ROMERO ALETA , Rafael

Nowadays sulphide ores exploitation is undergoing some troubles, which are hindering the treatment through traditional routes. Bulk flotation followed by a novel hydrometallurgical process can dodge these difficulties. In this work, an integral hydrometallurgical process consists of two ferric leaching steps, followed by a hot brine leaching...

Nowadays sulphide ores exploitation is undergoing some troubles, which are hindering the treatment through traditional routes. Bulk flotation followed by a novel hydrometallurgical process can dodge these difficulties. In this work, an integral hydrometallurgical process consists of two ferric leaching steps, followed by a hot brine leaching...

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Procedimiento de biooxidación de tiosales.La presente invención se refiere a un procedimiento para la eliminación de tiosales en aguas de procesos como las de concentración de menas de sulfuros metálicos mediante molienda y flotación, que comprende una et

This paper studies the ferric sulphate leaching of converter slag (9% Cu) in order to recover Cu through a process in which bacteria regenerate the leaching agent. For this purpose, the effect of variables such as pulp density, ferric concentration, temperature and size particle have been investigated. As the Cu extraction is limited by the...

Flotation tailing is a problematic mining waste, because contains sulphides that exposed to oxidising conditions generate acidic drainage and the subsequent metal mobilisation. In this study, a flotation tailing produced within an integral process for the treatment of polymetallic sulphide ores is cleaned and valorised seeking a better use of...

Polythionates are formed by the incomplete oxidation of sulphide minerals in the grinding and flotation circuits, and particularly of those containing pyrite. Polythionate levels in the recycling water must be adjusted; otherwise, it can affect metal recoveries. The presence of different species, such as thiosulphate, trithionate, and...

A novel procedure to recover lead, silver and gold from polymetallic sulphide ores, cleaner than the traditional hydrometallurgical route (hot brine leaching), is proposed. This process consists of a biooxidation stage, where sulphides are oxidised by the action of extremophiles, followed by an acid washing and a citrate leaching in which lead...

A novel process for the integral treatment of polymetallic sulphide ores is proposed. The process consists of a global flotation, two stages of ferric leaching, the first stage dissolves the sphalerite and the rest of secondary sulphides, and the second dissolves the chalcopyrite with a silver catalyst, and finally a brine leaching to...

The flooded packed-bed bioreactor plays a major role in the field of applications of ferrous ion bio-oxidation. The pH is an important variable in the control of this type of reactor, upon which the functionality of biofilm depends. In the present work, five continuous flooded packed-bed reactors have been inoculated with mixed...

In this work, the recovery of Cu from large waste printed circuit board (PCB) pieces by biogenic ferric sulphate at high solid to liquid ratio was studied. PCB parts were packed in a column and biogenic ferric was constantly recirculated. A high oxidation reduction potential (ORP) decrease was observed in ferric leaching due to ferric ion...

Mineralurgical and metallurgical processes generate a large amount of harmful residues. These wastes usually contain a considerable fraction of sulphides and a low percentage of target metals. Due to their characteristics, the main environmental issues concern the acid mine drainage generation and the release of metals. The bioleaching of these...