options for refractory gold ores: roasting; pressure oxidation; bio-oxidation; and ultra-fine grinding. In roasting, pressure oxidation and bio-oxidation, the iron sulphide minerals are oxidised to create sulphur dioxide (SO 2) gas in the case of roasting, or sulphate ions in pressure oxidation and bio-oxidation. The iron component is
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The bacterial oxidation (BIOX) process for the pre-treatment of refractory ores for gold recovery was developed by the Genmin Process Research laboratory. 911 Metallurgist is a trusted resource for practical insights, solutions, and support in mineral processing engineering, helping industry professionals succeed with proven expertise ...
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Strain selection for high temperature oxidation of mineral sulfides in reactors. In . Harnessing Biotechnology for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Ninth International Biotechnology Symposium and Exposition. ... Bio-oxidation of a refractory gold bearing high arsenic sulphide concentrate: a pilot study.
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Pressure oxidation refers to the oxidation of sulfides, such as pyrite [FeS 2] ... Among several alternatives, bio-oxidation has emerge as a green technique that liberates gold from refractory sulphide mineral matrixes. Show abstract. The less predictive nature of alkaline cyanide leaching, owing to its complex functional relationships, render ...
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This paper presents a research overview, reconciling key and useful case study findings, towards uncovering major causes of gold refractoriness and maximising extraction performance of specific gold flotation …
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Pretreatment using microwave-assisted roasting with NaClO 3 as an additive to the oxidizing agent is a new method of processing refractory gold ore. Oxidation was studied …
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The refractory nature of the concentrate requires a pressure oxidation (POX) step to oxidise the sulfide minerals and unlock the value metals. The oxidation of sulfides is a highly exothermic reaction. The energy generated by the reaction of the sulfide minerals is such that the autoclave temperature can exceed the 210 – 230°C operating
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The data on the parameters of the pulp liquid phase, the content of the elements and minerals in the biooxidized residues, and the oxidation levels and rates of the sulfidic minerals indicate that the treatment of this refractory pyrite–arsenopyrite gold-bearing concentrate is more efficient for the two-step process with organic nutrients ...
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After oxidation pretreatment, metal minerals (such as pyrite) are corroded to a smaller volume and many corrosion cracks appear, and the gold particles encapsulated in them can be recovered. ... The effect of ore mineralogy on the speciation of arsenic bacterial oxidation of refractory arsenical gold ores. 13th International Symposium on ...
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Processes such as roasting, pressure oxidation, and bacterial oxidation are all aimed at breaking down the sulphide matrix to liberate gold. Ultra-fine grinding performs the same function …
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Rusanen et al. [11] argue that oxygen pressure is the most important factor influencing the oxidation of refractory minerals. Figure 4. Effects of temperature and pressure on Au extraction at 6 g/L cyanide concentration. Minerals 2023, 13, 116 6 of 11 From Figure 4, we can see that gold dissolution of 89.51% was obtained at pressure leaching ...
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Acid pressure oxidation is currently strongly advocated as the most effective pretreatment method for refractory gold ores and concentrates. Arsenopyrite and pyrite are the …
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Gold ores containing carbonaceous matter and sulphidic minerals are generally referred to as double refractory. Extraction of the gold from such ores usually requires an oxidation step to both liberate the ultra-fine gold from the matrix of the sulphides and remove the carbon that preg-robs the dissolved gold.
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The presence of gold telluride minerals may render an ore refractory, the extent of this depends on the telluride mineral present and the mineralogical association [3]. Gold, ... Climo et al. [10] investigated the bio-oxidation of a py-ritic refractory gold concentrate, in which some of the gold occurred as gold telluride (calaverite). The ...
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The treatments studied for refractory minerals are roasting, bioxidation, chemical oxidation in acid or alkaline medium, and pressure oxidation. (3,8−10) When the mineral's refractoriness is due to the gold within the sulfides, oxidative pretreatment turns out to be the appropriate option; (3,8) that is, it is necessary to use strongly ...
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The paper presents an overview of bio-oxidation of sulphidic refractory gold ores prior to gold cyanidation. This review discusses several factors, more importantly, oxygen requirements and oxygen ...
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The paper presents an overview of bio-oxidation of sulphidic refractory gold ores prior to gold cyanidation. This review discusses several factors, more importantly, oxygen requirements and oxygen limitations in biological oxidation of various ... Pretreatment; Sulphide minerals; Bio-Oxidation 1 Introduction Gold extraction is becoming more ...
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A secondary section details the interactions between chloride and gold in minerals processing, focusing on the negative impact of chloride ions during the pressure oxidation of double refractory ...
