老柞山金矿处理难氰化浸出矿石的研究与实践

老柞山金矿利用尾矿浮选铜工艺流程处理难氰化浸出矿石 ,取得了较好效果 ,金回收率可由 4 5 %提高到 70 % ,使这部分矿石得到了合理的开发利用。

采场留矿浸出发展前景

采场留矿浸出是一种集采矿工艺（包括采准、切割、凿岩爆破、落矿筑堆、部分出矿）和矿石浸出（包括布液、渗滤浸出、采场底部集液、回收含金属溶液并处理）工艺于一体的综合采冶方法。由于其高度工艺集成，大大缩短了采冶工序，故技术经济效益者都十分显著。文中叙述了采场留矿浸出方法的发展历史。简述了其学科属性，并通过了几个典型史例，概述了其特点及目前尚待解决的几个问题，最后展望了其发展前景。

悬浮浸出新工艺及新设备研究

文中就难浸出矿石最佳浸出设备的设计等基础理论进行了研究。结果显示 ,采用悬浮分级模型提高了颗粒悬浮速度的分析和计算精度。通过串联釜模型参数与物料返混的对应关系 ,预测了反应器的设计参数。应用该文所建立的系列流动模型 ,可以较准确合理地描述浸出过程的流体力学特征 ,为设计新型的液固系料浆反应器提供依据。

砂岩型铀矿地浸可行性概略评价及关键指标

针对砂岩型铀矿普查阶段地浸可行性概略评价的难题,本文从砂岩型铀矿和地浸采铀的基本概念出发,通过总结全球地浸采铀技术的实践和经验,认为普查阶段的地浸可行性概略研究应聚焦于矿床条件的勘查和评价,并将砂岩型铀矿与地浸开采有关的矿床条件划分为地质条件、水文地质条件和浸出工艺条件,提出矿床的渗透性和矿石的可浸性是决定矿床能否地浸开采的核心指标。其中,矿床渗透性是影响砂岩型铀矿可地浸开采的先决条件,决定着技术上是否具备地浸开采的可行性,矿石的可浸性是影响砂岩型铀矿可地浸开采的基本条件,决定着资源回收率能否达到一定指标,并且影响项目的经济性。研究结果表明,开展砂岩型铀矿的渗透性和可浸性评价,提出普查阶段地浸可行性概略评价的程序、方法以及关键技术参考评价指标,对于砂岩型铀矿床的勘查开发和地浸法技术的进步具有重要意义。

Pressure leaching of zinc silicate ore in sulfuric acid medium

Zinc silicate ore was characterized mineralogically and the results showed that zinc exists mainly as hemimorphite and smithsonite in the sample.Sulfuric acid pressure leaching of zinc silicate ore was carried out to assess the effect of particle size,sulfuric acid concentration,pressure,reaction time and temperature on the extraction of zinc and the dissolution of silica.Under the optimum conditions employed,up to 99.25% of zinc extraction and 0.20% silica dissolution are obtained.The main minerals in leaching residue are quartz and small amounts of undissolved oxide minerals of iron,lead and aluminum are associated with quartz.

Removal of phosphorus from iron ores by chemical leaching

Alkali-leaching and acid-leaching were proposed for the dephosphorization of Changde iron ore, which contains an average of 1.12% for phosphorus content. Sodium hydroxide, sulfuriced, hydrochloric and nitric acids were used for the preparation of leach solutions. The results show that phosphorus occurring as apatite phase could be removed by alkali-leaching, but those occurring in the iron phase could not. Sulfuric acid is the most effective among the three kinds of acid. 91.61% phosphorus removal was attained with 1% sulfuric acid after leaching for 20 rain at room temperature. Iron loss during acid-leaching can be negligible, which was less than 0.25%.The pH value of solution after leaching with1% sulfuric acid was about 0.86, which means acid would not be exhausted during the process and it could be recycled, and the recycle of sulfuric acid solution would make the dephosphorization process more economical.

