WO1982001725A1 - A method for separating and recovering nickel and copper from complex materials - Google Patents

A method for separating and recovering nickel and copper from complex materials

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WO1982001725A1
WO1982001725A1 PCT/SE1981/000334 SE8100334W WO8201725A1 WO 1982001725 A1 WO1982001725 A1 WO 1982001725A1 SE 8100334 W SE8100334 W SE 8100334W WO 8201725 A1 WO8201725 A1 WO 8201725A1
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nickel
copper
leaching
roasting
leaching solution
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PCT/SE1981/000334
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Ab Boliden
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Mioeen Thomas K
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B23/00Obtaining nickel or cobalt
    • C22B23/04Obtaining nickel or cobalt by wet processes
    • C22B23/0407Leaching processes
    • C22B23/0415Leaching processes with acids or salt solutions except ammonium salts solutions
    • C22B23/043Sulfurated acids or salts thereof
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B15/00Obtaining copper
    • C22B15/0002Preliminary treatment
    • C22B15/001Preliminary treatment with modification of the copper constituent
    • C22B15/0013Preliminary treatment with modification of the copper constituent by roasting
    • C22B15/0015Oxidizing roasting
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B15/00Obtaining copper
    • C22B15/0002Preliminary treatment
    • C22B15/001Preliminary treatment with modification of the copper constituent
    • C22B15/0013Preliminary treatment with modification of the copper constituent by roasting
    • C22B15/0017Sulfating or sulfiding roasting
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B15/00Obtaining copper
    • C22B15/0063Hydrometallurgy
    • C22B15/0065Leaching or slurrying
    • C22B15/0067Leaching or slurrying with acids or salts thereof
    • C22B15/0071Leaching or slurrying with acids or salts thereof containing sulfur
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B23/00Obtaining nickel or cobalt
    • C22B23/005Preliminary treatment of ores, e.g. by roasting or by the Krupp-Renn process
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B23/00Obtaining nickel or cobalt
    • C22B23/02Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
    • C22B23/023Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes with formation of ferro-nickel or ferro-cobalt
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B23/00Obtaining nickel or cobalt
    • C22B23/02Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes
    • C22B23/025Obtaining nickel or cobalt by dry processes with formation of a matte or by matte refining or converting into nickel or cobalt, e.g. by the Oxford process
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B23/00Obtaining nickel or cobalt
    • C22B23/04Obtaining nickel or cobalt by wet processes
    • C22B23/0453Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P10/00Technologies related to metal processing
    • Y02P10/20Recycling

