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In the SX / EW Process, the ore is leached with sulphuric Acid, then the copper is extracted from the acid leach with a solvent and the copper is subsequently electrolytically refined. Mineralogy is the key to applying SX / EW techniques, and the original ore mineralogy of a deposit determines the ultimate recovery from the leach process.
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Standard leaching techniques on primary copper ores are blocked by a hard, non-reactive coating, which forms around the crystal structure of the ore. This is known as a "passivation layer," which prevents contact between the leaching solution and the surface of the mineral. ... The catalyst can be used at mines with existing SX-EW plants on ...
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leaching of copper from run-of-mine or crushed ore placed on dumps, followed by extraction of highly-pure copper from the leach solutions by solution extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW), is increasingly used due to its relatively low costs. Not all ores are amenable to leaching, hence many mines employ both methods. A few mines extract
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Testing has indicated 84% recovery of total copper with leach times of 16 to 18 hours; however, the addition of waste heat from the sulphuric acid plant could further reduce the leach times. The leachate is pumped to the solvent extraction electrowinning (SX/EW) plant for recovery of cathode copper.
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FCX continues to advance opportunities to increase Lone Star operating rates and is advancing plans to increase volumes to achieve 300 million pounds of copper per year from oxide ores. FCX has significant undeveloped reserves and resources in North America and a portfolio of potential long-term development projects.
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"Oxide ores around the world have been leached out to a certain extent and the copper pregnant leach solution (PLS) grade coming out of the heaps is being reduced. Mines have this big infrastructure with an SX/EW to produce cathode, but they're struggling to maintain production rates," said Roy.
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Total copper recoveries average 88.4% for sulphides and gold recoveries average 71.2%. Soluble copper recoveries average 76.4% for material sent to the heap leach and 45.8% for material sent to the dump leach process. Inter-ramp angles vary from 26˚ to 60˚. The life-of-mine strip ratio is 2.12 to 1. Figures may not sum exactly due to rounding.
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Copper leaching is currently carried out in sulphuric acid media, where the process is highly known and where metallurgical and economic performances are mostly reliable. However, acid leaching is...
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All over the world, leaching followed by SX/EW has been is a rapidly developing technology in recent years. The role of SX in copper production is irrefutable. International Copper Study Group estimates that solvent extraction - electrowinning (SX-EW) production of copper is expected to increase by 4.4% annually to reach 5.2
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Copper hydrometallurgy is a branch of metallurgy method to extract copper directly from those difficult-to-concentrate copper oxide ore. Traditional copper hydrometallurgy process typically consists of atmospheric leaching, solvent extraction (SX) and electro-winning (EW). It can produce either copper cathode or copper sulphate crystal.
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The high-grade oxide ore is crushed and leached on heaps and low-grade oxide ore is sent directly to leach dumps as run-of-mine ore. The resultant solution is collected and sent to the SX-EW plant, which selectively removes the copper and leaves behind the remaining ions in the aqueous solution.
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Leaching. Helps to increase the residence time for better leaching efficiencies of Copper and Cobalt. CCDs: Improves the post leach solid- liquid separation with better washing efficiency to increase recover y of metals. Clarification Polishes off residual solids from leached liquor for better performance of Copper SX plant.
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Leach copper production 1982 -1992 19 Copper production by comapny 20 Molybdenum production by comapny 20 Value of copper, molybdenum, gold, and silver recovered from copper ore 27 Direct and indirect impacts of the copper industry on the Arizona economy -1992 41 Average weekly wages by industry 42 Worker productivity -ore mined 44
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The leaching, solvent extraction and electrowinning (LX-SX-EW) process is a widely used method in the production of copper from low-grade oxidized ore. Copper is the most common metal to be processed by LX-SX-EW, but the process can also be used to extract, purify and concentrate other metals, such as nickel, cobalt and zinc.
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Olubambi et al. (2006) studied the leaching of zinc and copper from Nigeria bulk sulfide ore with sulfuric acid in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2), with the aim to investigate the effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant for the sulfuric acid. The results of this study have shown that sulfuric acid leaching in the presence ...
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5.1.1 Copper Ore Mining Copper is commonly extracted from surface, underground and increasingly, from in situ ... (SX/EW) plant. 5.1.2 Copper Beneficiation and Processing ... increasingly recovered by solution methods including dump and in situ leaching. Because most copper ores are insoluble in water, chemical reactions are required to convert ...
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The copper is then recovered by electrolysis. This process is known as SX-EW (solvent extraction/electrowinning). How was copper first extracted? Copper was initially recovered from sulfide ores by directly smelting the ore in a furnace. The smelters were initially located near the mines to minimize the cost of transport.
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The solvent extraction electro-winning process (SX-EW) is a hydrometallurgical means of extracting, purifying, and concentrating metals. SX-EW has continued to demonstrate successful use in effectively extracting and recovering copper from low grade and oxide ores.
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SX is a two-step process: In the first step the PLS is mixed with an organic solvent that selectively binds to copper. The copper is then physically separated from the rest of the solution. The now barren solution, known as raffinate raffinate What is left behind after the more soluble portion of a material is removed.
