WO2009153409A1 - Method for leaching nickel matte in the presence of added copper - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for leaching pyrometallurgically pro- prised nickel mattes in a multistep hydrometallurgical process.
- a large portion of the world's nickel is produced hydrometallurgically from pyrometallurgically produced nickel mattes.
- a production process involves the leaching of nickel contained in the matte by a multistep process, followed by purifying the nickel-bearing aqueous solution and reclaiming the nickel.
- the leaching process is determined according to the composition and properties of employed nickel matte. These, on the other hand, are influenced by the grade of concentrate used as a raw nickel material and by its metallurgical smelting process.
- GB patent publication 2,108,480 describes a process developed for sulfidic nickel mattes rich in copper, wherein nickel is first treated by a pressure leach under oxidizing conditions with an anolyte obtained from copper electrolysis. Once at least 70% of nickel values in the matte are extracted, the leaching is continued under non-oxidizing conditions. The solution from this stage is conducted to an atmospheric purification leach, in which the solution is stripped of copper by means of finely powdered matte. Precipitate from the purification leach is conducted to a nickel pressure leach, and the precipitate remaining after that is conducted to an oxidizing pressure-leaching process of copper. The residual precipitate mainly comprises iron previously contained in the matte.
- US patent publication 5,628,817 discloses still another multi-stage leaching process developed for nickel matte, wherein the leaching of nickel takes place in at least two stages in conditions where free sulfuric acid is essentially absent.
- the method is of the same type as the one used in US publication 6,039,790 in the leaching of matte with a low iron content.
- the finely ground matte is first subjected to a two-step oxidizing atmospheric leach and thereafter to a two-step pressure leach, wherein the first step is carried out in non-oxidizing or mildly oxidizing condi- tions and the second step in oxidizing conditions.
- the entire copper content is leached in the latter atmospheric leaching and the removal of iron takes places by precipitation from the solution downstream of the first pressure leaching step.
- the present invention provides a method according to claim 1.
- a few preferred embodiments of the invention are presented in the dependent claims.
- An essential feature of the invention is that the copper-nickel weight ratio of the delivered solid matter is raised, preferably to higher than about 1 , by the addition of a copper-bearing solid substance.
- the copper-bearing solid substance is added preferably downstream of the atmospheric leaching step into leach residue.
- Solid matter is preferably obtained by circulating the leach residue from a latter stage of the method.
- Another possibility is, for example, the use of synthetically produced copper sulfide, precipitated especially with hydrogen sulfide.
- the method comprises processing nickel mattes preferably in such a way that the nickel and iron contained in the mattes are converted into soluble form and the copper and precious metals end up in leach residue.
- Sulfidic nickel matte is preferably leached first in an atmospheric step by means of sulfuric acid and air, such that soluble copper precipitates but iron remains in the solution.
- the solid matter is conducted to a pressure leach.
- the pressure leach is preferably a two-step process and of the type in which the first step comprises leaching mostly copper and the second step leaches nickel and iron as copper is precipitating.
- the leach residue consists of copper sulfide precipitate quite pure in terms of iron and contains the precious metals (such as Au, Pt and Pd) of nickel mattes.
- Metallic nickel matte is processed preferably in a separate atmospheric step by means of sulfuric acid and oxygen for leaching metallic components of the matte, i.e. most of the nickel and iron.
- the solution, as well as sulfidic components and precious metals remaining in the matte, are preferably conducted to the atmospheric leaching step of sulfidic nickel matte.
- a benefit gained by the method according to the invention is its applicability for a wide variety of nickel mattes, which may contain for example varying amounts of copper, iron, and precious metals, as well as may be sulfidic and/or metallic in terms of their composition.
- Another benefit gained by the method is that the leach residues of mattes end up in the same precipitate, which contains copper and precious metals coming along with nickel mattes.
- the discussed copper sulfide precipitate is relatively pure and contains just a little iron.
- One of the advantages is also the fact that the residence time for the first pressure leach step can be kept remarkably short, less than 45 minutes, thus providing a high leaching capacity considering the size of process equipment.
- Fig. 1 shows in a flowchart the leaching of pyrometallurgically produced nickel mattes by a multistep hydrometallurgical process.
