Zixian Deng, Elsayed Oraby
Chalcopyrite is well known as being refractory to conventional leaching approaches at atmospheric pressure. The current study investigated a hybrid approach using aqueous ammonia as a pH modifier for glycine-based lixiviant systems to leach copper from chalcopyrite while maintaining surface refreshment using ceramic media at room temperature. The glycine–ammonia system exhibited significantly better copper extraction than the traditional glycine–NaOH system. A copper extraction of 91.5% was achieved after 72 h of leaching by using 0.71 M ammonia, at a Gly:Cu molar ratio of 4:1, by using a solid content of 1%, with a ceramic media: solid ratio of 3:5 and at ambient temperature. Adding ceramic beads during leaching led to a breakup of particles and a refreshment of particles’ surfaces that significantly improved the copper extraction. At a solid content of 10%, oxygen is essential for leaching; a copper extraction of 95.4% was achieved with oxygen injection, while only 33.4% copper extraction was obtained without introducing oxygen. A kinetic analysis indicates that the leaching rate is limited by combined liquid film diffusion and diffusion through the product layer. A conceptual flowsheet is proposed, where chalcopyrite concentrate can be extracted by a leaching–grinding process and copper can be recovered by a solvent extraction–electrowinning circuit.
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