PH12016501165B1 - Process for suppressing elution of manganese - Google Patents

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PH12016501165B1
PH12016501165B1 PH12016501165A PH12016501165A PH12016501165B1 PH 12016501165 B1 PH12016501165 B1 PH 12016501165B1 PH 12016501165 A PH12016501165 A PH 12016501165A PH 12016501165 A PH12016501165 A PH 12016501165A PH 12016501165 B1 PH12016501165 B1 PH 12016501165B1
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Tomohiko Yokogawa
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Abstract

The present invention suppresses elution of manganese from manganese sediment in slurry accumulated in a sedimentation tank. The present invention sets the pH of the slurry including manganese sediment accumulated in the sedimentation tank to 8.0-9.0 and suppresses the elution of manganese.

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PROCESS FOR SUPPRESSING ELUTION OF MANGANESE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a process for suppressing elution of manganese which suppresses elution of manganese from manganese precipitate in slurry containing manganese precipitate stored in a settling pond.
The present application claims priority on the basis of
Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2013-259175 filed on
December 16, 2013 in Japan.
Description of Related Art
In recent years, high pressure acid leach using sulfuric acid is attracting attention as a hydrometallurgical process of nickel oxide ore. This process is different from pyrometallurgical process which is a conventional general smelting process of nickel oxide ore, and it comprises consistent hydrometallurgical step and does not include pryometallurgical step such as reducing step and drying step, so it 1s advantageous in terms of energy and cost. Also, the high pressure acid leach is having an advantage that it is possible to obtain a sulfide containing cobalt and nickel in which a nickel grade is increased to the extent of 50% by mass (Hereinafter, referred to as nickel-cobalt mixed sulfide.).
A hydrometallurgical process of nickel oxide ore using this high pressure acid leach comprises: an ore treatment step for grinding nickel oxide ore to a predetermined size to be slurry; a (high pressure acid) leaching step for performing a leaching treatment under high temperature and high pressure by adding sulfuric acid to ore slurry; a preliminary neutralization step for performing a neutralization (Hereinafter, referred to as preliminary neutralization.) treatment to leached slurry before multistage washing of the leached slurry; a solid-liquid separation step (Hereinafter, referred to as “CCD step”.) for solid-liquid separating the leached slurry obtained by performing the preliminary neutralization step into a leached residue and a leachate containing impurity elements together with nickel and cobalt while multistage washing of the leached slurry; a neutralization step for obtaining a neutralization final solution containing zinc together with nickel and cobalt by separating a neutralized precipitate containing impurity elements by adjusting pH of the obtained leachate; a dezincification step for obtaining a mother liquor for nickel recovery by forming and separating zinc sulfide by adding sulfurizing agent to this kind of problem, for example in Patent Document 2, a process for precipitating manganese selectively and efficiently is described.
However, there is no useful knowledge about the change of manganese concentration at the time of solid-liquid separation in the settling pond after the neutralization treatment, namely, after the precipitation of manganese.
In Patent Document 3, a process for expediting coagulative precipitation by adding heavy metal inorganic compound at the time of neutralization treatment is described. However, in Patent Document 3, it is not mentioned about the behavior of concentration of heavy metal at the time of solid-liquid separation after the precipitation.
In the settling pond, the manganese concentration is normally controlled to the concentration that will not affect the environment. However, in the settling pond, there is a case that the manganese concentration will fluctuate suddenly, especially the concentration will rise suddenly, and its cause has not been found yet. Therefore, the control of the manganese concentration will be difficult. Therefore, in the settling pond, it is required to control the manganese concentration based on the knowledge about the change of manganese concentration at the time of solid-liquid separation.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application
Laid-Open No. 2005-350766
Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application
Laid-Open No. H9-248576
Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application
Laid-Open No. 2012-250226
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been proposed by considering such actual circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a process for suppressing elution of manganese which suppresses elution of manganese from manganese precipitate in a settling pond.
A process for suppressing elution of manganese according to the present invention is a process for suppressing elution of manganese which suppresses elution of manganese from a manganese precipitate in slurry containing the manganese precipitate, an aluminum precipitate, nickel and cobalt stored in a settling pond, wherein pH of slurry in the settling pond is adjusted to 8.0 to 9.0, the slurry is a waste water generated by high pressure acid leach for leaching nickel and cobalt from nickel oxide ore, the waste water contains the manganese precipitate and the aluminum precipitate generated by a precipitating agent of limestone and slaked lime, and manganese concentration in the obtained slurry is less than 1 mg/L.
