A free milling gold ore, which contains 0.4% copper as chalcopyrite, was treated with cyanide. In the pre-leaching, the kinetics of oxidation of soluble sulphides are not an accurate indication for the length of the treatment. Efficient gold leaching is achieved only under specific conditions using oxygen, lead nitrate and a high concentration ...

Thiourea leaching from an oxidized gold-copper ore with 90-95% gold extraction was also reported (McInnes et al., 1989). However, acid pre-leaching of soluble copper was required in order to reduce thiourea consumption to acceptable levels. Ammoniacal Thiosulfate Leaching. Ammonium thiosulfate has been used in …

case for testing the possibility of leaching the copper tailings. The ore used,was a low grade copper tailing. The are is highly si1icous, which fact is favorable to leaching, as the Si02 does not interfere with the re­ actions between the copper in the ore and the solution. The screen analysis of the ore is as fol10ws;-On 80 mesh =

Heap leaching is a firm extractive metallurgical technology facilitating the economical processing of different kinds of low-grade ores that are otherwise not exploited. hydrometallurgy leaching gangues clays minerals heap leaching agglomeration. 1. Introduction. According to Toro et al. [ 1], copper mining is an industry that is in constant ...

its first leaching additive that is compatible with the entire Leach à SX EW process. History Heap leaching copper from oxide and secondary sulfide ores has been practiced commercially since the late 1960's. This methodology is mostly used for low-grade ores and involves the following basic processing steps: Mining, Crushing, Leaching,

Leaching of copper from a Jordanian copper ore has been studied using a stirred batch reactor with hydrochloric acid as the main lixiviant, under the following conditions: temperature 25 –...

The concept of leaching copper–gold ores using leach solutions which contain Cu(CN)32− was investigated. Gold leaching occurs in air saturated Cu(CN)32− solutions at a much slower rate than ...

The present study investigated the role of fines in the leaching of ROM copper sulphide ore: ores having large top particle sizes. And in accordance with studies that utilized crushed ores, this study proposes that the physical weathering of ore under …

Leaching in-place, or in situ leaching, is practiced on ores that are too far underground and of too low a grade for surface treatment. ... Low-grade copper ores are processed in this manner. First, a large volume of a low …

A smelting workaround. The traditional route for extracting copper from sulfide ores is smelting. Yet there is a growing case for leaching sulfides from lower grade ore bodies and especially for those ore bodies containing problematic elements like arsenic, which make smelting less economical. Smelting is increasingly expensive because, in ...

Hydrometallurgy involves the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.This process is used in extraction of less electro positive or less reactive metals like gold and silver. Hydrometallurgy is typically divided into three general areas: (1) Leaching, (2) Solution ...

Ores with relatively low copper grades are leached in dumps: run of mine (ROM) ore is stacked in lifts of 15 m to more than 100 m high, usually by end-dumping, …

Separating high-copper-containing ores selectively prior to the leaching process is an option in order to reduce the impact of the copper content. For example, the Red Dome Mine in Australia selectively mines and …

Copper hydrometallurgy the leaching of siliceous low-grade copper-bearing ores and waste rock that cannot be processed economically by milling and concentrating is an important low-cost process for recovering copper. In the free world, the United States is the principal user of this process, and in 1965 nearly 10 percent of the U.S. production of …

The most obvious leaching differences among the three communities occurred in the leaching process of primary copper sulfide DX-ore, during which, the pH …

focused on the leaching of sulphide ores, and the lack of research on previous stages or pretreatments, such as agglomeration and curing. For this reason, this investigation demonstrated that pretreatments are a key stage that leads to an increase in the dissolution of copper sulphide ores in heap leaching processes. 2. General Aspects …

In 1993, the company started operations for consolidated treatment of mixed copper oxides and fully sulfide copper ores and the use of thin-layer leaching. Mobile heap stacking on reusable pads was used for crushed ores (90% less than 12.5 mm) which were pre-agglomerated using water and sulfuric acid.

A few studies have been conducted on the processing of complex sulfide copper ores and carbonaceous copper ores. ... This is demonstrated by a sharp increase in copper leaching percentage from 10.55% without oxygen supply (0.5 MPa) to more than 90% with oxygen supply (1.0 MPa). However, a further increase in the total pressure …

Alkaline leaching with highly selective ammoniacal complexing agents is an interesting alternative for the treatment of copper concentrates. This treatment is beneficial for copper recovery because it allows the formation of soluble amines complexes, with cupric tetramine ( Cu(NH3)42+) being the most stable. In order to suppress the unit …

Most of the rock is unwanted material, typically referred to as gangue. There are two main types of copper ore that are of interest: copper oxide ores and copper sulfide ores. Both ore types can ...

An increasing share of copper is produced from acid leaching of oxidized ores. Copper is one of the oldest metals ever used and has been one of the important materials in the development of civilization. Because of its properties, singularly or in combination, of high ductility, malleability, and thermal and electrical conductivity, and its ...

The first report in this recurring series on microbial processes in the minerals industries was published in 2003 (Olson et al. 2003), followed by an update after 10 years (Brierley and Brierley 2013) with bioleaching and biooxidation of sulfide minerals, primarily copper (in the case of bioleaching) and refractory gold ores (biooxidation) matured to …

On the other hand, as a hydrometallurgical process, heap leaching has been used for base metals such as copper, nickel, uranium and precious metals such as gold and silver recovery from their ores ...

Heap leaching is a simple means of recovering copper from oxide and oxide-sulfide ores. Although this method requires relatively low capital investment, it suffers from low copper recoveries and relatively high acid consumption. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine what factors influence these shortcomings, and (2) to …

The copper heap leaching, solvent extraction, and electrowinning process has revolutionized the copper industry and significantly reduced the capital and operating costs for the production of copper from low-grade ores.A schematic of a typical heap leach/SX/EW operation is shown in Fig. 4.29.The SX part of the flowsheet recovers …

The paper focuses on leaching of complex copper–cobalt–nickel ore from Mwinilunga district in Zambia, containing 0.6% Cu, 0.21% Co, 2.6% Fe, and 0.13% Ni. Mineralogical examination of the ore using scanning electron microscope (SEM) showed that copper, cobalt, and nickel exist in fine particles of heterogenite and limonite mineral …

In this study, weak acid in the curing and leaching stages of copper ore was incorporated, and we analyzed its effect on the dissolution of copper and final impurities. The weak acid corresponds to a wastewater effluent from sulfuric acid plants produced in the gas treatment of copper smelting processes. This effluent is basically water with high acidity (pH-value …

A method of leaching copper-containing ores includes leaching copper-containing ores or concentrates or tailings of the ores or concentrates with a leach liquor in the presence of an additive that enhances the dissolution of copper from copper minerals in the ores and concentrates by forming a complex between (a) sulfur, that has originated from copper …

Oxide ores are generally processed using hydrometallurgy. This process uses aqueous (water-based) solutions to extract and …