Kinetics of leaching lithium from α-spodumene in enhanced acid treatment using HF/H_2SO_4 as medium

An enhanced leaching of Li fromα-spodumene was carried out using a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulfuric acid(HF/H2SO4)as the medium.Based on the optimized leaching conditions,the leaching kinetics of Li was investigated in an ore/HF/H2SO4 ratio of 1:3:2 g:mL:mL with leaching temperature ranging from 50 to 100°C.The results indicate that the leaching kinetics of Li fitted well with a model based on the shrinking core model.In addition,the leaching rate of Li was controlled by chemical reactions and diffusion through the product layers.The apparent activation energy Ea was calculated to be 32.68 kJ/mol.Solid films were formed because of the generation of insoluble products such as cryolithionite(Na3Li2Al2F12),cryolite(Na3AlF6),calcium fluoride(CaF2),potassium cryolite(K2AlF5),aluminum fluoride(AlF3),and fluorosilicates(Na2SiF6 or KNaSiF6).Furthermore,the effects of the ore/HF ratio and leaching temperature on the leaching behavior of Li,Al and Si were investigated.The results indicate that the ore/HF ratio and leaching temperature could clearly affect the distribution of HF molecules on the leaching of Li,Al and Si,which are important for the selective leaching of Li over Al and Si with this fluorine-based chemical method.

Mineralogy, liberation and leaching characteristics of iron oxide phases in an Indian diaspore sample

The removal of iron from an Indian diaspore sample was studied using magnetic separation and leaching techniques aided by an in-depth mineralogical characterization study involving quantitative mineralogical evaluation by scanning electron microscope（QEMSCAN）, electron probe micro-analyzer（EPMA） and X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The characterization studies indicate that extremely fine-sized hematite grains are associated with several other mineral phases in a complex manner with around 60% of the hematite not liberated even below the size of 38 μm limiting the scope of physical separation processes to remove the iron. Wet high intensity magnetic separation（WHIMS） studies reveal that only 49% of iron can be removed. Further, leaching studies using oxalic acid suggest that around 76% of the iron can be removed under conditions such as a solid to liquid ratio of 0.05：1, a temperature of 90 ℃ a time period of 120 min and an acid concentration of 1 mol/L. The dissolution of iron in oxalic acid is found to be controlled by chemical reaction and the activation energy is calculated as 35.15 k J/mol.

Bioleaching of complex polymetallic sulfide ores by mixed culture

Bacterial leaching of single sulfide minerals and polymetallic sulfide ores was operated in shake flasks and small-scaled columns.The results show that bioleaching of jamesonite is not accessible,the iron extraction rate of pyrrhotite bioleaching reaches 98.2% after 26 d,and the zinc extraction rate of marmatite bioleaching reaches 92.3%,while the corresponding iron extraction reaches only 13.6% after 29 d.Pulp density has a significant effect on metal extraction of pyrrhotite and marmatite bioleaching.The corresponding metal extraction rate decreases with the increase of pulp density.For the polymetallic sulfide ores,zinc extraction of 97.1% is achieved after bioleaching in shake flasks for 10 d,while only 7.8% is obtained after bioleaching in small-scaled column.Analytical results of scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis(EDX) reveal that large amount of calcium sulfate is formed on the mineral surface.

Manganese extraction from high-iron-content manganese oxide ores by selective reduction roasting-acid leaching process using black charcoal as reductant

Reduction roasting-acid leaching process was utilized to process high-iron-content manganese oxide ore using black charcoal as reductant. The results indicate that, compared with the traditional reductant of anthracite, higher manganese extraction efficiency is achieved at lower roasting temperature and shorter residence time. The effects of roasting parameters on the leaching efficiency of Mn and Fe were studied, and the optimal parameters are determined as follows: roasting temperature is 650 °C, residence time is 40 min, and black charcoal dosage is 10%(mass fraction). Under these conditions, the leaching efficiency of Mn reaches 82.37% while that of Fe is controlled below 7%. XRD results show that a majority of MnO2 and Fe2O3 in the raw ore are reduced to MnO and Fe3O4, respectively.

Experimental Study of Preferential Solute Transportation During Dump Leaching

The production of dump leaching of the Dexing Copper Mine was affected by a preferential solution flow. Formative mechanism of the preferential solution flow was investigated by analyzing the relationship between both dump permeability and surface tension and ore diameter. The preferential solution flow occured in the fine ore area when the application rate was low. The preferential solution flow entered into the coarse ore area because the negative pore water pressure disappeared with an increase of the application rate. The preferential solute transportation experiment was conducted by selecting NaCl as mineral. Results of the experiment showed that the concentration of the outflow solution reduced over time. The concentration of the coarse ore area outflow solution was greater than that of the fine ore area. The process of NaCl leaching can be divided into two stages. NaCl was carried out directly by diffusion--convection during the first stage, so the leaching rate increased sharply. But in the second stage, only a small amount of NaCl dissolved in the immobile water. The leaching rate increased slowly because NaC1, dissolved in the immobile water, can only be leached by diffusion.

