In the present work an intense bibliographic search is developed, with updated information on the microscopic fundamentals that govern the behavior of flotation operations of chalcopyrite, the main …
Similar to other mines of the district, galena and sphalerite were the targets of exploitation. Chalcopyrite and pyrite were present in small amounts. Gangue minerals were quartz and siderite. Other accessory minerals were greenockite, arsenopyrite, Ni and Co sulfides, sulfosalts, goethite, hematite, and cuprite (Stara et al. 1996). Calcite and ...
The second flo- tation concentrate (Zambian) was supplied by the Department of Mineral Exploitation, University College, Cardiff. While chalcopyrite was the domi- nant mineral present this concentrate was less pure and contained pyrite, bornite and covellite as associated minerals.
The cumulative particle size distribution of chalcopyrite samples before and after VSBM under different operating conditions is shown in Fig. 2. The P80% diameter of the chalcopyrite concentrate before grinding was 110 µm. After VSBM the P80% dramatically decreased between 15 and 30 µm depending on the specific operating …
Chalcopyrite ores are usually processed by means of hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical processes, but due to environmental aspects and the possibility of increased exploitation of mixed and ...
In the flotation separation process of a Cu-Mo-W polymetallic ore, the wastewater from the scheelite cleaning flowsheet contains large numbers of residual flocculants and metal ions, and the separation of …
The success of heap leaching technique on oxides and secondary sulfides has opened up doors for many field trials for processing of sulfidic ores such as chalcopyrite for future commercial exploitation. Chalcopyrite is an important primary copper mineral (Hu et al., 2002, Wang, 2005) which accounts to 70% of the total copper …
Further work on electroluminescence and other applications, as well as fundamental studies, will lead to the comprehensive understanding indispensable for commercial exploitation. Of course, a more concerted development effort can be expected once a chalcopyrite is found to perform better than its binary counterpart.
Chalcopyrite and galena are usually associated in natural ore deposits. With the rapid decrease of high grade and large disseminated copperâˆ'lead ores owing to growing exploitation and usage, utilizing low-grade and complicatedly disseminated copperâˆ'lead ores is a promising option but poses a difficult task in mineral processing ...
Leaching studies of chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) notoriously reach divergent conclusions about kinetics, mechanism, and passivation behavior during leaching, even for the same lixiviant-oxidant systems.One seldom-explored reason for this is likely natural variability in the chemical, crystallographic, and electromagnetic properties of …
For commercial exploitation, copper deposits generally need to be in excess of 0.5%, and preferably over 2% [1]. It is well known that most of the copper ore deposits belong to the sulphide deposits with chalcopyrite, covellite and chalcocite as the most important minerals. ... Since chalcopyrite is a highly refractory mineral for aqueous ...
Chalcopyrite is the resource with the highest amount of Cu content representing around 70–80% of the known reserves in the world. However, chalcopyrite like other copper sulfides, is usually found in deposits with grades around 0.4–0.5% copper. ... The exploitation of these reserves using traditional flotation methods followed by ...
Chalcopyrite is a brass-yellow mineral with a chemical composition of CuFeS 2. It occurs in most sulfide mineral deposits throughout the world and has been the most important ore of copper for thousands of years. …
The success of heap leaching technique on oxides and secondary sulfides has opened up doors for many field trials for processing of sulfidic ores such as …
The oxidation of chalcopyrite has been extensively studied. The collectorless flotation of chalcopyrite resulting from mild oxidation is the most thoroughly studied [9], [10].Light oxidation formed a metal-deficient layer on chalcopyrite surface including elemental sulfur and polysulfides, and improved hydrophobicity of chalcopyrite …
With the development of the times, copper is in great demand as important metals [1], [2].Chalcopyrite is the common natural sulfide ore which can be always considered the main sources of copper [3], [4].However, in complex non-ferrous metals, sphalerite and pyrite always are as intergrowths with chalcopyrite, and the fine …
Abstract. Chalcopyrite ores are usually processed by means of hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical processes, but due to environmental aspects and the possibility of increased exploitation of mixed and lower grade ores and relatively small isolated deposits, there has been a worldwide upsurge of interest in the …
Chalcopyrite accounts for nearly 70% of known copper reserves (Wang, 2005). The increasing demand for copper and the continuous exploitation of high grade ores have resulted in a decrease in the quality of the remaining natural sources, with an additional increase in ore complexity as well as higher impurity concentrations. The …
Chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite is a mineral and ore of copper. Its chemical composition is CuFeS2, meaning it contains copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and sulfur (S). Chalcopyrite is one of the most important copper …
There is a wide diversity of flotation collectors for chalcopyrite. For example, ionic and soluble xanthates are the most widely used collectors thanks to their strong flotation ability [12], [13], [14].Unluckily, xanthates have the disadvantage of instability and poor selectivity in the production practice [15].They are prone to disintegrate into CS 2 (carbon disulfide) …
The article presents the synthesis and application of a novel collector, 5-methyl butylxanthate-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione (MBuXTT), for chalcopyrite flotation separation from pyrite. Various interfaces and surface characterization analysis methods were employed to study the flotation separation mechanism. The micro-flotation and contact …
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) is the most abundant copper-containing resource in the earth and is also widely distributed in solid wastes and secondary …
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) surfaces are of major interest for copper exploitation in aqueous solution, called leaching.Since leaching is a surface process knowledge of the surface structure, bonding pattern and oxidation states is important for improving the efficiency. At present such information is not available from experimental …
For the purpose of prediction of turbulent flotation, this study conducts flotation experiments of chalcopyrite pure minerals under strong turbulent environment of smooth tube, VG tube and 0.4–0.7 m 3 /h slurry flow rate, and the flotation rate constant of mineral particles with particle classes 0–45 μm, 45–75 μm, 75–125 μm and 125–180 μm are investigated.
The extractions of copper and zinc as a function of time for each of the strains are shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, respectively.In the case of chalcopyrite concentrate, all five isolates displayed similar extraction kinetics, with about 50% of total copper extracted after 720 h.This compares to about 20% extraction achieved by the reference strain S. …
The contributions of early potassic and later phyllic alteration stages to Cu endowment of the giant Dexing porphyry Cu–Mo–Au system in South China are determined using changes in the Cu isotope composition of hypogene chalcopyrite from three vein stages. The δ65Cu values of chalcopyrite (δ65Cucpy values) from the potassic (stage …
The chalcopyrite samples with the particle size −38 μm and +38 to −76 μm were washed 3 times (1 min per time) in distilled water by an ultrasonic bath, then filtrated, dried and stored in a silica gel desiccator under vacuum conditions, respectively.The specific surface area (SSA) of chalcopyrite particles was determined to be 0.584 m 2 g …
Chalcopyrite ores are usually processed by means of hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical processes, but due to environmental aspects and the possibility of increased exploitation of mixed and ...