How can I burn my old Carbon in order to recover gold from it? - Pyrometallurgy: Roasting, Smelting, Refining & Calcining + Electrowinning - Metallurgist & Mineral Processing Engineer

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How can I burn my old Carbon in order to recover gold from it? (2 replies and 2 comments)

5 years ago

BUBKWEY 5 years ago

I have some tons of old Carbon that I keep in my store room after Elution.

Their grade isn't economical enough to take them all for other Elution processes.

May I please know the details of controlled burning, which kind of heat source is the best (induction/electric/charcoal furnace?) temperature ranges?

Can such an operation be done in the backyard? ie ,can it be kinda DIY?

Thanks in advance

5 years ago

Jorge 5 years ago

That topic was commented some time ago, follow link below

5 years ago

Thanks Jorge..

The info in the link was a great mind opener to me..

5 years ago

Alexandros 5 years ago

Hello,

I had seen a very interesting paper on the topic presented in the World Gold Conference 2017.

The authors state to have recovered 94 % of the gold within the carbon using an incineration and leaching circuit.

I believe that they used a fluidized bed incinerator.

I am familiar with gold fluidized bed roasting. I guess that this process relates to that process to an extent.

Best regards

Alexandros

5 years ago

Thanks a lot for your concise explanation..

Let me dig more on that "fluidized bed incinerator"

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