Hydrometallurgy: Leaching in Heap, Vat, CIL, CIP, Merrill–Crowe, SX Solvent Extraction

Hydrometallurgy: Leaching in Heap, Vat, CIL, CIP, Merrill–Crowe, SX Solvent Extraction

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Started by Hans_512
Hello folks, I work in a ADR plant (heap leaching) over the years we have stock fine particles of activated carbon, actually in disuse. We will like to know what technologies can be applied in order to recover the residual gold in carbon, the gold ...
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Last commented on by Hans_512
Hello Saguero, Do you have an email so we can keep up in contact?
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Started by Guelb22
We have high grade deposit and traditional mining. W e have leached gold into cyanide solution but due to cost of electrowinning cell and power unavailibility in the desert we get stuck, any idea how to recover that gold from the solution without ele...
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Last replied to by Joeram
Guelb22, Did you ever get it figured out. I am in a the similar situation. I a going with cyanide but dont understand how. I have arsenic and sulfide with fine gold. The arsenic and sulfur has really ...
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Started by Wadzanayi
I am currently working on a project to replace or find a cheaper alternative to Leach Aid  during the intensive cyanidation of gold concentrates (Au 500-3,000 g/t, Ag 100-5,000 g/t).The intensive leaching of the gold concentrates is currently being ...
Last replied to by Gene Cheeseman
Hi Bobin, We are currently doing an evaluation of our current practice of using peroxide and are considering switching to SeproLeach as well.  We did four bottle rolls comparing oxygen, air, peroxid...
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Started by Charlie
Hello everyone, in any gold or silver leach plants: Did you add lead nitrate, and if so, where was it added (in ball mill, separate tank etc), how much (g/t), and what was the conditioning residence time? Did you ever add peroxide, where was it a...
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Last commented on by MINURO
what quantities of hydrogen peroxide are recommended per tonne
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Started by epiphane
GOOD EVENING TO YOU; I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A FORMULA THAT ALLOWS CALCULATING THE CARBON TRANSFER TIME. HERE ARE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS:SETPOINT 21G / LTRANSFER PUMP FLOW: 60L / SVOLUME OF THE TANK: 4000M3.  
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Last commented on by epiphane
Thank you, I have no idea about the flow of carbon, how to determine that? I would like to know the procedure to have the 1260gram per liter, can I have the formula please
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Started by epiphane
Hello sir; I need your help. I would like to know what are the different factors that can cause a bad transfer of carbon in the CIL circuit. thank you!!!!!
Last replied to by David
Until somebody smart comes along, please read: https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/gold-circuit-carbon-sampling-inventory-movement https://www.911metallurgist.com/hydrometallurgy/carbon-movement-st...
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Started by Mpiga
I am currently operating a vat leaching with ore containing higher content of sulfur about 4%. Every time pH is dropping. I need help to solve this so as to get good recovery  
Last replied to by David
Hi, You can keep your pH up with lime or Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
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Started by Kimmayong
How many days is the maximum that cyanide is effective in gold leaching?
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Last replied to by Cyanide
Again, it depends... The half-life of hydrogen cyanide in the atmosphere is about 1-5 years. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/toxguide-8.pdf
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Started by Collin Amonde
Good day  All Could anyone help me to understand why leach tanks agitators break/snap off at the flanges where the agitator is bolt on. In some cases the bolts broke off or the agitator snap at the part of the flange of the agitator.
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Last commented on by Collin Amonde
Jorge, thank you very much. We will definitely look into the above points
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Started by nagokumbirai@yahoo.co.uk
Am running a CIP plant regrinding a dump from stamp mills. Ores that make up the dump are from various areas, challenge is continuous settling of my leach tanks. How can I solve the problem of tank situation?  
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Last replied to by Todd H
Your top size that is the most likely issue. 70% passing 75um should be fine enough but it does not tell the story about the top fraction.  Do you have a screen analysis? It is possible that you tan...
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Started by Munyabrwn
Hie Engineers,My name is Munga, I have a question based on what i am experiencing on the ground. I have gold ore with high copper content.My question is how can i suppress the copper during leaching so as to reduce my cyanide consumption? I hope to...
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Last replied to by tseal
It is best to determine the Cu minerals. Cu minerals that are CN soluble.
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Started by Makopa29
How are you colleagues.I have just commisioned and set up a new gold plant combining CIP and CIL for gold recovery.i want to implement a system/s that must be implemented and followed to achieve best practices and results.What suggestions or advice c...