In the present invention, by adjusting the pH of slurry containing manganese precipitate stored in the settling pond to 8.0 to 9.0, it is possible to suppress elution of manganese from the manganese precipitate, so it is possible to decrease the manganese concentration of a supernatant obtained by depositing manganese precipitate.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is illustrating a relation of change of pH and manganese concentration of slurry stored in a settling pond.
Fig. 2 is illustrating a relation of change of pH and manganese concentration of slurry after removing a solid content from a settling pond.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a process for suppressing elution of manganese according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the present invention should not be limited to the following embodiments, and various changes can be made within the scope not deviating from the gist of the present er ——————————————————— eee reer ____ invention
A process for suppressing elution of manganese is a process for suppressing elution of manganese from a manganese precipitate by adjusting pH of slurry containing the manganese precipitate stored in a settling pond to 8.0 to 9.0.
For slurry stored in the settling pond, it is the slurry containing precipitate formed by subjecting filtrate after recovering nickel and cobalt from leaching residue or leachate generated when high pressure acid leaching nickel and cobalt, for example from nickel oxide ore to neutralization treatment with limestone powder and slaked lime powder in neutralization treatment facilities. Namely, the process for suppressing elution of manganese can be applied to suppress elution of manganese for preventing the increase of manganese concentration of waste water stored in the settling pond, after the neutralization treatment of waste water containing leaching residue or filtrate generated in hydrometallurgy of, for example nickel oxide ore.
In nickel oxide ore, manganese, aluminum and else are contained as impurities other than nickel and cobalt.
Therefore, when the leached residue or filtrate is subjected to neutralization treatment by limestone powder or slaked lime powder, a precipitate of manganese, aluminum and else will be generated.
At the time of neutralization treatment, pH of waste water containing leached residue or filtrate is preferably adjusted to 8.0 to 10.0. When pH of waste water is too low, precipitation of manganese will be deteriorated. When pH is too high, it is not preferable as the used amount of neutralizing agent will be large.
The slurry containing the precipitate of manganese, aluminum and else is stored once at the settling pond before discharging into sea or river. Here, the settling pond includes dam. At the settling pond, the slurry containing the manganese precipitate is stored for a while and precipitates of manganese precipitate and else will be deposited. And, after the precipitates have deposited, a detoxified supernatant will be discharged to the outside such as sea or river by pumping up.
In the settling pond, it is necessary to discharge the detoxified supernatant into sea, river and else, in order to inhibit the burden on the environment. In the settling pond, it is preferable that, for example manganese is deposited as a precipitate and that manganese is not dissolved in the supernatant, but manganese concentration in the supernatant is increasing.
The increase of manganese concentration is related to pH of slurry. The manganese concentration increases when the pH of slurry decreases. It is considered that the pH of slurry decreases by the occurrence of proton when carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into slurry.
When the pH of slurry decreases, manganese will be eluted from the precipitate. The relation of the pH of slurry and the manganese concentration can be understood from the measurement result of the pH of slurry and the manganese concentration indicated in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 is a result of measuring pH of slurry and manganese concentration in the settling pond for about 70 days. The pH achieved by the dissolution of carbon dioxide is in the order of 7.7. As indicated in Fig. 1, the elution of manganese begins when the pH of slurry becomes lower than 8.5, and the manganese concentration is over 1 mg/L when the pH of slurry becomes lower than 8.0. The value of 1 mg/L is a prescribed value defined, for example by National
Pollution Control Commission (NPCC) of Philippine.
Therefore, it is necessary to inhibit the manganese concentration in slurry to less than 1 mg/L.
Also, from the result indicated in Fig. 1, it can be understood that the time for the pH of slurry to reach 8.5 is about 20 days, and after 20 days, the elution of manganese caused by the decrease of pH will begin sharply, and at 30 days the manganese concentration will reach 1 mg/L.
