Heap Leaching an Ore
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240271249A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18105514

    申请日:2023-02-03

    IPC分类号: C22B15/00 C22B3/08 C22B3/18

    CPC分类号: C22B15/0071 C22B3/08 C22B3/18

    摘要: A method of heap leaching a metal from a mined ore that contains a metal sulfide-containing material, such as a copper sulfide-containing mineral. The method forms a heap of the mined ore or extends an existing heap by adding the mined ore to the heap. The method also leaches the metal from the mined ore in the heap with an acidic leach liquor and produces a pregnant leach liquor containing the metal in solution. Pyrite that is already in the mined ore generates acid and heat that facilitates leaching metal from the mined ore. The mined ore may be run-of-mine (ROM) ore that is transferred directly from the mine to the heap without changing the size of ore particles in the mined ore.

    METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY REMOVING FLUORINE FROM SPENT LITHIUM BATTERY

    公开(公告)号:US20240158887A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18282235

    申请日:2022-04-28

    摘要: Disclosed is a method for efficiently removing fluorine from a spent lithium battery. The method comprises: mixing aluminum and a sodium hydroxide solution for reaction to obtain a sodium metaaluminate solution; introducing sulfuric acid into the sodium metaaluminate solution, and stirring to react at a certain temperature to obtain a fluorine removal agent; adding a sodium fluoroaluminate seed crystal and the fluorine removal agent into an impurity-removed battery powder leaching solution, introducing a sodium carbonate solution at the same time, performing reaction at a certain temperature, controlling the pH value of a reaction endpoint, and performing solid-liquid separation after the reaction is finished to obtain a fluorine-removed liquid and filter residues; and adding the sodium hydroxide solution into the filter residues for reaction, and performing solid-liquid separation to obtain a filtrate containing fluorine and aluminum, and insoluble residues. According to the present invention, fluorine removal is induced by adding the sodium fluoroaluminate seed crystal; and during fluorine removal, the seed crystal sodium fluoroaluminate is firstly added into the battery leaching solution, and by means of induction of the seed crystal, combination of fluorine and aluminum in the solution can be accelerated to generate sodium hexafluoroaluminate, the reaction time is shortened, the fluorine removal efficiency is improved, and fluorine in the solution can be removed to be lower than 20 mg/L, thereby achieving the purpose of deep fluorine removal.

    METHOD FOR TREATING ALLOY
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230071697A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-09

    申请号:US17797212

    申请日:2021-02-10

    摘要: Provided is a method for treating an alloy by which nickel and/or cobalt can be selectively isolated from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, in a waste lithium ion battery. The present invention is a method for treating an alloy, by which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, the method including: a leaching step in which a leachate is obtained by subjecting an alloy to an acid-based leaching treatment under conditions in which a sulfurizing agent is also present; a reduction step in which a reduced solution is obtained by subjecting the leachate to a reduction treatment using a reducing agent; and an oxidation/neutralization step in which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained by adding an oxidizing agent and also a neutralizing agent to the reduced solution.