WO2000065111B1 - Oxidative pressure leach recovery of precious metals using halide ions - Google Patents

Oxidative pressure leach recovery of precious metals using halide ions

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WO2000065111B1
WO2000065111B1 PCT/CA2000/000438 CA0000438W WO0065111B1 WO 2000065111 B1 WO2000065111 B1 WO 2000065111B1 CA 0000438 W CA0000438 W CA 0000438W WO 0065111 B1 WO0065111 B1 WO 0065111B1
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precious metal
host material
recovering
complex
degrees celsius
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Christopher A Fleming
David Dreisinger
P Terry O'kane
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Internat Pgm Technologies Ltd
Christopher A Fleming
David Dreisinger
Kane P Terry O
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Priority claimed from US09/300,878 external-priority patent/US6315812B1/en
Application filed by Internat Pgm Technologies Ltd, Christopher A Fleming, David Dreisinger, Kane P Terry O filed Critical Internat Pgm Technologies Ltd
Priority to AU45295/00A priority Critical patent/AU763167B2/en
Priority to EP20000926596 priority patent/EP1185717A1/en
Priority to CA002367606A priority patent/CA2367606C/en
Publication of WO2000065111A1 publication Critical patent/WO2000065111A1/en
Publication of WO2000065111B1 publication Critical patent/WO2000065111B1/en
Priority to US10/033,385 priority patent/US20020152845A1/en

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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
    • C22B3/00Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
    • C22B3/04Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching
    • C22B3/06Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching in inorganic acid solutions, e.g. with acids generated in situ; in inorganic salt solutions other than ammonium salt solutions
    • C22B3/10Hydrochloric acid, other halogenated 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
    • C22B11/00Obtaining noble metals
    • C22B11/04Obtaining noble metals by wet processes
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B11/00Obtaining noble metals
    • C22B11/04Obtaining noble metals by wet processes
    • C22B11/042Recovery of noble metals from waste materials
    • C22B11/044Recovery of noble metals from waste materials from pyrometallurgical residues, e.g. from ashes, dross, flue dust, mud, skim, slag, sludge
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B3/00Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
    • C22B3/04Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching
    • C22B3/06Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching in inorganic acid solutions, e.g. with acids generated in situ; in inorganic salt solutions other than ammonium salt solutions
    • C22B3/08Sulfuric acid, other sulfurated 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
    • C22B7/00Working up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals and compounds thereof; Methods of a general interest or applied to the winning of more than two metals
    • C22B7/04Working-up slag
    • 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
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Abstract

