Method for separating arsenic mineral from copper-bearing material with high arsenic grade
US8685350B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 3, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB03D2203/02
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for separating an arsenic mineral from a copper-bearing material, including the steps of grinding a copper-bearing material containing arsenic, adding water to the copper-bearing material to prepare a slurry, and adding a flotation agent including a depressant, a frother, and a collector to the slurry and blowing air into the slurry for performing flotation to obtain a copper concentrate, wherein the depressant is a chelator. As the chelator, a polyethyleneamine or the like is used. Particularly, when triethylenetetramine is used as the chelator, the amount of triethylenetetramine to be added is preferably 1 to 10 equivalents relative to the amount of soluble copper generated by oxidation of the copper-bearing material, and the pH of the slurry is more preferably adjusted to 7 or more but 8 or less before the slurry is subjected to the flotation.
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