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Started by Mpiga
hello friends,can some one help me a formula to calculate the capacity( in tons) of the round VAT leaching tank,also what are the indicators to show that the carbon is full,that need to be replaced? Thanks in advance.
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Last replied to by Alex Spynu
For CIP and CIL tanks you can take operating volume about 90-95% of overall volume.  Nobody determine is it full carbon or not by any indicators. There are precise time and volume when you should tr...
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Started by epiphane
Hello to you; I'm working on optimizing the carbon concentration in CIL tanks, my question is: HOW CAN SAMPLING IN CIL TANKS, AND DETERMINE CONCENTRATION?
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Last replied to by Alex Spynu
There is "dip test" for determining how much carbon you have in tank. Method is how describe above by Todd H.
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Started by antz001
I would like to determine and/or calculate accurate the outflows for a gold heap leach?
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Last replied to by Todd H
Question: are you trying to determine how much liquid is flowing out of a heap leach in an actual ditch or are you trying to model the flows of a heap leach with a solution balance? For a solution ba...
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Started by Filip_D
Hello, I am doing research on hydrometallurgical metal recovery (as well as more conventional metal recycling) within the industry and I hit a wall. I am able to identify technologies employed, as well as the amount of processed materials in both ar...
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Last commented on by Filip_D
Thank you, however this is a bit too specific. What I am looking for are information on an industry-scale level. How much waste is generated and what type, during a plant's annual operations for examp...
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Started by tgraham@minsep.com.au
Hi I am looking for advice on creating a good flowsheet for a gold tailings recovery plant. I am particularly interested in the best technology for splitting particle size fractions i.e. using fine wet screens vs cyclones, attrition cells. Thanks f...
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Last commented on by Gold Fox
The topic looks interesting, please keep me posted on this, thanks
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Started by Stephan47
Hi everyone!I need any information on dealing with a problem of high oxygen comsumption in heap leaching operation due to the presens of oxygen-consuming minerals. Could you please provide me some practical examples or references where I can find cl...
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Last replied to by Todd H
A couple of questions - how do you know the oxygen is low? What irrigation system are you using? You can measure the dissolved oxygen of the barren solution applied to the heap and the pregnant solu...
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Started by hasliclimber
Hello everybody. I’m working in the probably smallest zinc facility of the world… We do Zn recycling from fly ash of an incineration plant, means 100% secondary input. The process is like this: leaching of fly ash with HCL > Cementation with Z...
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Last commented on by hasliclimber
Hi Justin. Thanks for your quick answer! 1) No. The NaOH is added in the mixer directly. I will have a look on this idea! 2) Yes. Iron content is around 2 mg/L by entering the SX. 3) Yes we do. Moreo...
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Started by jovanifirebird
hi guys.  i work in a gold processing plant. we are facing with some issues. carbon started to go down while density was high( 46%). at the top, carbon is very less, while at the bottom, its high. in my point of view carbon can only go down when den...
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Last commented on by jovanifirebird
Hi Rahil. Thanks for the reply. Definitely agree with you. The tanks are homoginized well. Density at the top and down the tanks are same. 46-47%. Yet most of the carbon is still down. Carbon is not ...
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Started by Mpiga
Hi, i am currently operating a vat leaching. The soil sample results was 6 ppm of Au and 8579 ppm of Cu. After running for two days the solution showed the following results: Cu 725 ppm and 2.53 ppm. The carbon samples result showed Au 544 ppm and Cu...
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Last replied to by Sonluther
The copper contained in the ore is very huge and normal leaching can not be used to recover gold from the ore. Use Pre-treatment methods that removes copper. I am a metallurgist and am working in one ...
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Started by HKen Erno
Hello dear metallurgists! I will be gratefull if you help please, to find how to optimize the consumption of reagents such as water, cyanide, soda cautic and leach aid in a plan of intensive leach with a tonnage of 12 tons of concentrates. Thank yo...
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Last replied to by GregRasmussen
Hi HKen Erno,  Can you tell me about the ILR equipment you are working with.  The ILR supplied by Gekko does not require Leach Aid. Is this a gravity or flotation concentrate? Here are some guidel...
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Started by sherafat71
Hi cold beta purification process is remove cobalt from zinc sulphate solution by 1-nitroso2-naphthol or alfanitroso betanaphthol. in this process organic in solution remove by charcoal but organic compound exist in solution yet that effect in elect...
