WO2006119559A1 - An improved process for heap leaching of nickeliferous oxidic ores - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a new hydrometallurgical method of leaching nickeliferous oxidic type ores, to recover nickel and cobalt values.
- the present invention provides a method of extraction of nickel and cobalt from nickel and cobalt containing laterite ores by heap leaching of the ore with a leach liquor prepared from saline or hypersaline water.
- the process is particularly suited to nickeliferous oxidic ore deposits in arid areas, where subterranean brines are the only economic water source, or on island or coastal laterite deposits where only seawater is available.
- Nickel and cobalt containing nickeliferous oxidic ore deposits typically laterite ores generally contain oxidic type ores, limonites, and silicate type ores, saprolites, in the same deposits.
- the higher nickel content saprolites tend to be commercially treated by a pyrometallurgical process involving roasting and electrical smelting techniques to produce ferro nickel.
- the power requirements and high iron to nickel ore ratio for the lower nickel content limonite and limonite/saprolite blends make this processing route too expensive, and these ores are normally commercially treated by a combination of pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes, such as the High Pressure Acid Leach (HPAL) process or the Caron reduction roast - ammonium carbonate leach process.
- HPAL High Pressure Acid Leach
- HPAL high pressure acid leach
- EEL enhanced pressure acid leach
- U.S. patent 6,379,636 in the name of BHP Billiton.
- Atmospheric agitation leaching with iron precipitation as jarosite is described in U.S. patent 6,261 ,527 also in the name of BHP Billiton, and atmospheric agitation leaching with iron precipitation as goethite is described in Australian application 2003209829 in the name of QNI Technology.
- a process for direct atmospheric leaching of the saprolite component is described in U.S. patent 6,379,637 in the name of Curlook.
- Heap leaching is a conventional method of economically extracting metals from low grade ores and has been successfully used to recover materials such as copper, gold, uranium and silver. Generally it involves piling raw ore directly from ore deposits into heaps that vary in height. The leaching solution is introduced on to the top of the heap to percolate down through the heap. The effluent liquor is drained from the base of the heap and passes to a processing plant where the metal values are recovered.
- Heap leaching has been proposed in recovery processes for nickel and cobalt and is described for example in U.S. patents 5,571 ,308 and 6,312,500, both in the name of BHP Billiton, but it has not yet been used commercially. However, it offers promise of a low capital cost process, eliminating the need for expensive and high maintenance high pressure equipment required for the HPAL process.
- US Patent. No. 5,571 ,308 (BHP Minerals International, Inc) describes a process for heap leaching of high magnesium containing laterite ore such as saprolite.
- the patent points out that the clay type saprolite exhibits poor permeability, and as a solution to this, pelletisation of the ore is necessary to ensure distribution of the leach solution through the heap.
- US patent no. 6,312,500 (BHP Minerals International, Inc) also describes a process for heap leaching of laterites to recover nickel, which is particularly effective for ores that have a significant clay component (greater than 10% by weight).
- the process includes sizing of the ore where necessary, forming pellets by contacting the ore with a lixivant, and agglomerating. The pellets are formed into a heap and leached with sulfuric acid to extract the metal values. Sulfuric acid fortified seawater may be used as the leach solution.
- Hypersaline water has been used in the high pressure acid leach process in two plants in Australia, but with reported penalties in terms of lower nickel recovery, increased acid use, and higher capital and maintenance cost of leaching equipment because of the complex metallurgy required to withstand the high chloride solution conditions.
- the present invention aims to overcome or at least alleviate one or more of the difficulties associated with the prior art. Summary of the Invention
- the present invention provides a process for the recovery of nickel and cobalt from a nickeliferous oxidic ore by heap leaching, the process including the steps of:
- Hypersaline waters useful in the process of the invention are generally sourced from surface and/or underground brines, or in some circumstances concentrated seawater or the effluent from desalination processes.
- water sourced from brines will have a salinity or total dissolved solids higher than that of seawater and it has surprisingly been found that hypersaline waters with a total dissolved solids concentration well in excess of that of seawater provide improved nickel and cobalt recovery in heap leach processes.
- Preferred concentrations of the hypersaline waters that are useful in the process have a total dissolved solids concentration of from 40-200 g/l, most preferably from 50 to 150 g/l.
- the present invention provides a process for the recovery of nickel and cobalt from a nickeliferous oxidic ore by heap leaching, the process including the steps of:
- leach solution includes an acid supplemented saline or hypersaline water as the lixiviant, the water being sourced from surface and/or underground brine having a total dissolved solids concentration greater than 5 g/l;
- surface and/or underground brine includes salinated waters found inland and excludes seawater.
