Utilization of nickel slag using selective reduction followed by magnetic separation

选择性还原-磁选回收镍渣中的有价金属(英文)

In order to utilize slag discarded by nickel plants, the selective recovery of nickel and copper versus iron was investigated by selective reduction, which was achieved by controlling the reduction parameters and magnetic separation process on bench scale. The results show that increasing the basicity （mass ratio of CaO to SIO2） of nickel slag facilitates the enrichment of nickel and copper The process parameters for selective reduction were optimized as follows： basicity of 0.15, reducing at 1200 ~C for 20 min, 5% coal on a dried slag mass base. The grinding-magnetic separation results of reduced briquettes show that concentrate containing 3.25%Ni, 1.20%Cu and 75.26%Fe is obtained and selective enrichment is achieved with a recovery of 82.20%, 80.00% for nickel and copper respectively, while the recovery of iron is only 42.17%. The S and P contents are not reduced obviously and further research may be needed to examine the behaviors of S and P in the process.

采用选择性还原-磁选工艺富集某镍渣中的镍、铜,通过控制还原过程参数实现选择性还原。结果表明:添加熔剂并适当提高渣料的碱度(CaO与SiO2质量比)有助于镍、铜的富集;对碱度0.15、还原温度1200℃、还原时间20 min、内配煤量5%(质量分数)的优化条件下得到的还原样品,通过磨矿-磁选获得镍、铜、铁品位分别为3.25%、1.20%、75.26%的精矿,镍、铜、铁的回收率分别为82.20%、80.00%、42.17%,实现了镍、铜相对于铁的选择性富集;选择性还原-磁选没有显著降低S、P的含量,两者在工艺过程中的行为需要进一步研究。