Arsenic Precipitation from Solutions in Autoclave-Hydrometallurgical Technology of Processing Sulphide Concentrates

Abstract:

Currently, the share of gold extracted from technologically simple gold ores is steadily decreasing, which determines the involvement in the processing of refractory gold ores containing finely disseminated gold and silver in sulfides, mainly in pyrites and arsenopyrites. Autoclave oxidation is a promising method of pretreatment of the refractory sulfide-arsenic gold-bearing raw materials before cyanidation. A serious problem of auriferous ores autoclave-hydrometallurgical processing is the removal of contained arsenic into relatively harmless and capable of being kept forms. This article shows the results of behavior of arsenic during the neutralization of solid after autoclave oxidative leaching of refractory gold-containing materials.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 299)
• Pages: 980-985
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.299.980
• Online since: January 2020
• Authors: Yury V. Andreev*
• Keywords: Arsenic, Arsenic-Bearing Precipitation, Autoclave Oxidative Leaching, Iron Arsenate, Neutralization, Refractory Sulphide Gold-Bearing Ores

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