A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprises the steps of subjecting the host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent, preferably a chloride ion, which is reactive with the precious metal, and at an elevated temperature of at least 170°C to cause at least a portion of the precious metal to be extracted by a leach solution in the form of a precious metal-bearing chloride complex, and recovering the precious metal from the leach solution. When the host material is a smelt malte material including a base metal and a precious metal, said malte is subjected to a first oxidative pressure leach process to recover substantially all of said base metal in the form of at least one sulphate complex into a first leach solution, and then said malte material is subjected to a second oxidative pressure leach process in the presence of a halide ion constituent and at a temperature sufficient to cause at least a portion of said precious metal to be recovered into a second leach solution, from which the precious metal is extracted.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 7 November 2000 (07.11.00); new claims 51 -72 added; remaining claims unchanged (8 pages)]
- recovering said precious metal from said leach solution.
45. A method as defined in claim 44 wherein the first oxidative pressure leach process occurs at a temperature ranging from 100 to 190 degrees Celsius.
46. A method as defined in claim 45 wherein the first oxidative pressure leach process occurs at a temperature ranging from 120 to 170 degrees Celsius.
47. A method as defined in claim 44 wherein the first oxidative pressure leach process occurs at a temperature ranging from 130 to 150 degrees Celsius.
48. A method for recovering a precious metal from a smelt matte material, wherein said matte material includes a precious metal constituent and a base metal constituent, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said matte material to a single oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal constituent, and at a temperature sufficient to cause substantially all of said base and precious metal constituents to be recovered into a first leach solution; and
- recovering said precious metal from said leach solution.
49. A method as defined in claim 48 wherein the halide is chloride.
50. A method as defined in claim 5 wherein the host material includes a laterite.
51. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal, and at a temperature ranging from about 210 to about 230 degrees Celsius, in an acidic leach solution with an acid strength of at least 1 g/L, to form a precious metal-bearing halide complex in the leach solution; and
- recovering said precious metal rom said complex.
52. A method as defined in claim 5 wherein said halide ion is selected from the group consisting of chloride, iodide or bromide.
53. A method as defined in claim 52wherein the halide salt is a chloride salt.
54. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said host material to an oxidr-. ive pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent in a sulfuric acid leach solution having a acid concentration greater than 1 g/L and which is reaΛive with said precious metal, and at a temperature ranging from about 170 degrees Celsius to about 300 degrees Celsius to cause at least a portion of said precious metal to be extracted by a leach solution to form a precious metal-bearing halide complex; and
- recovering said precious metal from said complex,
55. A method as defined in claim 54 wherein leach solution includes sulphuric acid.
56. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- placing said host material in a pressure leaching vessel;
- subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal, and at a temperature ranging from 210 degrees Celsius to 230 degrees Celsius, to cause at least a portion of said precious metal to be extracted by a leach solution to form a precious metal-containing halide complex in the leach solution while in the pressure leaching vessel; and
- recovering said precious metal from said complex.
57. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material having a precious metal constituent and a base metal constituent, comprising the steps of:
. subjecting said host material to a first oxidative pressure leach process, with sufficient oxidant and at a selected temperature to recover substantially all of said base metal constituent in the form of at least one sulphate complex into a first leach solution and then
- subjecting said host material to a second oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious mfital, and at a temperature ranging from 210 degrees Celsius to 230 degrees Celsius, sufficient to cause at least a portion of said precious metal to be recovered in a precious metal- bearing halide complex into a second leach solution; and then - recovering said precious metal from said complex.
58. A method as defined in claim 57 wherein the first oxidative pressure leach process occurs at a temperature ranging from 100 to 1 0 degrees Celsius.
59. A method as defined in claim 57 wherein the first oxidative pressure leach process occurs at a temperature ranging from 120 to 170 degrees Celsius.
60. A method as defined in claim 57 wherein the first oxidative pressure leach process occurs at a temperature ranging from 130 to 150 degrees Celsius. 1. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, wherein said host material includes a precious metal constituent and a base metal constituent, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said host material to a single oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal constituent, and at a temperature ranging from about 210 degrees Celsius to 230 degrees Celsius to cause substantially all of said base and precious metal constituents to be recovered into a first leach solution; and
- recovering said precious metal from s?id leach solution.
62. A method as defined in claim 61 where the halide ion constituent is a chloride.
63. A method for recovering a precious metal and a base metal from a common host material, comprising the steps of: - subjecting the host material to a single oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal constituent in a leach solution having at least 1 g/L acid, and at a temperature from about 210 to about 230 degrees Celsius to cause at least a portion of said base metal to be recovered into a leach solution together with a precious metal-bearing halide complex; and
- recovering said base metal from said leach solution and said precious metal from said comple
64. A method for recovering a precious metal portion and a base metal portion from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a chloride ion constituent at a temperature of at least 200 degrees Celsius in order to form a leach solution containing at least one precious metal-bearing chloride complex and a base metal complex; and
- recovering said precious metal from said chloride complex.
65. A method for recovering a precious metal portion and a base metal portion from a host material, comprising the steps of
* subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a chloride ion constituent at a temperature of at least 200 degrees Celsius in order to form a leach solution containing at least one precious metal-bearing chloride complex and a base metal complex in a single step; and - recovering said precious metal from said chloride complex.
66. A method for recovering a precious metal portion and a base metal portion from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- leaching said host material under oxidative pressure conditions and in the presence of a chloride salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, ferrous chloride, ferric chloride, hydrochloric acid, cupric chloride, cuprous chloride, lithium chloride and magnesium chloride, at a temperature ranging from about 210 degrees Celsius to about 230 degrees Celsius in order to form a leach solution containing at least one precious metal-bearing chloride complex and a base metal complex; and
- recovering said precious metal from said chloride complex.
67. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- depositing said host material in an autoclave,
- exposing the host material to leach solution containing a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal, at a Temperature ranging from about 210 degrees Celsius to about 230 degrees Celsius, and under pressure conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of said precious metal to be extracted by a leach solution, thereby to form a precious metal-bearing halide complex dissolved in the leach solution while in said autoclave; and thereafter
- recovering said precious metal from said complex.
68. A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metal, and at a temperature ranging from about 210 degrees Celsius to about 230 degrees Celsius to cause oxidation of sulfide and elemental sulfur present in the host materials tα at least one sulfate group and at least a portion of said precious metal to be extracted by a leach solution to form a precious metal-bearing halide complex in the leach solution; and
- recovering said precious metal from said complex.
69. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein said host material is an oxidation catalyst.
70. A method for recovering a platinum group metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a halide ion constituent which is reactive with said metal, and at a temperature ranging from about 210 to about 230 degrees Celsius, in an acidic leach solution with an acid strength of at least 1 g/L, to form a platinum group metal-bearing halide complex in the leach solution; and
- recovering said metal from said complex.
71. A method for recovering a platinum group metal from a host material, comprising the steps of: • subjecting said host material to an oxidative pressure leach process, in the presence of a chloride ion constituent which is reactive with said metal, and at a temperature ranging from about 210 to about 230 degrees Celsius, in a sulphuric acid leach solution with an acid strength of at least 1 g/L, to form a platinum group metal- bearing halide complex in the leach solution; and
- recovering said metal from said complex.
A method for recovering a precious metal from a host material, comprising the steps of:
- depositing said host material in an autoclave,
• exposing the host material to a sulphuric acid leach solution containing a chloride ion constituent which is reactive with said precious metaL at a temperature ranging from about 210 degrees Celsius to about 230 degrees Celsius, and under pressure conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of said precious metal to be extracted by the leach solution, thereby tυ form a precious metal-bearing chloride complex dissolved in the leach solution while in said autoclave; and thereafter
- recovering said precious metal from jaid complex.
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CA002367606A CA2367606C (en) 1999-04-28 2000-04-27 Oxidative pressure leach recovery using halide ions
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