Smelting Sulphide

A smelting workaround. The traditional route for extracting copper from sulfide ores is smelting. Yet there is a growing case for leaching sulfides from lower grade ore bodies and especially for those ore bodies containing …

Nickel requires higher smelting temperatures (in the range of 1,350 °C [2,460 °F]) in order to produce an artificial nickel-iron sulfide known as matte, which contains 25 to 45 percent nickel. In the next step, iron in the matte is converted to an oxide, …

In South Africa, for instance, electric furnaces are widely used for smelting sulphide ores to extract base metals and, in particular, the The Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy VOLUME 111 * CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship, Clayton South, Australia ...

Copper, Lead, Mercury, particulates from smelting as well as particulates from other sources (3). Sulphur dioxide Sulphur dioxide is a dense, colourless gas with a pungent odour and is produced in significant quantities from the smelting of sulphide ores …

Metal sulfide flotation concentrates can be treated in a number of ways. These include using pyrometallurgy, or smelting at high temperature, in which process the sulfur in the metal sulfide is oxidized with air or oxygen to sulfur dioxide, and molten metal is produced.

Smelting sulfide ores can be accomplished in a reverberatory, flash, or electric smelting furnace. Modern technology uses flash smelting or electric smelting. Flash smelting is the most …

This study tested direct smelting as an alternative to amalgamation. In laboratory investigations, direct smelting yielded 99.8% recovery against 97% for amalgamation. A locally-fabricated …

The present invention provides a process for smelting sulfide containing ores wherein the limestone (CaCO 3) normally used as a flux for unroasted sulfide ores or their concentrates, is totally or partially replaced with ferric oxide. The result is a number of improvements in the known smelting and conversion processes utilized to recover the ...

First, the authors discuss the fundamental principles of sulfide smelting processes and describe recent major developments in the industry. The discussion is centered on copper production, which represents the most important nonferrous industry. Finally, examples of important innovations implemented to improve the efficiencies and increase ...

In a continuous smelting process, sulphide ores and concentrates are introduced substantially continuously into circulating molten material in a smelting zone, the molten material flows substantially continuously to an elongated refining zone wherein an oxygen containing gas is injected into the molten material, at a plurality of points along its flow path, the slag formed is …

Slag formed in the smelting and converting reactions flows to the slag well. Slag cleaning occurs as a result of contact with lower grade matte in passing through zone 1, …

sulfide ores, principally located in the temperate to sub-Arctic regions. ... Saprolite ores are treated by smelting, where the ore is dried and melted using energy from coal and …

The electro-melting of the sulphide copper-nickel concentrates replaced blast smelting and reverberatory melting beginning in the 1950 s (Crundwell et al., 2011).During electro-melting, sulphur is removed via thermal decomposition of sulphide minerals and reaction between metal oxides and iron sulphides.

A 'Sulfide Ore' refers to ores containing minerals like chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena, which are difficult to separate selectively due to their fine-grained and complex composition. ... Concentration, Smelting and Converting to Matte. The sulphide ores are concentrated, smelted and converted to metal-rich matte. A schematic diagram of ...

attractive alternative to traditional copper smelting. The CESL process: • is capable of treating a variety of sulphide concentrates; • allows the economic treatment of low-grade, bulk concentrates; • has demonstrated capability to refine high impurity concentrates; • …

Search the youtube for mbmmllc and there is a great video about smelting sulfides by Jason Gaber. Here I had a chance to find them. These guys are so great at what their do, …

The u se of oxyge n-rich gas for smelting sulfide concentrates enables intensification of . the smelting processes and affords a high productivit y. Therefore, a combination of intensive.

This study consists of experimental measurements of the phosphide and sulphide capacities of MnO-CaO-SiO 2 -MgOAl 2O 3 -CaSCa 3 P 2 slags. The measurements of phosphide and sulphide capacities of the ferromanganese smelting slag system was carried out by equilibrating slags with the Fe-Mn-SiCsat S-P alloys at 1773 K in graphite crucibles under carbon monoxide …

In typical base metal sulfide smelting applications, the technology also avoids the necessity for drying of raw materials by permitting filtered concentrate and residues to be mixed with fluxes and dropped directly into the furnace rather than requiring homogeneous, bone dry feed with a narrow specification for injection through complicated ...

Smelting sulphide gold ore. Thread starter Kingkofi256; Start date Dec 20, 2020; Help Support Gold Refining Forum: ... or microscopic gold locked up in the mineral complex of sulfide arsenites and tellurides, which may need floatation or some other means to concentrate the values, or may need to be pre-processed roasted, or some process to ...

Final Remarks on Smelting. The smelting process plays a pivotal role in copper production, effectively concentrating copper from sulfide ores and removing significant impurities. This sets the stage for the refining process, where blister copper is further purified to achieve the high standards required for industrial applications. Refining

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Outokumpu flash smelting technology is a highly efficient and innovative method used in the metallurgical industry for extracting metals from sulfide ores. Outokumpu flash smelting is known for ...

In addition to common metals like copper, lead, zinc, and nickel a number of other metals such as antimony, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, mercury, and molybdenum occur as sulfide minerals. Sulfides are not reduced with the most widely used reducing agents, carbon and hydrogen, because the free energy change for the reactions 2MS + C = 2M + CS2 and MS + H2 = M + …

The traditional smelting process of bismuth sulphide concentrate faces problems of low metallic bismuth recovery, high production cost and low-concentration SO 2 flue gas pollution. In this study, a clean and efficient smelting process was developed to directly extract bismuth metal from bismuthinite concentrate.

Eventually, it hopes to offer a more sustainable alternative to smelting for high-grade copper sulfide ores, too. While Still Bright's process produces some tailings, it avoids the toxic air ...

Thermodynamic theory and rate process fundamentals were used to analyze the main characteristics of smelting and converting processes. The effect of increased oxygen potential was examined with...

The density of FeO-Fe 2 O 3 -SiO 2 based slags has been analyzed in terms of smelting and converting of copper and nickel concentrates for the production of copper and nickel mattes. The density of these slags decreases with increasing temperature, increasing SiO, and with increasing Fe 2 O 3 content for a fixed Fe/SiO 2 ratio. The density behaviour will not be significantly …

What these companies do not do is to try smelting ore or concentrates containing high levels of ore, you will recover little or no gold from this method. You have to separate the …

Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore (less than 1% copper) and ends with sheets of 99.99% pure copper called cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday use.The most common types of ore, copper oxide and copper sulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy, respectively, …