- brine will be found in underground or subterranean sources, particularly in arid regions, but may also be found in salinated inland lakes, rivers or creeks.
- the total dissolved solids concentration found in brines useful in the process of the invention described herein will be at least 5 g/l.
- the salinity of water sourced from brines may however be variable, lower or higher than that of seawater and could range from a total dissolved solids concentration of from 5-200 g/l.
- the dissolved solids found in both saline or hypersaline water from surface and underground brine sources, and indeed in seawater is sodium chloride, but other salts such as magnesium chloride and potassium chloride are usually found in minor concentrations.
- Waters having a chloride ion concentration in excess of 17 g/l are preferred in the process of the invention. More preferably, a chloride ion concentration of from 24 to 120 g/l has been found to be useful in the process of the invention, with a concentration of from 30 g/l to 90 g/l being most preferred.
- seawater has a total solids concentration of less than 30 g/l, of which about 27 g/l will be sodium chloride salts with a chloride ion concentration of about 16.4 g/l.
- the term "hypersaline” as used herein and in the claims denotes water having a salinity greater than seawater, that is a water having a total dissolved solids content of greater than 30 g/l and/or a chloride ion concentration greater than 17 g/l.
- the process disclosed herein utilises seawater in processes where the salinity is greater than a total dissolved solids concentration of 30 g/l, for example the seawater may either have been concentrated or combined with other hypersaline waters such as those from surface or underground brines, to form the hypersaline solution.
- effluent from desalination plants which use seawater or other saline or brackish waters as feed water may be used. Desalination plants are commonly used in arid regions, and in coastal areas where fresh water is in short supply to provide a source of fresh water. Such effluents have high salinity, generally with a total dissolved solids content in the range of from 40 to 200 g/l, and could readily be redirected for use in the leach solution in a heap leach process.
- the nickeliferous oxidic ore may be crushed and agglomerated to a larger particle size or pellet form prior to forming into the one or more heaps. Agglomerating the ore will improve the permeability of the ore, particularly where the ore has high clay content. Agglomerating the ore may not however be required in all circumstances, particularly where there is low clay content associated with the ore, or the consistency of the ore is such to allow for adequate percolation of the leach solution during the heap leach stage.
- the nickeliferous oxidic ore is generally lateritic, and it will be convenient to refer to it as a lateritic ore herein.
- the process is particularly suited to laterite deposits in arid areas, where subterranean brines are the only economic water source, or on island or coastal laterite deposits where only seawater is available.
- Desalination plants are often associated with such sites, as a source of freshwater, and the effluent from desalination plants could also be used as a source of hypersaline water.
- Hydrofluoric acid generating fluoride containing compounds such as fluorspar may also be used in the process with the leach solution supplemented with either the saline and/or hypersaline waters.
- fluorspar or other fluoride containing compounds which will generate hydrofluoric acid in the acid heap leach conditions may be mixed with the ore before preparing the ore heap for leaching.
- Some of the nickel in the ore is associated with nontronite clays and amorphous iron-silicate gels, and the hydrofluoric acid produced by the acid reaction with the fluoride containing compound will attack the silica and silicate structures, releasing the nickel values which are tied to these.
- a fluoride containing compound most preferably fluorspar
- a fluoride containing compound is added to the ore during or before the agglomeration step or when the ore is being prepared in heaps.
- fluorspar is added. It has been found that with the addition of fluorspar, improved nickel recovery can be achieved.
- the fluoride containing compounds are water soluble, they may be added to the acid supplemented saline and/or hypersaline leach solution before applying it to the ore heap.
- nickeliferous oxidic ore or laterite ore as used herein, is intended to refer to the processing of the whole ore body, or as will usually be the case, a part of the laterite ore body.
- the process is equally applicable to processing any fraction of the laterite ore body, such as the limonite or saprolite fraction individually, or together with any other fraction of the ore body.
- the nickeliferous oxidic ore is crushed to a size, preferably less than 25mm size.
- Many nickeliferous oxidic ores have high clay content and have poor natural permeability.
- the sized ore may be agglomerated to a larger particle size or pellet form.
- Concentrated sulfuric acid is preferably used to agglomerate the crushed ore, which is generally achieved by converting the clay type fines to larger particles to increase permability.
- Gypsum formed following sulfuric acid addition will generally act to bind the ore particles into larger particles or pellet form.
