Abstract:
Described herein are methods of making metallic or elemental silver. These methods generally include a step of forming a reaction dispersion that includes a silver-containing compound, an organic acid, and a solvent that includes an alcohol, followed by mixing the reaction dispersion for a time and at a temperature effective to form a reaction product that includes metallic silver from a cationic silver species of the silver-containing compound. Also described herein are metallic or elemental silver produced by these methods.
Abstract:
A method of oxidizing carbonaceous ores to assist in the recovery of metals is provided. The method includes the steps of heating a bed of carbonaceous ore in the reaction chamber of a reactor vessel, using microwave energy to initiate and sustain oxidation of the carbonaceous ore within the bed into carbon dioxide, controlling the inflow of oxygen into the reaction chamber to provide sufficient oxygen to maintain the reaction C + O 2 = CO 2 , and monitoring the depletion of carbon from the carbonaceous ore.
Abstract translation:提供了一种氧化含碳矿石以辅助回收金属的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:在反应器容器的反应室中加热碳质矿床,使用微波能量引发和维持床内碳质矿石氧化成二氧化碳,控制进入反应室的氧气流入 提供足够的氧以保持反应C + O 2 + CO 2,并监测来自碳质矿石的碳的消耗。
Abstract:
The invention relates to low-waste hydrometallurgy of precious metals, in particular to a method for refining precious metals and can be used for increasing the ratio of extraction of precious metals from alloys and to improve the purity thereof. The aim of the invention is to develop a method for refining precious metal-containing material in such a way that precious metals are extracted in a most complete manner and with a high-purity degree. The inventive method for refining precious metals consists in saturating a melt by means of a gas composition which consists of at least two gas components and is used for forming compounds with main metal impurities at a permanent superhigh pressure, in adsorbing saturation products in vacuum and in filtering said saturation products in vacuum by means of a filter, the heat temperature of which is greater than the temperature of the melt.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for processing pyrite minerals, using a microwave energized fluidizing reactor, under temperature conditions that provide reaction products that are relatively free of SO2 emissions. The temperature of the reaction in the fluidized bed is controlled to a temperature below 823 DEG K and the inflow of oxygen to the reaction zone in the bed is adjusted such that the reaction products are predominantly hematite and elemental sulphur.
Abstract:
An air concentrator for dry separation of gold and other heavy minerals from alluvial deposits comprises a housing (50) having a number of open-topped chambers (52) arranged in a ring-like configuration and surmounted by a screen (14) having rings (39, 41) thereon forming annular screen beds (36). A wiper bar assembly consisting of a number of wiper arms (6, 7) radiating from a hub (1, 2) sweeps over the screen beds (36). Air under pressure is fed sequentially and cyclically to the chambers (52) by a rotary valve (28) located centrally of the ring of chambers. The deposit is fed over the hub (1, 2) and is swept outwardly over the beds (36) on the screen (14) by the wiper arms (6, 7), where it is fluidised by pulses of air from the subjacent chambers (52) enabling particles of gold and heavy minerals to settle down to the bottom of the beds (36) by gravitational stratification, and if sufficiently small, pass through the screen (14) for collection through spigots (38) in the bottom of the chambers (52).
Abstract:
Gold ore, or any other mineral treated to have a lyophilic surface, (e.g. chalcopyrites), is ground into a slurry in crusher (1), powdered coal and oil are added at location (2), and the mix is conveyed to a contact zone (3), where any micro-agglomerates formed are kept below 500 microns in size. Sequentially, the mix is passed to an agglomeration zone (4), where larger agglomerates of coal-oil and gold or the lyophilic mineral are allowed to form, then separated at (5) from the gangue (8), and recycled continuously via return line (6) and homogeniser (7) to the contact zone (3), until a desired gold or mineral concentration in the agglomerates is achieved. Subsequently, the "loaded" coal-oil agglomerates are tapped off the return line (6) at (9), either batchwise or continuously, and the metal values are recovered by pyrometallurgical or conventional separation techniques.
Abstract:
A process for the extraction of noble metals from the Mangalwedha basalt is disclosed in the present disclosure wherein a sample collected from the Mangalwedha basalt is subject to a series of metallurgical process to extract noble metals present therein.
Abstract:
A method for treating a silver-containing zinc alloy, the method comprising treating the alloy in a process vessel under conditions of elevated temperature and sub-atmospheric pressure so as to selectively vaporise the zinc, providing a filter through which the vaporised zinc passes prior to contacting a condensing surface on which the vaporised zinc condenses to solid zinc, and continuing to treat the alloy until a desired level of dezincing is achieved.
Abstract:
A zinc precipitation circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises a vessel configured to carry clarified pregnant solution comprising a dissolved precious metal, the vessel further comprising means for delivering zinc particles; a precipitate filter downstream of the vessel configured for solid-liquid separation; at least one classifier downstream of the vessel and upstream of the precipitate filter and further being configured to separate the zinc particles from other precipitates from the clarified pregnant solution; and, a recycle feed stream configured to deliver the zinc particles separated from other precipitates to the vessel. A method of recovering a precious metal via a zinc precipitation is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing zinc particles to a clarified pregnant solution; forming a precipitate by precipitating said precious metal from the clarified pregnant solution by virtue of the zinc particle addition; separating the zinc particles from other portions of the precipitate, thereby forming a concentrate of the precious metal; recycling the zinc particles separated out by using them for providing to the clarified pregnant solution; and, smelting the concentrate to recover the precious metal.