Well-controlled column bioleaching of a low-grade copper ore by a novel equipment

For the low-grade copper sulfide ores with 0.99% of copper, of which 41.5% was primary copper sulfide, and 54.5% was secondary copper sulfide, well-controlled column bioleaching on a novel equipment was carried out to investigate the optimal conditions of pre-leaching, particle sizes of ores, temperature, spray intensity and strain consortium. Results show that copper extraction of 91.11% can be obtained after 90 d with the optimal p H value of pre-leaching of 0.8; the p H values of pre-leaching significantly affect the final copper extractions. Copper extractions of 93.11%, 91.04% and 80.45% can be obtained for the bioleaching of ores with particles size of 5-8 mm, 5-15 mm and 5-20 mm, respectively. Copper extractions are 83.77% and 91.02% for bioleaching under the conditions of room temperature and 35 oC. Copper extractions are 77.25%, 85.45% and 91.12% for the bioleaching when flow rate of spray was 5 L/（h·m2）, 10 L/（h·m2） and 15 L/（h·m2）, respectively. Additionally, the strain consortium C3 is the best among the four strain consortia in bioleaching. By considering the energy consumption, the optimal conditions of bioleaching in this work are determined as p H of pre-leaching of 0.8, particles size of 5-15 mm, temperature of 35 ℃, spray intensity of 15 L/（h·m2）, and strain consortium C3.

Leaching kinetics of molybdenum from Ni-Mo ore in sulfuric acid solution with sodium peroxodisulfate as oxidant

The leaching kinetics of molybdenum from Ni-Mo ore in sulfuric acid solution with sodium peroxodisulfate was studied.The effects including leaching temperature, reaction time, particle size, stirring speed, and concentrations of sulfuric acid and sodium peroxodisulfate were investigated. The leaching process of molybdenum from Ni-Mo ore is controlled by the chemical reaction through the solid layer across the unreacted shrinking core. The apparent activation energy of the leaching of molybdenum is calculated to be 41.0 k J/mol and the leaching kinetics equation of molybdenum from Ni-Mo ore is expressed as1-(1-a)1/3=3405.7exp[-41030.0/(RT)]t.

Pressure Oxidative Leaching of Complex Sulphide Concentrate

The presented results are related to the leaching of Pb-Zn-Cu-Fe sulphide concentrate, obtained from barite-sulphide ores, under the elevated temperatures and pressures in an autoclave. The leaching process was performed using the sulphur acid solution with the oxygen addition for the separation of the targeted metals from the polymetallic concentrate. In this process influences of various parameters were discussed and then correlated to the leached metals, zinc, copper and iron. Zinc, copper and iron were dissolved in a solution, while lead remained as insoluble in the leach residue. The best leaching results were determined under the temperature of 210 ℃ during the 240 min. Obtained leaching degrees were 98% zinc, 95% copper and 96% iron.

An experimental study of pyrite bio-leaching as a way to control spontaneous combustion

Bio-leaching of pyrite by native strains of acidophilic bacteria was examined by laboratory scale tests. Three groups of batch trials in agitated flasks and three continuous column leaching tests were performed. The leaching ability and efficiency of native bacteria was greatly improved by adaptation of the bacteria to the test conditions. These cultivated bacteria were then used for the leaching process. The changes in solution pH, Eh, Fe2~ concentration, and sulfate ion concentration were monitored throughout the tests. A portion of the pyritic sulfur is transformed into soluble sulfate ion. The desulfur- ization ratio of＇42.6g was obtained in a flask shaking test and a ratio of 39.4g was obtained during column leaching. A weight gain test was performed on leached and unleached samples by exposing the samples to humid air for several days. A smaller weight gain of the bio-leached samples indicates that removing sulfur from the sulphide ore helps reduce its oxidation rate and the potential for spontaneous combustion.