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Bacterial Leaching Biotechnology in the Mining Industry Preston Devasia and K A Natarajan Bacterial leaching is the extraction of metals from their ores using microorganisms. Microbial technology offers an eco nomic alternative for the mining industry, at a time when high-grade mineral resources are being depleted. Why Bacterial Leaching
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reduced the amount of copper added from outside to the leach solutions as gold oxidizing agent. The pH of solutions during their percolation through the ore heap decreased by 0.1 - 0.3 points and the evaporation rates amounted to about 10%. Table 2. Particle size analysis of the ore before and after the leaching of the heap Tabela 2.
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percolation leaching, solvent extraction and electrowinning. The economic analysis shows that for an ore containing 2.2 percent copper a 10,000 ton per day operation requires a total investment of $59,915,000 and returns 56.If percent on the investment. A 1.2 percent copper ore requires a total
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the process of dissolving and removing nutrients from soil, or minerals from rock, by the percolation of water. Certain bacteria are able to help in the solubilization of metals from their ores; such bacterial leaching is carried out commercially to recover metals such as copper and uranium.
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Percolation leaching techniques, such as heap leaching, dump leaching, bio-leaching and in-situ leaching have been extensively employed in the Chinese mining industry in recent decades, primarily to extract gold, copper, rare earth elements and uranium.
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In unsteady-state leaching a common method used in the mineral industries is in-place leaching, where the solvent is allowed to percolate through the actual ore body. In other cases the leach liquor is pumped over a pile of crushed ore and collected at the ground level as it drains from the heap. Copper is leached by sulfuric acid solutions ...
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There are three basic principles for microorganism to leach and mobilize target metals from ore concentrate - redox reaction, formation of organic and inorganic acid and finally the excretion of complexing agent ( Figure 1) [ 4 ]. Figure 1. Image of bioleaching bacterial [ 4 ].
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A percolation system was the least effective and yielded the lowest recoveries. Shake flasks (easily autoclavable) offered the advantage of comparison of the microbiological and solely chemical leaching. Aseptic conditions could not be maintained with the air-lift and aerated column reactors because of contamination via aerosol formation.
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An IRR of 30% is achieved at an ore grade of 2.75% and a copper price of $5700, $5000 and $8400 per tonne for the heap leach, hybrid leach & agitated leach options respectively. Even at an ore grade apparently suitable for milling and leaching, heap leach options show a higher rate of return on investment. Figure 9.
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Percolation leaching made it possible to extract up to 43 and 47% of Cu and Zn from the first sample. Extraction rate was maximum during the leaching with 1 and 2.5% sulfuric acid solutions. During the agitation leaching, the maximum extraction rate was reached with a 2.5% sulfuric acid solution (52 and 54% Cu and Zn), but the leaching rate ...
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Heap leaching belongs to the group of percolation leaching processes and operates over ground. The procedure is illustrated in Figure 1.The oxide copper ore is piled up on leach pads, which have a slight slope of approx. 3° and a rubber lining, which seals the ground under the heap.
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Jul 18, 2021The chemical binder is one of the critical factors affecting ore agglomeration behavior and leaching efficiency. In this study, we investigated the effect of the type of binder and mass fraction of the H 2 SO 4 solution used on the curing, soaking, and leaching behavior of agglomerations.
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Abstract. The importance of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans for leach processes has been evaluated by studying the lithotrophic flora of three mine biotopes and a heap leaching operation, by percolation experiments with inoculated, sterilized ore, and by morphological, physiological, and genetic investigations of pure and mixed cultures of L. ferrooxidans, Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, and ...
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Leaching is a process humans can utilize to extract precious metals, minerals, and even fossil fuels. When this is done, several byproducts of commercial leaching can pollute the environment. The ...
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Heap leaching, shown in Exhibit 3, is the least expensive process and therefore, low value ores are most often treated by heap leaching. In 1993, heap leaching account ed for 39 percent of gold production.9 In many cases, heaps are constructed on lined pads with ore sent directly from the mine with little or no preparation. However, at about ...
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The aim of this study was to improve the dissolution of copper sulfide ore composed mainly of chalcopyrite (1.21 wt %) and bornite (0.54 wt %) using a pretreatment before leaching. The effect of the pretreatment on copper sulfide dissolution was investigated using different types of leaching. Three sets of experimental tests were performed (flask, reactor and mini-column). Using experimental ...
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Laboratory percolation tests studied the main parameters such as flow-rate, acid curing, acid concentration, copper recovery, acid consumption, concentrations in the pregnant leach solution. Results show a high and fast leaching of copper and a rather low and slow kinetic of cobalt leaching, due to the majority of Co(lll) species.
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This invention has-to "do with the extraction of substances by leaching methods and is applicable to various branches of the mineral and chemical industries where leaching of finely divided sub- 5...
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The fundamentals of heap leaching are divided into: a) The mass transport of fluids through the ore, and b) The chemical, metallurgical and thermodynamic phenomena, which together yield the net mineral dissolution and metal extraction observed on macro scale. Presented by Amado Guzman *Criteria and specifications for heap leach process design
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It is generally known in metallurgical leaching practice that there is a minimum degree of fineness to which ore particles may be crushed for subsequent percolation leaching. The reason for this is because the leaching column becomes clogged by the fine material, thus preventing the desired rate of solution percolation.
