, and an organic nitrile.The present invention provides a method of isolating and purifying copper utilizing a novel combination of the above two known copper recovering processes.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe process of the present invention produces copper metal from an ammoniacal solution containing cuprous ions. The process comprises the steps of precipitating the cuprous ions from the ammoniacal solution as a cuprous acetylide, separating and washing the cuprous acetylide precipitate, acid hydrolyzing the cuprous acetylide in the presence of a cuprous ion stabilizing ligand, e.g., a nitrile, and disproportionating the resulting cuprous complex to produce copper metal and cupric salt.The process of the present invention is characterized by the use of reactions which take place at or near ambient temperatures and pressures, and thus a system for utilizing the process can be built at a relatively low cost. In addition, many of the reagents in the process can be recycled, allowing further cost savings, and the process is quite energy efficient. Also, upwards of 99% of the available copper can be recovered and the product metal is of very high purity.Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a process for obtaining pure copper from ammoniacal copper containing solutions which avoids the necessity of electrowinning the copper, is capable of continuous operation on an industrial scale with a relatively low capital outlay, involves reactions which occur at or near ambient temperatures and pressures, and employs reagents which are neither unduly corrosive nor consumed.Another object of the invention is to provide such a copper recovery process which is energy efficient and significantly diminishes the quantities of waste involved when compared with prior art processes by regenerating and recycling reagents.Still another object of the invention is to quantitatively separate copper from ammoniacal solutions containing copper and other metals such as nickel, cobalt, iron, manganese, etc., without using an ion exchanger.Another object of the invention is to produce copper of very high purity by precipitating cuprous ions from solutions as a cuprous acetylide, separating the cuprous acetylide precipitate, reacting the acetylide with an acid and a nitrile to form a cuprous-nitrile complex, and disproportionating the cuprous ion to produce copper metal.
摘要:
Copper, zinc and nickel are recovered from sulfide concentrates prepared from ores of one or more such metals by subjecting such concentrate to a leaching operation which comprises slurrying the concentrate in an aqueous solution containing ammonium sulfate and free ammonia and vigorously agitating the slurry at 50 to 80.degree. C. and below 10 psig. in the presence of free oxygen while vigorously recirculating said oxygen from above the surface of the slurry to a substantial depth below such surface. The resulting pregnant leach solution contains copper, zinc, and/or nickel in dissolved form complexed with ammonia and such solution is treated to recover the dissolved metal. The undissolved sulfidic residue from the leaching operation is subjected to a secondary flotation operation to produce a sulfide concentrate containing the metal values not dissolved in the leaching operation, and such concentrate is treated to recover such values, as by smelting or by releaching.