In the history of metallurgy, Gold, cleaned from metal ores and melted, was first used by humans. During advent civilization, copper introduced through reduction process oxides in traditional furnace. This considered chemical producing metals, this 4000 BC. Nonetheless, gradually superseded bronze i.e. alloy with 10% tin, which is easier to cast melt. Bronze obtained mixture tine retrieved its ...

A simplified scheme, combining aspects of the classical fire-assay with an atomic-absorption finish, is presented for the determination of gold and silver in ores and concentrates. The lead assay button is scorified to approximately 2 g and then parted in nitric acid. The filtrate is analysed by AAS for silver; the residue is dissolved in aqua regia and subsequently analysed for gold by AAS. Th...

In order to determine the half-life of the 130Te double /?-decay, the amounts and isotopic composition of xenon extracted from tellurium ores, from the Oya gold mine in Japan, have been measured with a high-sensitivity mass spectrometer. Compared with atmospheric xenon an excess was definitely found at mass numbers 129, 130 and 131 in the extracted xenon. The excess of 130Xe is predominant, the...

Mineral ores are full of metals, some very precious – but how to extract them? The Hamersley mines in the Pilbara in Western Australia contain such rich iron ore that it can almost be welded as it comes out of the ground. Traditionally, metals are extracted by ‘smelting’ or pyrometallurgy, the thermal treatment of minerals and metallurgical ores and concentrates to bring about physical and chem...

The naturally occurring carbonaceous material (CM) in gold bearing ores often exhibits strongpreg-robbing properties. It can adversely affect the process of gold recovery during the cyanidation due to its ability to adsorb, or preg-rob gold from the cyanide leach solution. Treatments of carbonaceous ores with chemical surfactants as blinding agents to limit pregrobbing have shown promising resu...

Statistically reconstructed geochemical data on the main and additional elements in different types of rocks, ores minerals Kyzylkum gold mine. Based research, editing project problems with modern analytical methods (ISP-MS, atomic absorption, etc.). The results statistical processing materials content ores, near-ore space showed that they can serve as basis for creating geological genetic mode...

Double refractory gold concentrates were subjected a two-stage microbial process to destroy both sulfides and carbonaceous matter. In the first stage, the well-known sulfide biooxidation process, which utilizes chemolithotrophic bacteria was used to oxidize sulfides and in the second stage carbonaceous matter is destroyed using the bacterium Streptomyces setonii. After biooxidation of sulfides ...