Abstract:
A pyritic slag is sold directly as iron concentrates. The gold, silver, copper, and zinc are not recovered, which is a loss of valuable metal resources. The experiment uses a three-stage process (first-stage acid leaching for copper and zinc removal, second-stage copper and zinc precipitation by sulfurization, and third-stage environmentally friendly leaching of gold and silver) for treatment, and optimizes the test conditions. Under optimal conditions, the copper and zinc in pyritic slag, after acid leaching-precipitation, have comprehensive recovery rates of 70.08 % and 67.66 % respectively; good indexes that gold and silver leaching rates are 54.17 % and 56.52 % respectively are obtained when the acid leaching slag is neutralized to pH 9~10 with sodium hydroxide, the liquid-solid ratio is 2:1, the environmentally friendly gold leaching reagent BK516 dosage is 0.09 %, the leaching time is 18 h. The process solves technical challenges to comprehensively recover and utilize valuable metals in pyritic slag and creates good economic and environmental profits.