MODERN TRENDS IN GOLD PROCESSING - OVERVIEW

被引：54

作者：

PRASAD, MS

MENSAHBINEY, R

PIZARRO, RS

机构：

[1] Mineral Resources Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0205

[2] Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, TX

来源：

MINERALS ENGINEERING | 1991年 / 4卷 / 12期

关键词：

FREE MILLING ORES; REFRACTORY GOLD ORES; CYANIDATION; ROASTING; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CARBON IN PULP (CIP); CARBON IN LEACH (CIL); RESIN IN PULP (RIP); NONCYANIDE LIXIVANTS;

D O I：

10.1016/0892-6875(91)90171-Q

中图分类号：

TQ [化学工业];

学科分类号：

0817 ;

摘要：

This paper reviews the state of the art in processing and extraction of gold. The ore bodies which were considered uneconomical at one time are becoming economical due to new and advanced methods of extraction. The paper discusses the gold treatment methods on free milling ores with conventional cyanidation and refractory ores with direct and pretreatment techniques for the recovery of high gold values. In the extraction aspect, the paper discloses two different extraction schemes on treating refractory ores, namely pretreatment followed by gold leaching and direct leaching. Pretreatment process involving roasting chemical oxidation and bio-oxidation have been discussed. Direct leaching of gold ores such as heap leaching, carbon in pulp (CIP), carbon in leach (CIL) and resin in pulp (RIP) are summarized. This paper also discloses in a detailed manner the research approach on the development of alternative leach reagents which could improve environmental concerns as compared to the use of cyanide. Special emphasis of the review is focussed on the technical and economic guidelines for developing a small gold mine on the basis of capital and operating cost analysis.

引用

页码：1257 / 1277

页数：21

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