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Transcribed image text: Removal of copper from ore using sulfuric acid Leaching, sometimes called solid-liquid (or liquid-solid) extraction, involves the removal of a soluble fraction (the solute or leachant) of a solid material by a liquid solvent. The solute diffuses from inside the solid into the surrounding solvent. Either the extracted solid fraction or the insoluble solids, or both, may ...
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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 - 45 oC,...
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blems may even be exacerbated in reductive percolation leaching by using sodium metabisulfite if a controlled mechanism is not im-plemented. The efficiency of reductive leaching of oxidised copper-co-balt ore with sulphuric acid is highly dependent on pH (≈1.5). The pH can be maintained by the addition of make-up acid. Moreover, the
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In this study, a spiral X-ray CT scanner, combined with 3D imaging and analysis, was used to characterize the complex pore structure of the packed ore particle beds before and after bioleaching copper sulfide ores. The results indicate that the pore structure has temporal and spatial variations during bio-leaching process.
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Heap leaching low-grade ores has become a major contributor to the extraction of economically important metals, notably copper and gold. The state-of-the-art in heap leaching is reviewed with emphasis on process engineering. Rock leaching, including rock pore diffusion and mineral kinetics, solution flow, and retention in ore heaps during percolation leaching, and bio-oxidation of sulfidic ...
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bioleach process to extract copper and nickel from a platreef ore prior to a cyanide leach for precious metals. A low-grade flotation concentrate was used in this first test as a proxy, to obtain results in a shorter period of time than would be obtained with whole ore leaching and thus pre-determine optimal operating conditions. Methods
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The solution percolates through the heap, draining as a pregnant leach solution from which the copper can then be extracted. Solvent Extraction The copper solution resulting from heap leaching still contains impurities that must be removed before a pure copper product can be produced. For this, an extractant is needed.
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Percolation leaching using acidified ferric chloride solutions was able to extract, under optimum conditions, nearly 100% of the zinc and over 75% of the lead contained in a massive, pyritic Zn-Pb-...
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Gold extractions up to 80% (after 67-72 days of leach) on Cyclopic diamond core composite samples. Gold extractions between 50 and 70% after 7 days in leach. Agglomeration and compaction tests showed all agglomerated samples passed percolation tests up to 100 metres dump height (KCA standard height recommendation is 40 metres)
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Percolation leaching methods have been very effective in extracting metals from low grade ores, which could not otherwise be economically extracted. Percolation leaching techniques, such as heap leaching, dump leaching, bio-leaching and in-situ leaching have been extensively employed in the Chinese mining industry in recent decades, primarily ...
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The ore ready for leaching is first filled in a percolation leaching tank (pool) and then leached with a cyanide solution. The cyanide solution slowly permeates the ore layer to dissolve the gold. The gold-containing solution (pregnant liquid) passes through a filter bottom (false bottom) slightly higher than the bottom of the tank, and flows ...
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Several heap leach operations have experienced problems in terms of poor recovery due to percolation issues caused by low-grade complex ores, tailings and clayey deposits. Poor percolation can lead to low metal extraction due to solution channeling or the development of impermeable/dead zones within the heap (Dhawan et al., 2012; Kappes, 2005).
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Process for leaching metal sulfides with reagents having thiocarbonyl functional groups US10865460; This application pertains to methods of recovering metals from metal sulfides that involve contacting the metal sulfide with an acidic sulfate solution containing ferric sulfate and a reagent that has a thiocarbonyl functional group, ...
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- Percolation leaching of copper-cobalt oxidized ores has been demonstrated, as an altemative to actual sulphidization-flotation process at Luiswishi deposit - New concentrator of Kipushi (Republic Democratic of Congo). - Leaching test in column have demonstrated better recovery compared with leaching in stirred tank, which
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the rates are comparable to those of conventional ferric sulphate-sulphuric acid systems, but without the attendant problems of carbonate or iron dissolution, for the ore column heights studied, the copper leaching rate increased approximately as the square root of the total nh 3 concentration, but was independent both of the ratio of ammonium .
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A simplified schematic drawing of copper flotation flowsheet. Run-of-mine open pit ore will be crushed in a gyratory crusher. The crushed ore will be processed by means of semi-autogenous and ball mill grinding followed by rougher flotation, regrind, cleaner flotation, and dewatering to produce copper .. Read More.
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Place the pellets in one of the percolation columns to a height of approximately 400 mm. 3. While loading the pellets, tap the sides of the column several times with the rubber mallet to settle the pellets and eliminate hang-up on the column walls. 4. Measure and mark the height of the ore in the column. Record this height as H1. 5.
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This paper deals with the investigation of column leaching of low-grade ores from the copper mine Cerovo, Serbia (the approximate Cu content in the ore ranges from 0.2 - 0.3 % with >10 % copper in the form of oxide minerals). The leaching experiments were performed using sulphuric acid solutions, whereby the kinetics of copper
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The ore ready for leaching is first filled in a percolation leaching tank (pool) and then leached with a cyanide solution. The cyanide solution slowly permeates the ore layer to dissolve the gold. The gold-containing solution (pregnant liquid) passes through a filter bottom (false bottom) slightly higher than the bottom of the tank, and flows ...
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silver, copper, nickel, zinc and uranium. The ore can be processed as coarse rock, normally referred to as a dump leach, or as a crushed ore in a heap leach. The reagents used and the chemistry of leaching are metal specific, but the basic principles are similar to all ore types. At first glance, heap leaching can appear to be an
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