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Started by Sikini Nyakisinda
Hello fello Metallurgist, i am facing one critical problem in our Process Plant though we have very poor grinding manual due to absence of liners and lifters to be replaced in the Mill as well as Pebble crusher for recycled scats and Cyclone Cluster ...
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Last replied to by jculver
There is more information that is needed to understand your problem fully but if I were to venture a guess, I would say that you may be losing your carbon to attrition within the tanks. Is the leach s...
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Started by epiphane
HelloI want to study on the efficiency of the transfer of carbon inter tank at the level of the CIL. What are the different settings I can perform to have concentrations conforming to the set-point?
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Last commented on by jculver
I believe the first step would be establishing the required carbon concentration in the last tank and advance forward until target concentration is met in each cell. The remedy is not instant but will...
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Started by Philibert
I have been leaching gold ore which have also copper and Silver by using carbon in leach (CIC) leaching method. when i take pregnant carbon to elution at the end i found large amount of copper and silver, this means cyanide also dissolved silver and ...
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Last commented on by Philibert
Thanks tesaygo1 for your interest of helping me to my problem i face, please can you explain in detail on how you did pre-treatment using sulfuric acid and ammonia please explain the whole procedures,...
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Started by Scotman
Does anyone know of a hydrometallurgical method for the recovery of gold from wood chip ash as well as from loaded carbon fines?  Thx
Last commented on by David
Thanks Alex. Just a cool $600,000
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Started by Ron G
I read David's excellent article Jan-2017 on various methods of gold recovery from cyanide leach here: https://www.911metallurgist.com/cyanide-chemistry-gold-extraction/  I am a gold electroplater and was particularly interested in the cuprous ion...
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Last commented on by tesaygo1
Hello Ron, here in our countroy we use NaCN sodium cyanide to extract the gold from the ore. We first adjust the pH to 10.0 the higher the pH the slower i can dissolve gold but pH lower than 9.3 is po...
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Started by Trajork
I recently read that sodium thiosulfate can be used for gold and silver leaching in much the same way as cyanide, but with no worries about toxicity. This intrigues me: aqua regia is a pain to work with, and cyanide is too toxic for an amateur, but t...
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Last replied to by tesaygo1
I am interested too. i like to use thiosulfate before, but i dont have enough knowledge about it yet. Using thiosulfate is best for a copper rich gold ore. It can be use as alternative in Cyanide when...
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Started by Samuel Trindade
Dear All, I conducted some carbon activity tests but I'd like to test the desorption capacity of carbon from different suppliers. Could you guys help-me how to do that? Is there any procedure?   Thank you in advance!
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Last replied to by Jorge
The loaded carbon is first washed with tap-water until the bulk of the wood chips contained in it were removed. It is acid-washed with 3-5 % HCI solution at a temperature of 80-90°C for 20 minutes. T...
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Started by 15uzu
do any one have any useful information about extraction of yttrium from xenotime 
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Last replied to by Cyril Bourget
May I know the origin and composition of the xenotime ore as well as the name of the company that owns the project ? Are we talking about leaching and/or solvent extraction of yttrium ?  
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Started by Adimulu
Dear All We running gold plant (CIL) we have a problem during GIC end month inventory we always get 15-20 unaccounted gain or loss which is very difficult .The gold is hosted as free gold by quartz-sulfide vein in altered microgranite, with minor go...
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Last replied to by Adimulu
Can an auto-sampler solve the problem , because all our samples collected manually by our operators.
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Started by Lina Avila
Hi i would like to ask about which material should i use for this application is it better Titanium or can I go with 17-4 PH 
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Last replied to by Todd H
You likely don't need Ti, that is overkill and difficult to work with.  Would suggest 316L or a duplex stainless like Ferralium. 17-4 PH is similar to 304 and not the best for hot corrosive environme...
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Started by Philibert
I would like to thanks for all members for technical support that they give to every question I want to start a new Vant leaching plant with one leaching tank and have a barren tank of 2000 liter, i would like to to operate the process at 900ppm of ...
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Last commented on by Philibert
Thank you , very helpful
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Started by jtval
Hi About POX for treatment of refractory gold ore, considering that using only one autoclave can decrease the availability of the process plant, how many autoclaves should be used in POX process? Thanks for the help.
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Last commented on by jtval
Thanks Todd.your experience was very useful.

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