- Any water requirements for the agglomeration process may be provided by the saline and/or hypersaline water used for the leach solution.
- Agglomerating, and/or pelletising may not be necessary in all circumstances, particularly where there is low clay content associated with the ore, or where the consistency of the ore will allow for adequate percolation of the leach solution during the heap leach stage. In such circumstances, the ore can simply be placed in heaps without prior processing.
- the ore may be arranged into at least one heap but preferably two heaps, a primary and a secondary heap, to be operated as a counter current heap leach system. Further heaps may be arranged if appropriate.
- the process includes the steps of: a) adding the leach solution to the secondary heap to produce an intermediate product liquor; and
- the intermediate product liquor is rich in nickel and cobalt with low acidity, but also contains iron and a number of other impurities.
- the counter current heap leach process has the advantage of lower acid consumption, and also achieves lower iron concentration and higher nickel concentration in the pregnant leaching solution and results in a cleaner product liquor of lower acidity than the single heap system.
- the process forms part of an overall process for the recovery of nickel and cobalt.
- the leach solution is supplemented by other acid streams in the associated nickel and cobalt recovery process.
- the acid streams that may be used to supplement the leach solution include:
- Suitable saline and/or hypersaline water quality will vary depending on the source of the water, and may typically, if sourced from surface or underground brines in arid regions, have a total dissolved solids concentration in the range of from 5 g/l to 200 g/l.
- hypersaline water is used having a total dissolved solids concentration of from 40 to 200 g/l.
- the total dissolved solids will be salts, generally comprising sodium chloride, but also other salts such as magnesium chloride or potassium chloride salts in minor concentrations.
- the water may be concentrated slightly by evaporating off some of the water to prepare hypersaline water or the concentrated effluent from a desalination process may be used. Effluent from desalination plants, which may process seawater and/or other salinated and brackish waters, typically has a total dissolved solids concentration of from 40 to 200 g/l.
- the process of the present invention utilises hypersaline water having a total dissolved solids concentration of from 50 to 150 g/l.
- the inventors have surprisingly found that improved nickel recovery may be achieved when acid supplemented hypersaline waters within this range is used in heap leach processes.
- the hypersaline water will have a chloride ion concentration in excess of 17 g/l more preferably from 24 to 120 g/l and most preferably from 30 to 90 g/l.
- Typical potable water has less than 0.5 g/l total dissolved solids.
- the nickel and cobalt may be recovered from the leachate by conventional methods such as precipitation as a sulfide, mixed hydroxide or carbonate treatment, by solvent extraction, ion exchange processes, or other known metallurgical processing routes to extract and separate the nickel and cobalt.
- this example shows heap leaching with acidified sea water.
- Tests were carried out on an Indonesian Island laterite ore.
- the ore composition was 30.2% iron, 8.06% magnesium, and 1.79% nickel.
- Samples of the ore were loaded to a height of 1.24m in 100 mm diameter clear perspex columns, and treated with sulfuric acid solution to replicate heap leaching.
- the feed solution for the columns was 100g/L sulfuric acid in seawater (approximately 27gpl sodium chloride) to create the saline condition.
- the results are indicated in Table 1 .
- a synthetic hypersaline solution was prepared to simulate the underground brine in the area of the ore body.
- the hypersaline solution strength was 140000 ppm total dissolved solids, including 129gpl sodium chloride. Table 3 summarizes the conditions for each column.
- pilot plant heap operation was established.
- the pilot plant consisted of a 762 kg charge heap leaching column (0.93m diameter x 2.48 high) and an ISEP pilot ion exchange unit filled with 30 litres of Dow 4195 ion exchange resin for the recovery of nickel and cobalt.
- the agglomeration conditions are outlined in Table 5.
- the percolation flux was 5 Iiters/m 2 /hr which corresponded to a flow rate of 80 litres per day.
- the nickel extraction for the 100mm pioneer column was 62% and 30% for cobalt over a 74 day period with the acid consumption at 366 kg/t ore.
- the extraction for the 762 kg pilot heap was 29.6% for nickel and 17.0% for cobalt over a 53 day period with an acid consumption of 181.8 kg/t ore.
- Fig.2 shows that these two columns have similar trends/kinetics for nickel and cobalt leaching. It would be expected that the pilot plant column would have approach 60% nickel extraction after three months with the acid consumption (including the acid used in agglomeration) of 350 kg/t ore.
- Table 6 summarizes the leaching data after 53 days of leaching
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