- reference numerals designate unit processes as follows:
- sulfidic nickel matte refers to pyrometal- lurgically produced smelter matte, in which most of the metal content is present in the form of sulfidic components, such as for example nickel sulfide Ni 3 S 2 , copper sulfide Cu 2 S, and nickel-iron sulfide (Ni,Fe)gS 8 .
- the sulfur concentration of sulfidic nickel matte is typically 15-25%, nor is it strongly magnetic. The concentrations of various metal and impurities may fluctuate even quite extensively, but the total weight percentage of nickel, copper and iron is nevertheless typically more than 60%.
- the atmospheric copper removal step 1 is also supplied with a copper- and iron-bearing solution from an atmospheric leach step 2 and from a second pressure leach step 4.
- the discussed step is supplied with air.
- the removal of copper is performed in atmospheric conditions and at a temperature of 80-100 0 C.
- the elemental nickel and nickel sulfide present in the matte precipitate copper existing in the solution as copper sulfate upon being themselves oxidized into nickel sulfate according to the following reaction equations: Ni 0 + CuSO 4 ⁇ NiSO 4 + Cu 0 (1)
- the reactors present a rising pH-profile in which the precipitation of copper occurs, in response to the above reactions, in acidic conditions at the start of the process step as the solution has a pH of less than 4.
- the leaching of metals consumes oxygen and, as pH rises, copper precipitates also as alkaline copper sulfate CuSO 4 *2Cu(OH) 2 . From the standpoint of the effective extraction of copper and iron, however, it is preferred that this zone be kept as brief as possible in terms of its residence time in order to minimize the concurrent precipitation of iron.
- the precipitate i.e. the leach residue from this step, is delivered after the liquid-solid separation to a first pressure leach step 3 and the solution is conducted to an iron removal 5.
- the finely ground metallic nickel matte is conducted to the atmospheric leach step 2.
- metallic nickel matte refers to pyrometallurgically produced smelter matte, in which most of the metal content is present in the form of metallic components, such as for example elemental nickel Ni 0 , copper Cu 0 , and iron Fe 0 and/or in compositions (alloy) of these metals.
- the sulfur concentration of metallic nickel matte is typically less than 15% and it is highly magnetic. The concentrations of various metals and impurities may fluctuate even quite extensively, but the total weight percentage of nickel, copper and iron is nevertheless typically more than 80%.
- the leaching of metallic nickel matte is performed in atmospheric conditions and at a temperature of 80-100 0 C.
- the atmospheric solution is supplied with oxygen and sulfuric acid.
- Some of the sulfuric acid can be replaced by an acid-containing anolyte obtained from a nickel electrolysis 7.
- the principal leaching reactions are:
- the formation of hydrogen during leaching is prevented by an abundant introduction of oxygen and the precipitation of iron by maintaining the solution at a low pH, lower than 2,0.
- the leach residue and the solution from this step are conducted to the atmospheric copper removal 1.
- the first pressure leach step 3 is supplied with oxygen as well as with an acid- containing anolyte from the nickel electrolysis 7.
- the copper concentration of a solid matter delivered to the pressure leach step is increased by circulating some copper-bearing solid substance from a liquid-solid separation downstream of the second pressure leach step 4 into the precipitate coming from the atmospheric copper removal 1.
- the input solid substance has a preferred copper/nickel weight ratio of 1-2,5.
- the temperature in the first pressure leach step is higher than 100 0 C 1 preferably within the range of 110-120 0 C and the partial oxygen pressure is preferably higher than 200 kPa.
- the principal leaching reactions of the first pressure leach step are:
- the step is mainly intended for leaching a sufficient amount of copper for the leaching of nickel effected in the second pressure leach step.
- This is enabled by recycling, if necessary, a copper-bearing solid matter into an autoclave, which solid matter in this case consists of precipitate containing copper-sulfide from a liquid- solid separation downstream of the second pressure leach step 4.
- the method according to the invention enables leaching also nickel mattes of low copper contents.
- the first pressure leach step can be managed in a remarkably brief residence time, less than about 1 hour, even less than about 45 minutes, thus preventing nickel sulfide from reacting too far according to a reaction (9) presented below. This is of essential importance as regards the proper functioning of the second pressure leach step.