Therefore, the discharge from the settling pond is performed before the pH of the stored slurry becomes lower than8.0, preferably 8.25. Inother words, if the pH of slurry could be maintained in the range of 8.0 to 9.0, preferably in the range of 8.25 to 8.75, the elution of the manganese is inhibited, and it is possible to discharge in the condition satisfying the prescribed value of NPCC, i.e. in the condition that the manganese concentration is less than 1 mg/L.
In the settling pond, the stored time of slurry should be 30 days or less, preferably 20 days or less, as the process for maintaining the pH of slurry below 8.0, preferably below 8.25. If the stored time is 30 days or less, the elution of manganese is inhibited, so it is possible to satisfy the condition that the manganese concentration is less than 1 mg/L.
Here, it is searched separately about the relation between the decrease of pH and carbon dioxide by measuring the pH in the state without a solid content (precipitates).
The result thereof is illustrated in Fig. 2. In addition, the precipitates are removed from slurry, but it was not possible to remove all of them, so small amount of manganese was detected.
From the result indicated in Fig. 2, it can be understood that pH will be decreased until 7.7 as well as the case including the solid content, even if it is held in the atmosphere, after removing the solid content (precipitates) from slurry. In other words, it can be understood that pH will be decreased to the extent of 7.7 when the slurry is held in the atmosphere, regardless of the existence of the solid content. The decrease of pH will be accelerated when there is no solid content as there is no substance to be eluted. Therefore, it can be understood that the decrease of pH is caused by the dissolution of carbon dioxide of acidic gas contained in the atmosphere into the slurry.
In the process for suppressing elution of manganese, it is preferable that the pH of slurry is 8.0 to 10.0 when discharging slurry into the settling pond. In the process for suppressing elution of manganese, it is possible to discharge slurry into the settling pond in the state that manganese is not eluted and that the manganese concentration is very low, by adjusting the pH of slurry to 8.0 to 10.0.
From the above, the process for suppressing elution of manganese can suppress the increase of manganese concentration even the slurry before discharging into sea or river is stored in the settling pond exposed to outside air. Thereby, the process for suppressing elution of manganese can suppress the environmental influences and its effect is very significant.
EXAMPLES
Explaining about the examples applying the present invention. In addition, the present invention should not be limited in any way to the examples below. <Example>
In the example, at first, slurry including a manganese precipitate was obtained by performing a neutralization treatment to add limestone powder and slaked lime powder to a waste water including manganese generated in a high pressure acid leach for leaching nickel and cobalt from nickel oxide ore.
Next, in the example, the slurry was discharged into a settling pond. The pH of the slurry at the time of discharge of the slurry into the settling pond was 9.10, and manganese concentration was 0.3 mg/L.
Next, in the example, the slurry was rested for 15 days in the settling pond in the air atmosphere. Then, a supernatant was discharged into sea by pumping up. The pH of the slurry at this time was 8.5, and the manganese concentration was 0.1 mg/L
Therefore, in the example, the elution of manganese was suppressed. <Comparative Example>
In the comparative example, a neutralization treatment was performed to a waste water including manganese generated by a high pressure acid leach as well as the example. Next, in the comparative example, slurry was discharged into a settling pond in the state that the pH of the slurry was 9.15.
Next, in the comparative example, the slurry was rested for 40 days in the settling pond in the air atmosphere. The manganese concentration of the slurry was 2.5 mg/L.

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1. A process for suppressing elution of manganese which suppresses elution of manganese from a manganese precipitate in slurry containing the manganese precipitate, an aluminum precipitate, nickel and cobalt stored in a settling pond, wherein pH of the slurry in the settling pond is adjusted to 8.0 to 9.0, the slurry is a waste water generated by high pressure acid leach for leaching nickel and cobalt from nickel oxide ore, the waste water contains the manganese precipitate and the aluminum precipitate generated by a precipitating agent of limestone and slaked lime, and manganese concentration in the obtained slurry is less than 1 mg/L.
2. The process for suppressing elution of manganese according to claim 1, wherein the stored time of the slurry in the settling pond is 30 day or less.
3. The process for suppressing elution of manganese according to claim 1, wherein a supernatant is discharged from the settling pond to outside by pumping up.
4. The process for suppressing elution of manganese according to claim 1, wherein pH of the slurry is 8.0 to
10.0 when discharging the slurry into the settling pond.
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