硫代硫酸盐浸金各因素影响研究现状

硫代硫酸盐浸金技术是非氰浸金技术研发的重点,特别是铜—氨—硫代硫酸盐体系因浸出速率快、环保、碱性腐蚀性小和适应含砷含碳难处理矿石等优势而受到了持续关注。探明不同种类硫代硫酸盐的作用、常见载金矿物的吸附、矿物的催化分解作用、矿物的离子释放影响、重金属离子的溶解及不同阴离子对反应历程、浸出过程和浸金效果的影响,能更好地为硫代硫酸盐浸金的应用发展指明方向。研究表明,硫代硫酸盐浸出过程中,硫代硫酸盐会因阳离子不同而适用于不同类型的矿物,而不同的载金矿物也会因自身的特性而呈现出不同的吸附、溶解和催化分解能力。同时,浸出体系中矿物溶解释放的阳离子浓度和形式的不同会对体系产生有利或不利的影响。由于药剂的添加和硫代硫酸根的分解等因素引入的阴离子会对体系产生完全不同的作用。为了消除干扰因素对浸出体系造成的影响,可以通过添加磷酸盐、EDTA和CMC等添加剂改善浸出过程和效果。

置换法从硫代硫酸盐浸液中回收金银的研究进展

国内外始终缺乏一种从硫代硫酸盐浸金（银）液体系中高效且经济的回收金（银）的方法,置换法是目前国内外学者研究较多的方法之一.置换法回收金（银）主要是通过选择合适的置换剂,与贵液中的金（银）发生氧化还原反应,从而置换出金（银）.分别综述了采用铜、锌、铝及其他置换剂从硫代硫酸盐浸金（银）液中回收金（银）的置换机理及研究现状,并讨论了置换法中存在的置换体系复杂、置换过程中易发生副反应和成本高等问题及今后的研究方向,为从硫代硫酸盐浸液体系中提取金（银）提供理论参考.

Effect of arsenopyrite on thiosulfate leaching of gold

Arsenopyrite was artificially added into the thiosulfate leaching solution to clarify the role of arsenopyrite on the thiosulfate leaching of gold.The effect of arsenopyrite on the thiosulfate leaching of gold was studied by the thermodynamic calculation,mineral dissolution test,leaching test and XPS analysis.The results show that the thiosulfate consumption slightly increases with increasing the concentration of arsenopyrite,but the gold dissolution is obviously hindered.This may mainly attribute to the catalytic effect of arsenopyrite on the thiosulfate decomposition and the formation of passivation layer on the gold foil surface.The passivation layer likely consists of Cu2S or Cu（S2O3）35-,element S,FeOOH and iron arsenate,which is deduced from the XPS analysis.However,the negative effect of arsenopyrite can be eliminated by adding additives.It is found that both additives of sodium carboxymethyl（CMC） and sodium phosphate（SHPP） can not only decrease the thiosulfate consumption but also improve the gold dissolution.

Review of gold leaching in thiosulfate-based solutions

Numerous non-cyanide leaching lixiviants have been developed,among which thiosulfate is considered the most promising alternative to cyanide due to its non-toxicity,low price,high leaching rate and excellent characteristics in dealing with carbonaceous and copper-bearing gold ores.The traditional copper−ammonia−thiosulfate system has been studied extensively.However,with many years of process development,there are still some problems and challenges with this gold leaching system.A series of studies using nickel-,cobalt-and ferric-based catalyst to substitute copper have been conducted with the purpose of reducing the consumption of thiosulfate.A variety of non-ammonia thiosulfate leaching systems including oxygen−thiosulfate,copper−thiosulfate,copper−EDA−thiosulfate,ferric−EDTA−thiosulfate,and ferric−oxalate−thiosulfate leaching systems have been also developed to eliminate the potential side-effect of ammonia.In this review,the basic theory and process development of some main gold leaching systems based on thiosulfate solutions were systematically summarized to illustrate the research status on thiosulfate leaching process.The potential effects of various additives such as organic ligands containing amino,carboxyl or hydroxy functional groups on gold thiosulfate leaching were described in detail.The potential opportunity and challenge for promoting the industrial development of thiosulfate-based gold leaching systems were also discussed.

Effect of mechanical activation on thiosulfate leaching of gold from complex sulfide concentrate

The use of mechanical activation to enhance gold recovery from a CuPbZn complex sulfide concentrate was investigated. The effects of milling time, ball size, sample to ball ratio and milling speed on thiosulfate leaching were studied. Under optimum conditions of milling time 1 h, ball size 20 mm, sample to ball ratio 1/15 and mill speed 600 r/min, nearly 78% of sample is amorphized, particle size decreases from d100=30 μm to d100=8 μm, specific surface area increases from 1.3 m2/g to 4.6 m2/g and gold recovery enhances from 17.4 % in non-activated sample to 73.26 %.