Enhancing the flotation recovery of copper minerals in …

Slag cleaning can be divided into two types, first being the pyrometallurgical reduction and settling of liquid slag, which is performed in slag-cleaning furnaces, and the second type being the mineral processing-based slag cleaning of solidified or granulated slag by crushing and/or grinding followed by gravity concentration or froth flotation ...

Enhancing the flotation recovery of copper minerals in …

Pyrometallurgical cleaning of copper slags involves inducing conditions that encourage suspended matte (Cu 2 S) droplets to settle into the matte layer. The …

Characterization of copper slag for beneficiation of iron and copper

1.2. Objectives. The objective of this present study is to characterize the BCL copper slag and analyze its composition properties. In the past, research has been focused on ferrous and non-ferrous slags with the intention of employing the findings in various applications [].We had to carry out the characterization task first in order to quantify the …

SUSTAINABILITY OF COPPER SLAG PROCESSING …

of copper slag is generated each year from world copper production (Gorai et al., 2003). It is usually disposed in uncovered dumps in the vicinity of a copper smelter plant. Dumping or disposal of such large amounts of copper slag can cause environmental problems. According to Mihajlovic (2012), copper slag is classified as hazardous

Enhancing the flotation recovery of copper minerals in …

The first campaign was carried out using an existing copper slag flotation circuit in the plant. During the second campaign (2017), a circuit for sulfide ore flotation with an additional columnar flotation cleaning stage was evaluated. ... Wang et al. (2011) reported that the main constituents of copper smelter slags found around the world are ...

The Effect of Copper Bearing Particles Liberation on Copper Recovery

A smelting plant in Bor extract copper from copper ores and copper concentrates by a pyro metallurgical process. During years of operation, a considerable amount of copper slag has been generated as a by-product and has been dumped. Copper contents in these slags are as high as 0.6 up to 0.8%.

Copper Recovery Through Smelter Slag Flotation in …

Copper slag flotation was studied on an industrial scale at a concentrator plant in the region of Atacama, Chile. This study consisted of the physical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization of the copper slag, along with preliminary flotation tests. ... The existing CS flotation circuit in the plant was used in 2016. In 2017, a ...

Application of Thionocarbamates in Copper Slag …

Chemical analysis of smelter slag sample obtained from Flotation plant in Bor, Serbia, showed that it contains 3.56% of copper, of which over 73% is in the sulphide form, as well as 0.58 g/t of gold and …

Flotation and Leaching Processes in Metallurgy

In this paper, the results of the study of application of thionocarbamates in copper slag flotation are presented. Chemical analysis of smelter slag sample obtained from Flotation plant in Bor, …

Study on Copper Recovery of Water-quenched Slag from Copper …

Factors affecting flotation of water-quenched slag from a copper smelting plant in Hubei province,such as grinding fineness,pulp density,pH value and the reagent system,were studied.The results indicate that the best flotation efficiency was obtained with a grinding fineness of 95%-0.074 mm,a pulp density of 30%,a pH value of 7.0 and reagent …

Copper Recovery Through Smelter Slag Flotation in …

Copper slag flotation was studied on an industrial scale at a concentrator plant in the region of Atacama, Chile. This study consisted of the physical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization ...

Valorization of copper smelter slag through the recovery of …

Flotation of silica and alumina from the slag improved bio‐leaching performance and recovered about 74.0% of copper, 60.0% of nickel and 33.4% cobalt in the bio‐leaching process conducted at ...

How to Recover Copper from Slag by Flotation

How to Recover Copper from Slag by Flotation. Table of Contents. The bulk of the world's output of copper is produced by smelting copper sulfide flotation …

The potential for copper slag waste as a resource for a …

The copper smelter slags are highly heterogeneous and chemically diverse (Table 2).The bulk chemical composition of copper slags mainly depends on the metallurgical processes from which they are derived, which are determined by type of concentrate, type of fluxes, type of furnaces and cooling rates (Gbor et al., 2000, 2003; …

(PDF) Study Of The Copper Flotation From Copper Smelter Slag…

The first campaign was carried out using an existing copper slag flotation circuit in the plant. During the second campaign (2017), a circuit for sulfide ore flotation with an additional columnar flotation cleaning stage was evaluated. ... Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM'22) Prague ...

