28-05-2020 дата публикации
Номер: US20200165697A1
Described is a method of recovering a metal from a substrate having a metal sulphide, metal oxide, or combination thereof, by contacting the substrate with an aqueous oxidant to oxidize the metal sulphide to elemental sulphur and oxidized metal or convert the complex metal oxide to a metal salt, contacting the oxidized metal or simple metal oxide with ammonium hydroxide to form soluble a ammine complex of the metal to obtain a leachate and residual solids; separating the leachate from the residual solids; and recovering the metal. 1. A method for recovering a metal from a substrate comprising a metal sulphide , or a combination of the metal sulphide and a metal oxide , the method comprising:a) contacting the substrate with an aqueous oxidant to oxidize the metal sulphide to elemental sulphur and oxidized metal and to convert the metal oxide, if present, to a metal salt;b) contacting the oxidized metal and metal salt, if present, with ammonium hydroxide to form a soluble metal ammine complex to obtain a leachate and residual solids;c) separating the leachate from the residual solids; andd) recovering the metal from one or more of the leachate and the residual solids.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aqueous oxidant is selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble peroxide claim 1 , a water-soluble perchlorate claim 1 , a water-soluble hypochlorite and ferric iron.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the aqueous oxidant is ferric iron claim 2 , optionally further comprising an acid.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the water-soluble hypochlorite is sodium hypochlorite.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of the following characteristics:(a) the substrate comprises silver, copper, zinc, gold, lead, or a combination thereof;(b) the method further comprises precipitation of the metal from the leachate;(c) the substrate is electric arc furnace dust, steel dust, foundry dust, tailings, crushed ore, mine sludge, or a combination thereof;(d) ...
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