Process for leaching a mineral particulate material

    公开(公告)号:US11572605B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US16620011

    申请日:2018-06-07

    摘要: A process for leaching a mineral particulate material comprising the steps of feeding the mineral particulate material to a leaching step (10) in which at least one valuable metal in the mineral particulate material is leached into a leach solution to form a pregnant leach liquor and a solid residue containing undissolved mineral matter, the leaching step being conducted under conditions such that elemental sulphur is formed in the leaching step, wherein beads or particles that take up elemental sulphur are added to the leaching step such that elemental sulphur is taken up by or collects on the beads or particles, and separating the beads or particles from the pregnant leach liquor and the solid residue. The beads or particles may be treated to remove sulphur and the beads or particles are returned to the leaching step. Alternatively the mineral doesn't need to comprise a soluble component and can be a refractory sulphide of iron and/or arsenic containing precious metals that require oxidation before downstream conventional processes such as cyanidation.

    Metallurgical extraction technique to recover platinum group metals from a filter cake

    公开(公告)号:US10017837B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-10

    申请号:US14521211

    申请日:2014-10-22

    摘要: This application provides a metallurgical extraction technique, comprising: a) re-pulping a feed filter cake to make a filter cake slurry; b) grinding the filter cake slurry; c) leaching the ground filter cake slurry in a hot alkaline cyanide solution to provide dissolved platinum group metals; d) liquid-solid separating of the dissolved platinum group metals; and e) recovering the dissolved platinum group metals by cementing the dissolved platinum group metals with a precipitating metal comprising an aluminum or a zinc; wherein the feed filter cake has the platinum group metals at a total amount from 0.1 to 1.5 wt % and a halide anion content from zero to less than 4 wt %. This application provides a process for platinum group metal recovery, comprising: converting a catalyst which was in contact with a water reactive ionic liquid catalyst into a non-water reactive filter cake and extracting the platinum group metals.

    Improving the recovery of precious metals from recalcitrant refractory ore
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    发明授权
    Improving the recovery of precious metals from recalcitrant refractory ore 有权
    提高贵金属从顽固耐火矿石的回收

    公开(公告)号:US08673055B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-18

    申请号:US13201872

    申请日:2010-03-04

    申请人: Bomi P Framroze

    发明人: Bomi P Framroze

    摘要: The invention provides a novel process for improving the recovery of precious metals from recalcitrant refractory ores by the use of hydrofluoric acid dissolved in ionic liquids. The solution of hydrogen fluoride gas in an ionic liquid is contacted with dry crushed ore at a temperature and for a period of time commensurate with the fracturing of a specific recalcitrant refractory ore. The excess ionic liquid is separated from the ore and the fractured ore is further treated with dilute sodium cyanide solution to extract precious metals in greater yields.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种通过使用溶解在离子液体中的氢氟酸来改善贵重金属从顽固耐火矿石中回收的新方法。 在离子液体中的氟化氢气体的溶液与干压碎矿石在特定顽固耐火矿石的压裂温度和时间相接触的时间内接触。 从矿石中分离出过量的离子液体,用稀释的氰化钠溶液进一步处理断裂的矿石,以更高的产率提取贵金属。