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Chemical oxidation is a promising pretreatment method for refractory pyrite enclosure to enhance Au/Ag extraction. Here, persulfate was employed for stepwise oxidation of a refractory pyrite concentrate with encapsulated Au/Ag: (i) pyrite oxidation began with heating-activation persulfate, where hydroxyl radical (•OH) acted as the primary oxidative species for …
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Bacterial oxidation was used to pre-treat a refractory gold sulfide concentrate obtained from the flotation of a gold ore from Madagascar. A mixed culture of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans was used to oxidize the sulfides. The major form of sulfide was pyrite, which represented approximately 24.8% of the mineralogical composition of …
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In addition, SiO 2 and FeAsS are also the major minerals for the sulfide refractory gold ore. Table 2. Chemical composition of the sulfide refractory gold ore and pyrite (mass percent, %). Empty Cell ... Redox potential measurement during pressure oxidation (POX) of a refractory gold ore. Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 57 (4) (2018), pp. 382 ...
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gold ore is gold- There are four common pre-treatment containing ore that is resistant to options for refractory gold ores: roasting; recovery by direct cyanidation pressure oxidation; bio …
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Rusanen et al. argue that oxygen pressure is the most important factor influencing the oxidation of refractory minerals. From Figure 4, we can see that gold dissolution of 89.51% was obtained at pressure leaching and …
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Other researchers reported that 97 % oxidation of sulfide minerals achieved 99 % gold extraction (Ahtiainen et al., 2021). The results of the leaching test on roasted gold ore showed that pretreatment is an essential stage in the processing of refractory gold ore. Gold extraction can be increased significantly from 47.5 % without pretreatment ...
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The refractory minerals with a high sulfide content require an oxidative pretreatment to increase the extraction of gold and silver in the cyanidation process [2, 5, 10]. The most common pretreatments at present are roasting [11,12,13], chemical oxidation [1, 2, 4, 5, 14], and biooxidation [15,16,17].
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ABSTRACT With the rising focus on the development of complex refractory ores, one of the major environmental challenges has been in the treatment and processing of arsenic-bearing minerals. An increasingly common approach is to immobilize arsenic as stable ferric arsenate phases during pressure oxidation, utilizing an existing process in the treatment of …
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PDF | On Jan 10, 2025, Flávio de Almeida Lemos and others published Recovery of gold from refractory ore employing pressure oxidation | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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The oxidation roasting pretreatment–leaching process can fully recover a variety of valuable metals in a step-by–step approach. Under this process, the silver recovery efficiency has been shown to be low at only approximately 30% to 40% (Wu, 2013).Many extensive studies have been conducted on the roasting process to determine the influence of sulfide minerals on the …
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Pre-oxidation of sulfide minerals using ammonium solutions containing cupric ions can be considered as a pretreatment process for refractory gold ores at ambient temperature and pressure conditions. In this pretreatment process, sulfide minerals are oxidized by cupric ions (or cupric amine complexes), and associated metal species such as copper ...
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Pressure oxidation of gold containing concentrates and ores is an effective pretreatment for liberating refractory gold. This is particularly true when an appreciable portion of the gold is associated with sulfides and is not amenable to conventional cyanidation. A brief review of the literature on pressure oxidation of refractory gold materials is presented. The chemistry of the …
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Bioleaching has emerged as a green technology with promising applications in mining industries in the context of recovery of precious metals from mineral ores. The authors synthesize the current knowledge available in the bioleaching of gold (Au) from ores by bringing together historical developments and recent endeavors. In addition, the role of the microbial …
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The ozonation of refractory minerals can improve gold extraction through direct treatment or indirect oxidation. It minimizes gold entrapping with refractory minerals by …
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Pressure oxidation of these refractory gold mineral carriers is a very complex reaction system involving several oxidation and hydrolytic reactions which occur in series and/or parallel. Moreover these oxidation reactions are highly exothermic. Since the nature and composition of the reaction products can have a considerable impact on the ...
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Cyanide-refractory ores constitute 30 % of the world's gold mineral resource base. With the global decrease in the availability of high-grade and free-milling ores, low-quality ores, including ...
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Also, although pyrite is a refractory mineral in the stable region of water, ... Acid pressure oxidation is applied to the acidic minerals such as pyrite and arsenopyrite. Based on the thermodynamic study of the oxidation of pyrite …
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In most refractory raw gold minerals, more than 90% of gold is distributed in sulfide, encapsulated or embedded in the crystal lattice of pyrite and/or arsenopyrite in the form of fine or sub-fine particles. ... As a complex mineral, the anodic oxidation process of gold concentrate is also unclear. Therefore, this study seeks to better ...
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Gold resources are explored and mined widely in the world. But with the increasing depletion of free-milling gold ores, the mining and utilization of refractory gold ores have become a huge challenge for metallurgy and mineral processing (Konadu et al., 2019).At present, gold acquired from refractory gold ores has been accounted for one-third of the total gold …
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