Study on hydrometallurgical recovery of copper and rhenium in processing of substandard copper concentrates

Over the past decade, there has been a steady growth in demand for rare metals, with rhenium being one of most highly demanded, but also expensive and difficult to obtain. The high is due its use as key component metallurgical alloys or catalysts used oil refining industry. aggregate facts causes profitability processing rhenium-containing mineral resources, which are copper substandard concentrates obtained at Zhezkazgan sandstones. study focuses on processes extraction sorption recovery from solutions ammonia leaching concentrates. Model similar elemental composition during sandstones were an object study. paper estimates characteristics using LIX 84-I solution kerosene, well process Purolite PPA100 anion exchanger. Based possibility hydrometallurgical copper-sulfide concentrates, commercial products shown.