Recovery of copper from copper slag and copper slag flotation …

Copper smelter slag and copper smelter slag flotation tailings were leached using sulphuric acid solutions, without or with the addition of either ferric sulphate or hydrogen peroxide.

Ferric leaching of copper slag flotation tailings

The pyrometallurgical production of copper generates slags, a residue with a significant content of this metal. Copper can be recovered from the slags by froth flotation after cooling, crushing ...

Economic potential and environmental impact of metal …

Several plants recover the copper contained in the copper slag by flotation. This method is generally appropriate for liberated metallic copper and sulfide minerals. It is unsuitable for recovering base metals such as cobalt, zinc, and nickel and forms of oxides or doped slags ( Aatach et al., 2020 ).

Copper Mining and Processing: Processing Copper Ores

Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore (less than 1% copper) and ends with sheets of 99.99% pure copper called cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday use.The most common types of ore, copper oxide and copper sulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and …

Pressure Leaching of Copper Slag Flotation Tailings in …

In this study, a hydrometallurgical method for the recovery of copper, cobalt, and zinc from copper slag flotation tailings (SFT) was investigated. SFT contains large …

A comprehensive review on the recovery of copper values …

The researchers reported that particle size, reagent type, reagent dosage and slurry pH are the significant operating variables governing the flotation of copper slag. …

Sustainable and Comprehensive Utilization of Copper Slag: A …

From the World Copper Smelter Survey 2004 it can be estimated that at that time 37% of the smelters used electric furnaces for slag cleaning, 26% used …

Copper Recovery Through Smelter Slag Flotation in …

Copper slag flotation was studied on an industrial scale at a concentrator plant in the region of Atacama, Chile. This study consisted of the physical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization of the copper slag, along with preliminary flotation tests.

Comprehensive review on metallurgical recycling and cleaning of copper slag

The copper slag produced by the slag cleaning furnaces as a final by-product, yields copper in the range of 0.55–1.3 wt.% in the discarded slag, with copper losses of most plants in the discarded slag limited between 0.8 wt.% and 1.0 wt.% (Coursol et al., 2012). However, the final copper slag still contains large amounts of valuable …

[PDF] Optimization of the flotation of copper smelter slags …

Copper slag flotation was studied on an industrial scale at a concentrator plant in the region of Atacama, Chile. This study consisted of the physical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization of … Expand

Copper recovery from copper slags through flotation …

The metal in copper slag was recovered by flotation. • Sodium carbonate and mechanical activation strengthen flotation. • The mechanism of activated flotation of copper slag was revealed.

Enhancing the flotation recovery of copper minerals in …

Slag cooling beneficiation, which uses the surface property differences of sulfide minerals and oxide minerals to enrich valuable elements in the slag concentrate, is the most widely used method ...

The recovery of copper, by flotation, from calcium-ferrite-based …

Discover the world's research ... studied the flotation of copper from various copper slags generated in a pilot plant smelter. The copper content in the slags varied from 5.2% to 15.1% and the ...

Comprehensive Utilization of Copper Slag in a Pyro

Copper slag used in this study was cooled by water quenching, from a copper smelting plant, China Minmetals Corporation. ... Leaching of copper and zinc from copper converter slag flotation tailings using H 2 SO 4 and biologically generated Fe2(SO4)3. Hydrometallurgy 119–120:40–46. Article Google Scholar

A Study of the Optimal Model of the Flotation Kinetics of Copper Slag …

Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering. Study Of The Copper Flotation From Copper Smelter Slag, Using Seawater As Operation Water ... Precious metals are also presents in the copper slag. In the copper slag flotation plant is achieved unexpectedly poor metal recovery of copper (31,66%), …