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7491372 Procedure to leach copper concentrates, under pressure and at ambient temperature, by forming a reactive gel in a sulfate-chloride medium  
A chemical process to leach copper concentrates in the presence of a concentrated solution of sulfates and chlorides. The process includes forming a high reactivity chemical paste containing a high...
7175819 Regeneration of cupric etchants and recovery of copper sulfate  
Spent, acidic solutions comprising cupric chloride and hyrdrochloric acid from the copper etching process are regenerated by a process in which the acid is subjected to distillation with sulfuric...
6921426 Process of recovering copper from ore  
A copper concentrate obtained by flotation of a high grade copper ore containing chalcopyrite as a main mineral constituent is leached at a temperature of 100° C. or higher, and under a pressure...
6846346 Sulfatization process for metal extraction from sulfide ores  
The invention provides a hydrometallurgical process for treating metal-containing sulfide ores and concentrates, comprising reacting said metal-containing sulfide with concentrated sulfuric acid at...
6843970 Process for recovering metal values by dissolving them in a sulfuric acid solution containing a carbon source and a reducing agent  
A process for recovering metal values from a metal containing material including the metal values comprising digesting the metal containing material in a sulfuric acid solution comprising sulfuric...
6569391 Heap leaching copper ore using sodium nitrate  
The heap leaching of copper bearing ores is improved by using sodium nitrate as an oxidizing chemical reactive in a sulphuric acid leaching solution. In particular, the ore is crushed to <6 mm...
6455019 Process for the extraction of copper from a sulphide copper ore or concentrate  
A process for the extraction of copper from a sulphide ore or concentrate comprises the steps of subjecting the ore or concentrate to pressure oxidation in the presence of oxygen and an acidic...
6455018 Recovery of precious metal and other values from spent compositions/materials  
Precious metal values, e.g., platinum, palladium and rhodium, and, optionally, other valuable elements, e.g., one or more rare earths and cerium in particular, are recovered from a wide variety of...
6409799 Copper leach process aids  
Methods for enhancing the leaching of copper from copper bearing ores with an aqueous sulfuric acid leach solution are disclosed wherein an antifoam formulation stable at a solution pH of about 1...
6280501 Base metal recovery  
A process for recovering a base metal from a material, the base metal being selected from cobalt, copper, nickel and zinc, the process comprising the steps of reacting the host material with a...
6277341 Process for the rapid leaching of chalcopyrite in the absence of catalysts  
A process is provided for the leaching of copper from chalcopyrite using ferric sulfate in which acceptable rates of leaching are achieved by controlling the surface potential of the chalcopyrite...
6228334 Method of recovering gold from the fine carbon residue from a coarse carbon gold recovery process  
A method for recovering gold from gold-loaded fine carbon residue from a coarse carbon gold recovery process is disclosed. The gold-loaded fine carbon residue is mixed with activated coarse carbon...
6168766 Process for leaching copper from copper sulfide using bacteria  
Disclosed is a process for leaching copper from copper sulfide using bacteria, which ensures that the rate of leaching of copper increases to reduce the leaching time period and that the rate of...
6159435 Leaching of mineral ores  
A process for oxidation of ferrous ions in solution, and more particularly a process for improved base metal and/or uranium leaching from ores, concentrates or tailings using ferric ion as an...
5895633 Solvent extraction process for recovering copper from copper-containing solutions  
The present invention is directed to a process for recovering copper from a copper-containing material by pressure oxidation followed by solvent extraction and electrowinning. The copper-containing...
5827348 Leaching of precious metal ore with fluoroaliphatic surfactant  
A method for improving the recovery of gold and silver from precious metal ore is disclosed. The method comprises contacting precious metal ore with an aqueous solution containing certain...
5814292 Comprehensive energy producing methods for aqueous phase oxidation  
An aqueous phase oxidization process for the oxidization of any nonoxidized feed material using a mixture of a feed material, an oxidizing acid, such as nitric acid; oxygen gas, water and...
5730776 Hydrometallurgical process for the extraction of copper from sulphidic concentrates  
There is provided a novel hydrometallurgical process for the extraction of copper from sulphidic concentrates involving an oxidizing pressure leach using dilute sulphuric acid and a carbonaceous...
5709731 Slurry pipeline leaching method  
A method for concurrently transporting and leaching metal values from an ore or concentrate containing said metal values from an originating site such as an elevated site to a delivery site...
5698170 Hydrometallurgical process for copper-containing materials  
The present invention is directed to a process for recovering copper from a copper-containing material by pressure oxidation followed by solvent extraction and electrowinning. The copper-containing...
5645708 Chloride assisted hydrometallurgical copper extraction  
A process for the extraction of copper from a sulphide copper ore or concentrate comprises subjecting the ore or concentrate to pressure oxidation in the presence of oxygen and an acidic chloride...
5536480 Method for treating mineral material having organic carbon to facilitate recovery of gold and silver  
Provided is a process for treating refractory precious metal-containing ores, particularly gold-bearing ores, which are refractory due to the presence of organic carbon, to reduce the ability of...
5484579 Hydrometallurical recovery of copper and zinc from complex sulfide ores  
A continuous hydrometallurgical process for conversion of ore derived copper and zinc sulfides into recoverable water soluble sulfates is provided. The process comprises: i) contacting the ore...
5397380 Method for processing complex metal sulphide materials  
A process for the treatment of complex metal sulphide materials and for the recovery of metal values from such materials. The process involves first subjecting the material to a leaching process...
5332560 Process for the removal of zinc and nickel from copper ammine sulfate solutions  
A method for the recovery of copper from copper-containing materials, for example, scrap, ores or dust. An aqueous cupric tetrammine sulfate lixiviant is contacted with the copper-containing...
