Brass melting slag is a valuable secondary resource for the recovery of copper and zinc. The hydrometallurgical recovery process of this material is a challenge, because of its limited dissolution in sulfuric acid. The present study aimed at studying a combined pyro-hydrometallurgical treatment processes involving high temperature …
A study published in Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. detailing a novel method for the recovery of. copper, lead, and zinc from copper smelting slag using a sulfurization-reduction approach.This innovation represents a significant stride in metallurgical waste management, with potential impacts on both industry practices …
A wide variety of processes for the recovery of valuable metals from copper slag have been proposed, which can be summed up in three types: pyrometallurgical, …
In the constant race against time, costs and fluctuating copper prices, similar actions are being also planned and executed at RTB Bor's other sites. ... 's Vertimill VTM400 vertical grinding mill significantly enhances RTB Bor's recovery of copper slag reprocessing. After 1,000 hours of operation, the VTM400 has doubled the slag ...
An innovative, economical, and environmentally sound hydrometallurgical process has been proposed for recovering Cu, Ni, and Co from copper-rich converter slag by organic acids. In the leaching experiments, the effects of organic acid concentrations, pulp density, temperature, and time were investigated. Optimum recovery of 99.1% Cu, …
The increased reprocessing of copper tailings is becoming an increasingly logical decision, ... Copper slag is also being used in the manufacture of roof tiles, mine filling materials, ... Low operational cost; Simplicity of equipment; A small amount in the release of waste that can affect the environment. ...
The potential benefits of reprocessing copper slag waste using the circular economy model are discussed. This paper demonstrates that applying the circular economy principles to the copper slag waste has the potential to create additional economic value, improve the energy efficiency of the metal production, increase the supply of critical ...
Large amounts of solid wastes are produced in copper and aluminum smelting processes, which not only cause losses of valuable resources but also threaten the ecology and environment. In this study, a reduction–sulfurization smelting method was used for recovering Cu and Co from converter slags by using spent pot lining (SPL) as the …
REPROCESSING AND RECYCLING OF TAILINGS FROM METALLURGICAL PROCESS Application of Copper Slag in Ultra-high Performance Concrete XIAOWEI GU,1,2 WEI SUN,1,3 and YINGYING AI1,4 ... buildings and reduce the cost of renovation of buildings. Proper incorporation can improve the
Slag was processed by 25 companies servicing active iron and steel facilities or reprocessing old slag piles at about 123 processing plants (including some iron and steel plants with more than one slag- ... Price, average unit 6value, free on board plant, dollars per metric ton 26.50 28.50 31.00 40.50 53 ... ash. Some other metallurgical slags ...
The site today comprises a small number of heaps, which have been constructed similar to side-hill ring-dyke impoundments (Fig. 1).The heaps in total contain some Mt of material at an average of roughly 0.3 % Cu and 0.01 % Mo (SERNAGEOMIN, 2020b).The focus of this work is on the heap which contains the highest Mo …
Slag was processed by 28 companies servicing active iron and steel facilities or reprocessing old slag piles at about 124 processing plants (including some iron and steel plants with more than one slag- ... Price, average value, free on board plant, dollars per ton6 24.50 26.50 27.50 25.50 ... ash. Some other metallurgical slags, such as copper ...
The mining industry can minimise the energy requirements for extraction of copper from primary sources (open pit or underground mining operations) by …
A review article on the beneficiation and metallurgical processing of copper slag, a by-product of copper extraction. It covers the physical, pyro and hydrometallurgical routes, the challenges and the prospects of copper recovery from copper slag.
