How to Remove Arsenic, Antimony & Bismuth from Copper
The ores of copper are usually associated with minerals containing arsenic, antimony and bismuth. Whatever the means adopted for extracting the copper, these metals are usually found, to a greater or less extent, in the product. There is, however, usually some elimination in the various metallurgical operations to which the ores are subjected, and some […]
How Arsenic, Antimony Silver Compounds Affects Leaching
Ores containing silver in Arsenic and Antimony combinations offer considerable difficulties in cyanidation and it has usually been considered that the removal of these compounds by concentration was the only way to deal with them. G. H. Clevenger, however, when working on the ores of the Nipissing Mining Company of Ontario, Canada, found that by […]
How Antimony is Processed by Flotation
The problem discussed in this antimony process study is limited to a concentrator capable of beneficiating 150 tons per day of antimony ore. The antimony in this study occurs as the mineral stibnite (Sb2S3) in association with small amounts of pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena and lead sulfantimonides. The gangue is composed largely of quartz but contains, in […]
Antimony Smelting
China now leads the world in antimony production, having contributed during recent years something over 60 per cent, of the world’s production. The history of the antimony industry of China dates back to 1897 when the Tai Shing Co. was formed, under contract with the Hunan Bureau of Mines, for the smelting of the ore […]