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Reactor and column leaching studies for extraction of copper from two low grade resources: A comparative study

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dc.creator Mishra, Geetanjali
dc.creator Pradhan, Nilotpala
dc.creator Das, Subir Kumar
dc.creator Mishra, Barada Kanta
dc.creator Panda, Sandeep
dc.creator Ghosh, Malay Kumar
dc.creator Sarangi, Chinmaya Kumar
dc.creator Subbaiah, Tondepu
dc.creator Sanjay, Kali
dc.creator Sarangi, Kadambini
dc.date 2016-09-30T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-26T13:18:58Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-26T13:18:58Z
dc.identifier 931c75a9-6767-44ba-abf2-18c684569940
dc.identifier 10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.10.005
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/931c75a9-6767-44ba-abf2-18c684569940/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/77448
dc.description Two ore samples, one obtained from a partially leached heap with suspended operations for about four years and the other through sonic drilling of a discarded dump were tested for the amenability/feasibility of copper extraction through reactor and column leaching. Mineralogical analysis of the samples indicated the dominant sulphide minerals to be chalcopyrite and pyrite. Various process parameters such as the effect of acid concentration, time, oxidant, pulverization and temperature were studied for the reactor leaching experiments. A maximum of 91% Cu extraction can be achieved while leaching the pulverized sonic drilled sample at 90 degrees C for 3 h. On the other hand, column leaching studies at 1 kg scale showed 65-70% Cu extraction with an acid concentration of 2.7% (v/v) for both the samples. Sequential leaching of the chemically leached residues of both sonic drilled and heap leached pad sample yielded additional 13.2% and 22.2% Cu, respectively in 20 days of bacterial leaching using a mixed culture of meso-acidophilic bacterial consortium. Column leaching studies showed that the heap leached pad sample was more amenable to leaching than the sonic drilled one. Further, during the downstream processing of the leach liquors, the solvent extraction efficiency was about 95% and the Cu metal deposited by electrowinning was of 99.9% purity. A tentative process flowsheet for the recovery of copper was also prepared. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Reactor and column leaching studies for extraction of copper from two low grade resources: A comparative study
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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