Leaching of Sb from TROF furnace Doré slag

Petteri Halli, Simon Jolivet, Andreas Klöfverskjöld, Benjamin Wilson, Petri Latostenmaa, Mari Lundström

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Abstract

Doré slag is secondary product of copper electrorefining anode slime treatment. The slag consists mainly of different slag formers, such as borax and silica based minerals together with soda and traces of sealing materials. However, Doré slag also contains metals present in the anode slime, such as Ag, Cu, Bi, Sb and Te. At some plants, slag cleaning has been conducted utilizing conventional grinding and flotation circuits in order to enrich the content of precious metals in the slag [1]. Nevertheless, the routine consideration of the slag as a secondary raw material has so far not been adopted on an industrial scale. The current study presents the preliminary results of the nitric acid and chloride leaching of antimony from Doré slag. Chemical and mineralogical analyses (SEM-EDS, AAS, XRD) were performed for the raw material, leaching residue, and leaching solution in order to ascertain the metal recovery and kinetics during leaching.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
Editors Zhang et al
PublisherSpringer
Pages43-49
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-52192-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-52191-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
EventEnergy Technologies Symposium - San Diego, United States
Duration: 26 Feb 20172 Mar 2017

Publication series

NameMinerals, Metals & Materials Series
PublisherSPRINGER INT PUBLISHING AG
ISSN (Print)2367-1181

Conference

ConferenceEnergy Technologies Symposium
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period26/02/201702/03/2017

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