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The hydrometallurgical recovery of copper, through SX-EW, has advantages in both economic and environmental considerations (Bartos, 2002). ... The above factors highlight the relevance of mineralogy in copper ore flotation and leaching in order to predict process behaviour, address potentially problematic aspects, and thereby optimise process ...
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This process is an efficient and cost-effective way to extract copper. These proceedings document the present status of the SX-EW business. It represents a substantial body of historical, scientific, engineering, and commercial information regarding the growth and application of the technology.
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Sulfuric acid is used to dissolve copper from its ores. The acid is recycled from the solvent extraction circuit (solvent extraction-electrowinning, SX/EW) and reused on the leach pad. Solvent extraction provides the means for producing pure, high-copper electrolytes from dilute, impure pregnant leach solutions.
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copper leaching ore Prior art date 2017-04-06 Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) Active Application number US16/230,150 Other versions US20190127822A1 (en Inventor Ralph Peter Hackl Paul ...
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Heap leaching is used around the world to recover copper from low-grade oxide deposits. As with any hydrometallurgical process, there is an intrinsic need to bleed a portion of electrolyte for impurity control. In the case of SX-EW operations, this bleed often deports to the raffinate pond which negatively affects the leach efficiency in the heap.
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2. Ore types Not all copper ores are readily leachable, and therefore electrowinning is not used to recover all mined copper. Table-1 lists the copper ores typically recovered in mining. These are classified as two broad categories: primary ores and secondary ores. In the leaching process, copper-bearing ore is soaked with an acid solution to
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Leaching the Fine Ore In the commercial dump leaching of copper, two methods have been generally accepted as a means for recovering copper from pregnant leach liquors. The oldest and most widely used technique is copper cementation with scrap iron. The newer technique involves solvent extraction and electrowinning.
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Each deposit could have a satellite leach/SX/copper sulphate facility feeding a central EW plant. Another possibility is to transport the copper sulphate to an EW plant at another location with...
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grade ores. In this process copper is extracted from the leach solution using substituted hydroxyoxime, LIX64N. The metal is stripped from the organic phase with spent electrolyte containing high acid (200 g/L H2SO4) and metal produced by electrolysis [11 Subsequently several large copper SX plants were set-up in different parts of the world.
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Alternatively, copper sulphate could be produced by processing oxide ore or tailings by leach-SX-EW. ... non-corrosive, environmentally benign amino acid—for leaching copper, gold and silver from primary copper sulphide concentrates as well as secondary sulphide, mixed and oxide ores. The flowsheet typically includes ultrafine grinding, pre ...
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Oxide ore and tailings are leached by a weak acid solution, producing a weak Copper Sulfate solution. B. Electro-Winning (SX/EW) The copper-laden solution is treated and transferred to an electrolytic process tank. When electrically charged, pure copper ions migrate directly from the solution to starter cathodes made from pure copper foil.
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Beginning in the mid 1980s a new technology, commonly known as the leach-solvent extraction-electrowinning process or, SX/EW Process, was widely adopted. This new copper technology utilizes smelter acid to produce copper from oxidized ores and mine wastes. Today, worldwide, approximately 20% of all copper produced is produced by this is process.
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Standard leaching techniques on primary copper ores are blocked by a hard, non-reactive coating, which forms around the crystal structure of the ore. This is known as a "passivation layer," which prevents contact between the leaching solution and the surface of the mineral. ... (SX-EW) infrastructure already on site. Jetti's soluble ...
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A description of the heap leach SX-EW process, from the crushing and stacking operation to the electrowinning of copper cathode, is explained below. Crushing Ore from the mine (ROM) is delivered to the stockpile and placed in designated stockpiles to segregate ore on the basis of ore type and grade.
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1991 3110 metric tons Copper copper prd from in-situ leach & sx-ew 3110 metric ton cathode copper; 1992 454 metric tons Copper copper prd from in-situ leach & sx-ew 454 metric ton cathode copper; 1993 136 metric tons Copper copper prd from in-situ leach & sx-ew 136 metric ton cathode copper; 1994 4500000 metric tons Ore-1995 7300000 metric tons ...
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sulphide leach ore reserve generated from this material and to be mined from both the Escondida and Escondida Norte pits is estimated at a total of 1.134 billion tonnes at an average copper grade of 0.52%, contained within a copper cut-off grade range of 0.3 to 0.7%. These ore reserves are sub-divided into 249 million tonnes at 0.52%
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Against that context this paper outlines hydrometallurgical copper sulphide leaching options as alternatives to the more conventional pyrometallurgical processing route of copper sulphides. Three...
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fKey Facts About Copper Solvent Extraction • First plant in 1968, now practiced on 6 continents • ~3.3 million tonnes Cu by leach / SX / EW in 2007 • Most plants produce LME quality copper • Small (~ 1000 T / yr) to large (~380,000 T/yr) • Very simple (1 train at 2E,1S leaching one type ore • Complex (4 trains at 2E,2E,1W,1S leaching
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Copper SX-EW Precious Metal Recovery Copper Ore or Concentrate. Leaching of High Grade Ores and Concentrates • Developments are primarily related to leaching of high ... • Ag often forms Ag-jarosite under copper leaching conditions. May have to use lime boil to decompose Ag-jarosite prior to cyanidation. • Alternative strategy to use ...
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