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  • the present invention relates to a method of separating and recovering nickel and copper from complex sulphide minerals, by subjecting said minerals to roasting, sulphating and leaching processes.
  • complex sulphide minerals which contain nickel and copper presents a problem which is not readily solved, A number of commonly known pyrometallurgical processes cannot readily be applied to complex sulphide minerals.
  • Complex sulphide minerals which contain nickel almost always also contain copper and iron. Such minerals include pentlandite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.
  • the math ⁇ d to which one is generally referred is one involving the hydrometallurgical separation by flotation, therewith to recover a copper concentrate, a nickel concentrate and a waste comprising mainly pyrrhotite which will contain a relatively high percentage of nickel and copper.
  • Smelting processes for example applied when producing a matte from a complex sulphide material containing copper and nickel, also give rise to problems, owing to the fact that it is difficult to prevent nickel from passing into the iron slag, and to the fact that the copper and nickel content cannot readily be separated from the matte, and that a satisfactory yield cannot. be obtained.
  • a complex sulphide concentrate containing copper and nickel under conditions such as to avoid the formation of ferritas with the iron present.
  • the roasted products or calcines are then sulphated in a separate reactor vessel under conditions lying outside the thermodynamical stability range for ferrites.
  • the sulphating agent used is either sulphur trioxide, sul phuric acid, metal sulphates or sulphur dioxide together with oxygen.
  • the sulphating step is known per se; see for example the Canadian Patent Specification Serial No. 892475.
  • the temperature is held at 600-750oC, preferably 525-700°C.
  • the copper sulphate which has leached out is further treated in a conventional manner, by electrolysis or by cementation, to recover copper metal. Any electrolyte remaining after the electrolysis stage is returned to the roasting stage; and part of said electrolyte may also be returned to the sulphating and leaching stages.
  • sulphated nickel When returned to the roasting stage, sulphated nickel may be splitoff to form nickel oxide. In this way the advantage is gained wher ⁇ by the only nickel leaving the process is in the form of an oxide in the leaching residue obtained from the leaching stage.
  • the leaching residue obtained when leaching-out sulphates can be treated in various ways.
  • noble metals can be leached out, wherewith a certain quantity of nickel will also be leached out.
  • the noble metals can be ca ⁇ ented out with copper or nickel metal and residual nickel in the leaching solution can be precipitated out as nickel hydroxide, by neutralizing said solution, and then returned to the roasting stage or combined with the leaching residues from the la
  • the leaching residue obtained from the leaching stage or stages can suitably be dried, and melted by supplying thereto a reductant, such as carbon or oil.
  • a roasting furnace 1 Charged to a roasting furnace 1 through a line 2 is a complex coppernickel-concentrate, containing for example pentlandite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in mixture.
  • Roaster gases from the furnace 1 are passed, through a line 3, to suitable apparatus (not shown) for utilizing the heat content and sulphur dioxide, while the roasted products are passed to a sulphating reactor vessel 5 through a line 4.
  • the sulphated roasted products, or calcines are passed, through a line 6, to a leaching stage 7, where the sulphated roasted product is leached with a weak acid sulphate solution.
  • the leached product and leaching solution are passed from the leaching stage 7, through a line 8, to a separation apparatus 9, from which leaching solution is passed, through a line 10, to an el ectrowi nning apparatus 11, where copper is precipitated onto copper cathodes and where.the anodes used comprise a non-consumable metal, such as lead, or where consumable anodes comprising nickel and copper are used.
  • the removal of the copper product from the system is indicated by the arrow 12.
  • the copper-depleted electrolyte is passed, through a line 13, to an optional evaporation apparatus 14, and from there, through a line 15, t ⁇ the roasting furnace 1, or, through a line 16, to the sulphating stage 5 and/or, through a line 17, to the leaching stage 7.
  • the leaching solution is suitably divided between the lines 15, 16 and 17.
  • the leaching residues are passed from the separating apparatus 9, through a line 18, to a second leaching stage 19, in which noble metals are leached-out with a chlorine-containing chloride solution.
  • the leaching solution is passed, through a line 20, to a cementation stage 21, where noble metals are precipitated out.
  • a cementation stage 21 where noble metals are precipitated out.
  • nickel or copper are added as cementation metals. Removal of noble-metal precipitates is shown by arrow 23.
  • the leaching solution is then passed, through a line 24, to a neutralizing stage 25, to which calcium hydroxide is charged, as shown by arrow 26.
  • Nickel-hydroxide precipitate, and possibly copper-hydroxide, is removed, as indicated by arrow 27.
  • Leaching residues obtained from the second leaching stage 19 are passed, via a line 28, to a drying stage 29, and from there to a melting furnace 31 through a line 30.
  • the resultant melt which comprises an iron-copper-nickel-alloy, is passed, through a line 32, to a reduction stage 33, to which reductant and slag former are charged via a line 34, and a fayalite slag is taken out, as indicated by arrow 35.
  • the smelting and reduction stages may, to advantage, also be carried out in one and the same furnace unit, for example an electric-arc furnace
  • the alloy formed by said reduction is passed, via a line 36, to .a converter 37, to which there is charged an oxygencontaining gas through a line 38, and from where there is removed a molten copper-nickel-alloy, through a line 39.
  • Slag is passed from the converter 37 either .to a smelting furnace 31, via a line 40, or to the reduction stage 33, via a line 41.
  • a nickel-iron alloy also containing some copper can also be taken out.
  • the concentrate was subjected to a magnetite-yielding roasting; and the magnetite calcine then sulphated and leached in accordance with the invention.

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PCT/SE1981/000334 1980-11-17 1981-11-13 A method for separating and recovering nickel and copper from complex materials WO1982001725A1 (en)

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FI822337A FI71344C (fi) 1980-11-17 1982-06-30 Foerfarande foer separation och utvinning av nickel och kopparur komplexmaterial

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SE8008053A SE446276B (sv) 1980-11-17 1980-11-17 Forfarande for att separera och utvinna nickel och koppar ur komplexa sulfidmineral
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