1 Roasting Arsenical Gold Ores and Concentrates By F. R. ARCHIBALD* (Annual General Meeting, Montreal, Que., A p il, 949) (Transactions, V olume LII, 949, pp ) I INTRODUCTION T IS the purpose of this _paper to review the subject of roasting as preparation of refractory gold ores and concentrates for cyanidation, with particular …
Metallurgical pretreatment of As-bearing ores involves oxidation of sulphides (most often As-bearing pyrite, arsenopyrite or enargite) resulting ... resulting in complex oxidized As-bearing products. We have evaluated roasting pretreatment of arsenic-bearing ores in a broad context and related this to the specific operations at the Giant mine ...
The sources of arsenic and the various process options for treating arsenical gold ores and concentrates are briefly reviewed. The problem relating to the removal of arsenic from gaseous emissions from roasting processes is considered. Residues from aqueous processing contain a variety of arsenical materials which have …
Problem ores that yield low (say less than 80%) gold recovery by cyanidation when “normally ground” are defined as refractory. The term, as well as the technical methods used to treat such ores, are relatively new. …
from oxidation during roasting of arsenical ores present a 1. Principal Engineer– Process, T enova Mining and Minerals (Australia) Pty Lt d, 2/93 Francisco Street, Belmont WA 6104.
Roasting is a relatively common pyrometallurgical ore pre-treatment process that continues to see application today and saw even greater application in the past. The two most common purposes for roasting of arsenical sulphide ores are: (1) to improve the extraction of refractory gold; and (2) to remove As from copper ores prior to smelting.
Roasting: The process in which the concentrated ore is heated in blast of air and ore gets converted into oxide and impurities like sulphur, arsenic are also oxidised to their oxides and removed is called Roasting. It requires very high temperature and specialized furnace like Bessemer or reverberatory furnace.
The sulfation-roasting-leaching process has the potential to change this scenario once it can be applied to all kinds of nickel laterite ores and does not consume much acid, as in the atmospheric leaching process. The main characteristic of the process is the iron sulfates decomposition during roasting steps, which produces sulfur xide …
P.M. Swash and P. Ellis, "The Roasting of Arsenical Gold Ores: A Mineralogical Perspective" in GOLD 100, Proceedings of the International Conference on Gold, ed. C.E. Fivaz and R.P. King (Johannesburg, South Africa: The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1986), 235–257. Google Scholar
In addition, for the treatment of arsenical ores and concentrates, the method must cope with the environmental restrictions for the safe handling and disposal of arsenic containing effluents and products. Roasting and pressure oxidation have found industrial application, while most of the other processes are still in the development stage.
Many of these ores are refractory to varying degrees and require treatment by roasting, bacterial oxidation or finer milling. ... Arsenical ores vary from highly refractory to free-milling ...
Ores containing large quantities of sulphur, arsenic, or antimony may sometimes be roasted with advantage as a preliminary to fusion. Roasting is effected in shallow circular clay dishes, in a muffle, or in the crucibles in which the fusion is …
1. Introduction. The depletion of large oxidized‑gold deposits triggered the processing of refractory ores, where the precious metals are associated with sulfides and other compounds of base metals, antimony or arsenic (Jha and Kramer, 1984).There are several alternatives for the treatment of refractory minerals, which have been studied for …
The sources of arsenic and the various process options for treating arsenical gold ores and concentrates are briefly reviewed The problem relating to the removal of arsenic from gaseous emissions from roasting processes is considered Residues from aqueous processing contain a variety of arsenical materials which have not been …
A number of projects have been conducted to improve the extraction of gold from fine-grained refractory gold ores by using oxidation roasting pretreatment ... Swash, P.M. A mineralogical investigation of refractory gold ores and their beneficiation with special reference to arsenical ores. J. South Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. 1988, 88, 173–180.
The main features of fluid bed roasters are described. The key process requirements for arsenic removal from metal concentrates (copper and nickel) and ores (gold) by roasting are summarized from ...
The key process requirements for arsenic removal from metal concentrates (copper and nickel) and ores (gold) by roasting are summarized from open literature.
DOI: 10.1016/J.HYDROMET.2016.10.011 Corpus ID: 99742880; Review of arsenic metallurgy: Treatment of arsenical minerals and the immobilization of arsenic @article{Nazari2017ReviewOA, title={Review of arsenic metallurgy: Treatment of arsenical minerals and the immobilization of arsenic}, author={Amir Mohammad Nazari and …
Summary. Samples of three arsenical gold ores – Lancefield, Paddington (Western Australia) and Cassilis (Victoria) – were subjected to fine milling followed by cyanidation to determine the amount of leachable gold, followed by detailed mineralogical investigations to explain the different responses to leaching obtained.
