The GEOCOAT™ Process A heap leaching process that is capable of bioleaching copper concentrates. It does this by coating the concentrate slurry onto a support rock, or substrate material, and stacking this coated material in a bioxidation heap. The support rock itself may be a lowgrade copper ore. The ratio of support rock to concentrate is in the range of 5:1 to 10:1 by weight. The heap
Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore (less than 1% copper) and ends with sheets of % pure copper called cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday most common types of ore, copper oxide and copper sulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy, respectively, due to the different
the region and wanted to prove up the concept of sulphide copper leaching at a commercial scale using the Albion Process TM. A very cheap retrofit was undertaken on the existing oxide leach circuit and then fed a predominantly chalcopyrite/bornite concentrate (28 30% Cu). After a very short commissioning stage of around ~6 weeks, it achieved recoveries in excesses of 99% out of the leach
2. 2 Leaching Sulphide minerals containing nickel, copper and cobalt Familiar extracting and refining processes for nickel sulphides Fundamentals of sulphide leaching Previous investigation on nickel, copper and cobalt sulphide leachinig 2:7 Moss spectroscopy Hydrometallurgy LITERATURE SURVEY Hydrometallurgy will have an increasing role to play in the
Leaching of Primary Copper Sulfide Ore in ChlorideFerrous Media Karina E. Salinas 1, Osvaldo Herreros 2 and Cynthia M. Torres 3,* 1 Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Procesos de Minerales, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile; karinasalinasc 2 Departamento Ingeniería de Minas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile;
The Mt. Gordon copper process and the Sepon copper process both use autoclave processes in the overall metallurgical circuit. In the Mt. Gordon circuit, the autoclave was used to leach copper while at Sepon the autoclave is used to produce acid and ferric sulfate to meet the requirements of an atmospheric leach. CESL and CVRD have completed a feasibility study to apply the CESL copper process
Heap leaching is an industrial mining process used to extract precious metals, copper, uranium, and other compounds from ore using a series of chemical reactions that absorb specific minerals and reseparate them after their division from other earth materials. Similar to in situ mining, heap leach mining differs in that it places ore on a liner, then adds the chemicals via drip systems to the
Copper extraction from primary copper sulfide ore from a typical porphyry copper deposit from Antofagasta, Chile, was investigated after leaching with a chlorideferrous media at two temperatures. The study focused on whether this chemical leaching system could be applied at an industrial scale. Leaching tests were conducted in columns loaded with approximately 50 kg of agglomerated ore; the
Atmospheric acid leaching of nickelcopper matte from Impala Platinum Refineries The preleach stage in the second process route alternative, described above, is the subject of this study. The study investigates the leaching behaviour of Ni–Cu matte in H2SO4CuSO4 solution during the repulping stage at Impala Platinum Refinery. Effects of
mixture, forming bubbles which attract the chemically coated copper sulphide. The bubbles float to the surface and overflow or are skimmed off, filtered, and then dried to form a powder (copper concentrate). This process is usually able to recover 85 to 95 percent of the copper in the ore. The dried concentrate contains approximately 20 30 percent copper by mass, 30 per cent iron, 30 per cent
The present invention relates to a method for leaching secondary and primary sulphides of copper in a ferrous chloride medium with ironoxidising bacteria adapted from the crushing of the mineral from the mine, comprising the steps of: mixing the mineral from the crushing with concentrated sulphuric acid; transporting the material mixed with sulphuric acid by means of a belt; adding a liquid
The Cuprex™ metal extraction process produces cathodegrade copper using a hydrometallurgical process based on chloride leaching of sulfide ore concentrates. The process incorporates several novel steps to overcome the major problems associated with earlier chloridebased processes, including mild leaching conditions using ferric chloride as leachant and solvent extraction of copper usinga
This is used as an adjunct to the SX/EW process in situations where sulfide copper minerals must be leached. Modern commercial application of bacterial leaching began in the 1950s at Kennecott''s Bingham mine near Salt Lake City, Ut. It was noticed that blue coppercontaining solutions were running out of waste piles that contained copper sulfide minerals a condition that should not have
The flowsheet discussed in this study is for treatment of 100 tons per day oxidesulfide copper ore by the leaching process using sulfuric acidferric sulfate solvent. This flowsheet would also be suitable for a larger tonnage by proper sizing of the various units of equipment. The flowsheet contemplates a six to seven day leachwash cycle with one tank being discharged and charged each day
Copper processing, the extraction of copper from its ores and the preparation of copper metal or chemical compounds for use in various products. In its pure form or as an alloy, copper (Cu) is one of the most important metals in society. The pure metal has a facecentred cubic crystal structure, and
Three copper sulphide leaching and refining processes are discussed: total pressure oxidation, ferric sulphate leaching and copper chloride leaching. The effect of mineralogy on the choice of
Bacteria Heap Leaching and Oxidative bacterial heap leaching two methods that apply for low grade copper sulfide leaching. Is the better you done and detailed search in Geo Coat processes and etc.
Optimization of parameters affecting recovery of copper from Sarcheshmeh lowgrade sulfide ore using Bioleaching M. Naderi1, Shafaie2*, M. Karamoozian3 and S. Gharanjik4 1. Department of Mining, Shrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shrood, Iran 2. School of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3. School of Mining, Petroleum
Advantages of this process are: See for further information on the leaching process. ndida in Chile is the biggest copper producer in the world, accounting for 5% of global production. (Courtesy of BHP Billiton.) Copper ore is loaded into trucks. In some mines these trucks have no driver. (Courtesy of Codelco.) This truck carrying copper ore has no driver. It is guided by a GPS system. Can
The process of copper(I) sulphide leaching in H 2 SO 4 solution in the presence of NaNO 3 is a complex heterogenous process. Kinetic analysis was made on the basis of experimental results Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4. Activation energy. Activation energy for the process of copper(I) sulphide leaching was determined by using the kinetic equations of GinstlingBrounshtein, SpenserTopley and
Methods of leaching sulphide ores can be: in absence of oxidizing agents in presence of oxidizing agents Bacterial leaching Absence of oxidizing agents Acid leaching: Dilute acids dissolve some metal sulphides with liberation of H2S, ZnS + 2H+ ^ Zn2+ + H2S Three types of sulphides can be encountered. Completely soluble sulphides: Zns, CoS, NiS, FeS Slightly soluble, FeS2. Insoluble
Leaching of Copper Sulphides Marc Nicolle,1 Marko Lampi,2 Kari Valkama, 2 and Janne Karonen 1 Outotec (RSA) (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2 Outotec (Finland) Oy, Pori, Finland Corresponding author: In the ten years from 2003 to 2013 global mine production of copper has increased by over 23% to meet demand while the weighted average head
Most of the copper ores mined today are oxide or sulfide ores. Extraction of sulfide ores is covered in more detail in Copper Mining and Extraction: Sulfide Ores (11–14), but is introduced here because an important byproduct of this process is used for the extraction of oxide ores. Pyroprocessing Sulfide Ores Provides Acid for Leaching
A process for hydrometallurgically recovering copper from concentrates of chalcopyrite and other sulfide and mixed sulfide ores utilizes the pretreatment step of fine grinding of the concentrates coupled with subsequent leaching steps. As a pretreatment for the coppercontaining concentrates, the concentrates are ground, preferrably with an attritortype grinding device, to reduce the particle