5316567 Hydrometallurgical copper extraction process  
A process for the extraction of copper from a sulphide copper ore or concentrate comprises the steps of subjecting the ore or concentrate to agitation leaching at an elevated temperature and...
5279802 Precious metal recovery process from sulfide ores  
A process for recovering at least one precious metal from an ore containing carbonaceous material is disclosed. The process involves the use of promoting amounts of certain metal redox couples...
5271909 Method of tellurium separation from copper electrorefining slime  
A method of increasing the extraction of tellurium from copper electrorefining slime comprises leaching the slime with dilute sulphuric acid in a reactor under a partial oxygen pressure of up to...
5232490 Oxidation/reduction process for recovery of precious metals from MnO.sub.2 ores, sulfidic ores and carbonaceous materials  
A process for separating precious metals from an MnO 2 , sulfidic or carbonaceous refractory ore or refractory feed such as tailings is provided. The process includes the step of leaching a feed...
5200042 Process to recover pure copper during purification of zinc sulfate solution  
A process for recovery of copper from a copper residue obtained during purification of a zinc sulfate solution comprises leaching the copper residue in a concentrated sulfuric acid solution in the...
5173276 Method for recovery of copper from copper-containing materials  
A process for precipitating solid hydrates of cupric tetrammine sulfate from a solution, wherein the solution contains at least 40 grams per liter of free ammonia, at least 50 grams per liter of...
4960584 Adjustable emitter for heap leach mining percolation system and method  
A system for heap leach mining comprises supply and header pipes for conducting a leaching solution alongside a bed or "heap" of crushed metal-laden ore deposited on an impervious pad. A series of...
4875935 Anionic acrylamide polymers as copper ore agglomeration aids  
An improved method for extracting copper from copper minerals by heap leaching with dilute sulfuric acid which comprises agglomerating the copper mineral fines prior to their being formed into an...
4822413 Extraction of metal values from ores or concentrates  
A process is described for leaching ores or concentrates containing one or more metallic sulphides .with a circulating liquor so as to solubilize desired metal values therefrom, if said metal...
4786323 Process for the recovery of noble metals from ore-concentrates  
A process for the hydrometallurgical recovery of gold and silver by direct oxidizing sulphuric acid-digestion of arsenopyrite-concentrates (FeAsS 2 ) containing carbonaceous materials with a...
4778519 Recovery of precious metals from a thiourea leach  
A method is provided for recovering gold and silver from precious metal bearing materials including ores, leaching residues, flue dust, electronic scrap, jewelry scrap, etc. In the method, the gold...
4765827 Metal value recovery  
A process for at least one of (1) recovering at least one first metal other than manganese from a first ore containing reducible manganese, and (2) recovering at least one second metal from a...
4752332 Treating manganese-containing ores with a metal sulfide  
A process for treating a first metal, manganese-containing ore comprising contacting the manganese-containing ore with an aqueous, acidic composition and a material containing at least one metal...
4740243 Metal value recovery from metal sulfide containing ores  
A process for recovering at least one first metal from a metal sulfide-containing ore comprising contacting the ore with an aqueous, acidic composition and at least one reducible...
4731114 Recovery of precious metals from refractory low-grade ores  
Low-grade refractory gold ores, which may also contain silver and other metal values are treated by partial roasting of concentrate to remove controlled amounts of sulfur and carbon, then oxygen...
4731113 Method for the recovery of precious metals from ores  
A process for the recovery of precious metals from ore containing the same is disclosed. The process includes the formation of a lixiviant solution including a thiourea compound, urea and an alkali...
4698139 Hydrometallurgical method for treating valuable metal raw materials containing chlorides and fluorides  
The purpose of the method is to remove chlorides and fluorides from a valuable metal raw material by leaching the raw material into sulphuric acid solution and by crystallizing the valuable metal...
4671945 Method for separation and leaching of the valuable metals in sulphide materials  
This is a method for the complete leaching of the valuable metals in a metal sulphide material which contains copper, zinc, lead, silver and iron by the use of a solution which essentially contains...
4670052 Process for the recovery of gold from a precious metal bearing sludge concentrate  
A process for the recovery of gold from a precious metal bearing sludge concentrate is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of leaching the sludge with hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide...
4662938 Recovery of silver and gold  
This invention provides processes for selectively recovering silver and gold values from feed materials containing both precious metals, and comprises leaching the feed material with a hot ferric...
4632701 Process for the recovery of silver from a residue essentially free of elemental sulphur  
A process for the recovery of silver from a residue essentially free of elemental sulphur obtained by acidic pressure oxidation leaching or iron-containing sulphidic material which comprises...
4629502 Pressurized reaction of refractory ores with heat recovery  
Metal is removed from particlized metal bearing refractory ores in an efficient manner utilizing pressure metallurgy with heat recovery. The particlized ore is mixed with a heated liquid, and...
4620964 Process for the treatment of complex manganese ores, such as marine nodules  
A process for the treatment of a complex manganese ore, wherein it comprises the following stages: (a) crushing the ore, (b) subdividing the crushed ore into a first part and a second part, ...
4619814 Process for the recovery of non-ferrous metals from sulphide ores and concentrates  
This invention relates to the development of a viable metallurgical process capable of treating low grade concentrates, bulk concentrates, dirty concentrates, or ore directly for the recovery of...
4615731 Hydrometallurgical processing of precious metal-containing materials  
A hydrometallurgical process is provided for separating heavy metal nuisance elements such as As, Sb, Bi, Sn and Pb from precious metals and/or selenium. The process can be used as a step in an...
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