Roasting Arsenical Pyrites, FeAsS. Arseniates of iron, copper, lead, when formed are not easily decomposed, as they resist a high temperature, and are only slowly converted into sulphates by sulphuric …
gold ores can be classified into 11 types (Table 1). Some metallurgical implications to these gold ore types are summarised below: Placers, quartz vein gold ores and oxidized ores: Generally, placers, quartz vein gold ores and oxidized ores are free-milling and gold can be recovered by gravity and/or direct cyanide leaching.
This is the temperature range where arsenical ores are roasted w9x. Arsenic, sulfur and many of their compounds have significant vapor pressures at the roasting temperatures of arsenical concentrates Ži.e., 4508 to 6508C.. Table 3 lists vapor pressures of some arsenical compounds of interest w9–12x. The equilibrium vapor pressures of arsenic ...
Iron and arsenic were recovered in the form of Fe3O4 and As2O3 with a purity of 99.91 wt.% under the conditions of a roasting temperature of 650 °C, coke powder addition of 25 wt.%, a roasting ...
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Introduction It is the purpose of this paper to review the subject of roasting as preparation of refractory gold ores and concentrates for cyanidation, with particular reference to operations at the mill of Beattie Gold Mines (Que.), Ltd., Duparquet, Quebec. Two earlier papers relating to the Beattie roasting operations are cited as background to the ? …
Cornish tin miners in Britain encountered arsenical substances, and from the early nineteenth century they roasted the ores and recovered arsenic xide. Most British arsenic was a by-product of copper mining in Devon, which flourished from the middle of the nineteenth century. ... Roasting the sulfide ores releases the sulfur as …
Factors influencing the choice of technology for the recovery of gold from refractory arsenical ores; P.M. Swash et al. The roasting of arsenical gold ores: a mineralogical perspective; P.M. Swash A mineralogical investigation of refractory gold ores and their beneficiation, with special reference to arsenical ores
2.1 Microwave pre- treatment of refractory gold ores . Most of refractory gold occurs within sulphide minerals such as FeS 2 and FeAsS and are treated by roasting, pressure leaching or bacterial leaching to render the gold amenable to recovery by subsequent treatment techniques (Haque, 1987).
Roasting has only been the preferred option over pressure oxidation for refractory carbonaceous ore where both 'preg-robbing' carbon and carbonate can be removed …
The Roasting of Arsenical Gold Ores: A Mineralogical Perspective; H. Tuovinen et al. Removal of Harmful Impurities from Iron, Copper, Nickel and Cobalt Concentrates and Ores. TMS Paper Selection (1982) M. Stefanakis et al. Production of Environmentally Acceptable Arsenites-Arsenates from Solid Arsenic xide;
Refractory gold-ores are characterized by low gold recoveries in direct cyanide leaching. The reasons for low recovery are sulphides, carbon or arsenic due to encapsulation or …
We have evaluated roasting pretreatment of arsenic-bearing ores in a broad context and related this to the specific operations at the Giant mine, Yellowknife, NWT, …
Process mineralogical techniques can provide useful information on the mineralogy and textures shown by pyrite and arsenopyrite particles that have been roasted to enhance extraction of gold from refractory gold ores. Dark-field reflected-light microscopy has been found to especially reveal the extent of development of porosity and permeability in the …
The sulphides in the flotation concentrates were oxidised by roasting, pressure, and bacterial methods. Gold recovery by cyanidation of the oxidised pulps was compared with the ore mineralogy. ... mineralogy, processing, refractory ores. Download the Final Report. Mineralogy and processing characteristics of arsenical gold ores – …
conducted test work on lime roasting of refractory precious metal ores. This study used hydrated lime to react with arsenic and sultur under typical roasting conditions. The results showed more than 99.9% of the arsenic and 98% of the sulfur were retained in the calcine when roasting. 200
refractory gold ores (autoclave, biological decomposition followed by cyanidation). 3. A combination of pyrometallurgical (roasting) and hydrometallurgical route is used for highly refractory gold ores (carbonaceous sulphides, arsenical gold ores) and the ores that contain impurities that result in high consumption of cyanide, which have to