- Leaching is manageable also in highly acidic conditions, but it is preferably carried out in such a way that some of the leached copper precipitates in the form of alkaline copper sulfate, the solution having a pH of not lower than about 3 at the end of the step.
- the copper/nickel weight ratio of a solid matter to be fed into the first pressure leach step 3 can be increased by supplementing the precipitate coming from the atmospheric copper removal 1 for example with synthetic copper sulfide precipitated with hydrogen sulfide or with some other copper-containing solid of the type that dissolves rapidly in the conditions of the first pressure leach step 3.
- the slurry is passed in its existing state as the only feed to the second pressure leach step 4.
- the passage of slurry can be implemented by pushing the flurry first to a normal air pressure and by pumping therefrom, by direct pumping, or without pumping by maintaining the first pressure leach step at a pressure higher than the second pressure leach step.
- Temperature in the second pressure leach step is preferably higher than 14O 0 C, and even more preferably within the range of 140-160°, and nickel sulfides dissolve as nickel sulfate functions as the oxidizer:
- the liquid-solid separation downstream of the step is a source of relatively pure copper sulfide precipitate, having just a low iron concentration and containing the precious metals (such as Au, Pt and Pd) received along with nickel mattes and practically non-leached in the above-defined conditions.
- a desired portion of the precipitate is returned the feed of the first pressure leach step 3.
- the copper sulfide precipitate separated from the process can be fed for example to a copper smelting facility or subjected to metallurgical further processing by some prior known method.
- the solution from liquid-solid separation is conducted to the atmospheric copper removal 1.
- a leaching process product solution subsequent to the atmospheric copper removal 1 , is conducted, downstream of the liquid-solid separation, to the iron removal 5.
- the iron removal is effected with some prior known method, such as by precipitating the iron with oxygen O 2 and by neutralizing the acid evolved in the precipitation process for example with lye NaOH.
- the precipitate is separated and the solution is conducted to a solution purification 6, wherein the solution is stripped of cobalt and other impurities detrimental to nickel production by some prior known method, for example by liquid-liquid extraction.
- the pure nickel sulfate solution is used for producing nickel products by known methods, such as for example cathode by means of the nickel electrolysis 7.
- Nickel electrolysis provides a source of an acid-containing nickel solution or anolyte, the sulfuric acid contained therein being useful in the presently described leaching process.
- the solid matter Prior to leaching, the solid matter had its copper/nickel weight ratio changed by having copper sulfide precipitate containing 66% Cu and 28% S admixed within the leach residue.
- the solution volume was 1 liter and the pressure in autoclave was 8 bar.
- the temperature was 112°C and the autoclave was supplied with oxygen un- der the agitator. Leaching time was 45 minutes.
- the results reveal that the leaching of nickel is also managed in highly acidic conditions, but is preferably carried out in such a way that the solution pH at the end of the first pressure leach step is not lower than 3. Between tests 1 and 2 is also visible the effect of a copper/nickel weight ratio in the solid matter. At a higher copper/nickel weight ratio, substantially more copper becomes leached during the first pressure leach step and thereby an improved recovery of nickel is achieved in the second pressure leach step. The results further reveal that the leaching of iron takes place at the latest during the second pressure leach step, such that the ob- tained leach residue comprises relatively pure copper sulfide precipitate which can be recycled into the feed of a two-step pressure leaching process.
- step I 1.1 88 20.2 1.6 19.3 45.4 0.2
- step I end of step I 1.2 90 29.3 1.6 10.7 54.8 0.1
- Ground metallic nickel matte with a composition of 48% Ni, 7,4% Cu, 30% Fe and 5,7% S was leached in laboratory into an acidified nickel sulfate solution. Leaching was conducted in a heated cover-equipped steel reactor provided with agitation and aeration. The solution volume was two liters, oxygen feed 50 L/h, temperature 85 0 C and leaching time three hours. Other conditions and the results are shown in table 3. The results indicate that metallic nickel matte can be leached in atmospheric conditions in such a way that practically all that remains in the leach residue are sulfidic components. The test also demonstrates that iron remains in a dissolved state as long as the solution is maintained at a low pH. Table 3
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