Hydrometallurgical processing of pyrite concentrates from Yoshlik deposits

Formation of jarosite-bearing deposits through aqueous oxidation of pyrite at Meridiani Planum, Mars

[1] The discovery of sulfate-rich layered deposits with hematite spherules at the landing site of the Opportunity rover is consistent with mineral deposition in an aqueous environment. We evaluate conditions responsible for the formation of a jarosite-goethite-gypsum assemblage with speciation calculations. The results show that the assemblage could have precipitated from acidic solutions forme...

Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Metals from Large Printed Circuit Board Pieces

The recovery of precious metals from waste printed circuit boards (PCBs) is an effective recycling process. This paper presents a promising hydrometallurgical process to recover precious metals from waste PCBs. To simplify the metal leaching process, large pieces of PCBs were used instead of a pulverized sample. The chemical coating present on the PCBs was removed by sodium hydroxide (NaOH) tre...

Peat Formation Concentrates Arsenic Within Sediment Deposits of the Mekong Delta

Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Nano-Palladium from Spent Catalyst

Hydrometallurgical recovery of nano-palladium (Pd) from spent Pd/Al2O3 catalyst has been investigated. The Pd content in the spent catalyst sample was assayed to be 0.42% while the remainder was mainly aluminum oxide. Mixture of HCl and AlCl3 was studied as leaching agent for the sample. The Pd was deposited with formic acid. Different parameters affecting leaching and deposition processes such...

The Obtained of Concentrates Containing Precious Metals for Pyrometallurgical Processing

G. Siwiec, B. Oleksiak, J. Wieczorek Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland A. Blacha-Grzechnik Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland In the presented study the flotation process has been proposed as a method of enrichment of silver-bearing jewellery waste. This method, traditionally used for the enrichment of non-ferrous metal ores, is based on differences in wettabil...