The economic value of mineral wastes (slag, tailings, and others) relies on their contents in recoverable metals [6, 8, 10, 13,14,15,16, 18, 21, 23,24,25]. Their …
REPROCESSING AND RECYCLING OF TAILINGS FROM METALLURGICAL PROCESS Recovery of Copper, Lead and Zinc from Copper Flash Converting Slag by the Sulfurization-Reduction Process ... leads to excessive copper in slag. Lead mainly exists in the form of lead oxide, accounting for 92.08% of the total lead, and zinc mainly exists in …
Abstract. The distributions of precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) between copper matte and silica-saturated FeO x-SiO 2 /FeO x-SiO 2-Al 2 O 3 /FeO x-SiO 2-Al 2 O 3-CaO slags were investigated at 1300 °C and P SO 2 = 0.5 atm. The experiments were carried out in silica crucibles under flowing CO-CO 2-SO 2-Ar gas atmosphere.The …
In this study, a low-cost and eco-friendly nano adsorbent (nZVI/copper slag) was synthesized and characterized using FESEM, XRD, EDX, FTIR, and zeta potential …
Standard cost models with capex and opex for flotation, leaching, and magnetic separation were adopted to the needs of tailings reprocessing. A copper tailing (around 2 M t) that also contains magnetite was chosen …
Reprocessing tailings using flotation has proven to be more efficient and economical than other reprocessing methods, and the results indicate that reprocessing tailings not only benefits mining companies but also reduces the environmental impact of heavy metals (Lutandula and Maloba, 2013, Lv et al., 2015, Videla et al., 2016).
Copper slag as a potential source of critical elements - A case study from Tsumeb, Namibia . ... Granulated slag from the reprocessing of older slags (slag type III; Ettler et al., 2009) ... pXRF can be used as an additional low-cost tool for screening the chemical composition of smelting slags. ...
In this study, copper slag reprocessing tailings (CSRT) were synthesized into geopolymers with 40%, 50% and 60% metakaolin. The evolution of compressive strength and microstructures of CSRT …
Based on the treatment of 1,000 tons of slag per day, production cost of treating quenched converter slag would be $1.85 versus $2.37 per ton of slow-cooled slag. The cost advantage of processing quenched slags results from elimination of the slow-cooling and crushing operations inherent in the treatment of slow-cooled slags.
The distributions of precious metals have been extensively investigated between copper matte and slag at ( P_{{{text{SO}}_{ 2} }} ) lower than 0.2 atm.[13,14,15,16,25,26,27,28,29,30,31] However, the use of oxygen or oxygen-enriched air as the process gas in modern copper flash smelting produces a smaller amount of off …
This article summarises the generation, characteristics, and treatment methods of copper slag, a by-product of copper smelting. It also discusses the …
Slag Reprocessing Methods. Mining slag can also be reprocessed to recover low-grade ores using hydrometallurgy techniques. A study used sulfuric acid to …
In copper mining, tailings can account for 95–99% of crushed and ground ores (Edraki et al., 2014). Worldwide, ... such as reprocessing to extract metals and minerals, tailings as backfill material, ... Extraction of vanadium as a co-product to iron from vanadium slag includes bearing, roasting, acid leaching solvent extraction, ...
3.1 Sulfation roasting–water leaching 3.1.1 Effect of H 2 SO 4 addition. To determine the consumption of H 2 SO 4 in the sulfation roasting process, a predetermined weight of 98% H 2 SO 4 was mixed with the raw copper slag and then roasted at 200 °C for 1 h. The H 2 SO 4 addition varied in a range of 30–80 wt% (mass ratio of 98% H 2 …
Results from the solvent extraction of copper and zinc from pregnant solutions after bioleaching of re-floated tailings from the Kipushi concentrator in DR of Congo are presented. LIX984N has been used as extractant for copper, while D2EHPA as such for zinc, following prior removal of the ferric iron via precipitation. The McCabe …
the needs of tailings reprocessing. A copper tailing (around 2 M t) that also contains magnetite was chosen as a case study. A combination of magnetic separation and leaching gave the best economic ... Keywords: tailings reprocessing; early stage cost estimation; magnetic separation; leaching; flotation 11010103 1. Introduction
Reprocessing flowsheets for copper mine tailings in Chile were developed and costs and revenues of possible products from reprocessing were examined for a rough economic assessment.
Copper slag reprocessing ... Process parameters and resultant cost effects are discussed in terms of existing industrial smelting processes, the Submerged Arc Furnace (SAF) and the Blast Furnace ...
Copper slag production by different smelting technologies ... The reprocessing of Cu slags is a routine part of some extraction circuits and is generally based on comminution in a mill followed by flotation to recover residual sulfides, ... which is not always the case considering current extraction costs and metal prices. 69 ...
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Copper slag has long been the subject of metal recovery. However, it has become apparent that copper slag flotation tailings can meet resource requirements under certain circumstances.
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