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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Stripping of undersize carbon (4 replies)

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Teggry
6 years ago
Teggry 6 years ago

Hi,

Due to costs and transport, stripping of undersized carbon is not feasible where I am. It gets buried. Would it be possible to place the carbon into an Acacia Reactor and strip the gold from it that way? (would that be similar to leaching gold from concentrates)?

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Todd H
6 years ago
Todd H 6 years ago
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Burn it and refine it. KCA has a carbon combustion unit.  Or bag it and sell it.  Save it up and strip it in a special batch just change elation screens.

Acacia is not for this and won't work.

Regards

Todd Harvey - Global Resource Engineering http://www.global-resource-eng.com

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Teggry
6 years ago
Teggry 6 years ago
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Thanks Todd,

Apart from the fact that the Acacia is not designed for the above query, would it be possible though? Why would it not work? My initial thought was as you said- Ash the carbon, but that involves capital cost for an incinerator- am trying to avoid that if possible.

Cheers

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dassahd
6 years ago
dassahd 6 years ago
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Hi

Is there any environmental  challenges associated with the Ashing Process?

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TonyE
6 years ago
TonyE 6 years ago
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What is your gold loading on your fines? What mass do you produce per month? An answer to these questions will determine the kind of effort required, if any.


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