The low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process of the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of a kind of high magnesium types
Technical field
The present invention relates to the low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process of the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of a kind of high magnesium types.
Background technology
Explored nickel minerals point more than 80 place of China, basic unit price is 1,000 ten thousand tons, and account for the 8th, the world, wherein sulphide ores accounts for 86% of total nickel reserves.The nickel sulfide ore Jinchuan Nickel Mine that China is maximum, nickel metal reserves 5,480,000 tons, account for 68.5% of national total reserves, but the average grade of Jinchuan more than 2/3 nickel sulfide ores only has 0.6%, and content of MgO, up to 30 ~ 35%, is the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of typical high magnesium types in ore.
For the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of high magnesium types, traditional treatment process is flotation-pyrometallurgical smelting, but usually because content of MgO in flotation concentrate is too high, smelting cost is caused to increase, and slag phase viscosity therefore can be caused excessive and cause stove dross, slag is separated difficulty, reduces smelting recovery.At wet-leaching process aspect, Central South University develops ammonia-ammonium salt system extract technology, and the leaching yield of nickel is only 42.86% at ambient pressure, and application practice is infeasible.Chinese patent (CN102094127B) discloses a kind of method reclaiming nickel and magnesium elements from the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of high magnesium types.After calcining 1 ~ 3h at-200 order sample ores and ammonium sulfate are blended in 350 ~ 450 DEG C, sample ore leaches 1 ~ 3h through the aqueous solution, and leaching slag adopts Bioleaching again.This technique ore grinding, calcining cost are high, are not suitable for for low-grade nickel sulfide ore.In bioleaching process, Chinese patent (CN100422358C) is by adding pyrite or SULPHUR POWDER, utilize bacterium autoxidation to produce acid and maintain the leaching containing basic gangue sulphide ores, but interpolation pyrite or SULPHUR POWDER need be considered cost and carry out source problem, and for high magnesium types sulphide ores (being greater than 12% containing magnesium oxide) even if the pyrite of interpolation 10%, the sour consumption of reality when high magnesium types ore leaches can not be met.Consumption acids magnesium-containing mineral during Central South University utilizes the smelting acid waste water of Jinchuan smeltery complete and in ore, then carry out standard biologic leaching, obtain the leaching efficiency of Ni84.6%, Co75.0%, Cu32.6%, but acid consumption reaches 600kg/t ore deposit.This kind of technique is adopted to there are following three problems: 1. in solution, Mg content will reach 20 ~ 40g/L, be 50 ~ 100 times of Ni content, will cause serious challenge to the recovery of the separation of Ni, Mg in solution and nickel.2. bacterium has certain resistance to limited for the Mg2+ concentration of high density, generally more than 20g/L by complete Antibacterial activity, cause Bioleaching failure.3. sour source and Cost Problems.This technique is only applicable to the mine that sulfuric acid does not assess the cost, and for the mine that sulfuric acid assesses the cost, only sulfuric acid consumption takes the value that one just may exceed ore itself.
Therefore, for the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of high magnesium types, need a kind of new technique of exploitation badly, solve the high difficult problem be separated with subsequent solution of acid consumption when leaching.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to, the low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process of the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of a kind of high magnesium types is provided, the leaching of nickel mineral can be ensured while lower magnesium mineral dissolves.
For achieving the above object, the present invention takes following design:
A low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process for the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of high magnesium types, it comprises the following steps:
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment: build heap after being become by ore grinding particle diameter to be less than 20mm, and in ore deposit is piled, bury pH probe underground, and pre-treatment dilution heat of sulfuric acid spray ore deposit heap, reaches 2.5 ~ 3.0 to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution;
(2) biological dump leaching: spray the acidophilic microbes that inoculates into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, in heap leaching process, monitors the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap at any time, supplements dilute sulphuric acid to maintain heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution between 3.0 ~ 5.0.
Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process as above, preferably, the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of described high magnesium types is nickeliferous is less than 0.6%, magnesium is greater than 12%.
Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process as above, preferably, described in build heap and adopt nature to stack, form naturally piling of multiple hole, ore deposit heap individual layer height is 6 ~ 8m.
Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process as above, preferably, the pH value of described dilute sulphuric acid is 1.0 ~ 2.0.
Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process as above, preferably, in described step (2), inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit ~ 1.0 × 10
6individual bacterium/g ore deposit.
Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process as above, preferably, in described step (2), described acidophilic microbes be acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans, addicted to the mixed strains in pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis.
Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process as above, preferably, in described step (2), described three kinds of acidophilic microbes for ratio be 30%, 30%, 40%.
A low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process for high magnesium types copper-sulphide ores, it comprises the following steps:
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment: build heap after being become by ore grinding particle diameter to be less than 20mm, and in ore deposit is piled, bury pH probe underground, and pre-treatment dilution heat of sulfuric acid spray ore deposit heap, reaches 2.5 ~ 3.0 to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution;
(2) biological dump leaching: spray the acidophilic microbes bacterium that inoculates into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, in heap leaching process, monitors the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap at any time, supplements dilute sulphuric acid to maintain heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution between 3.0 ~ 5.0.
A low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process for high magnesium types sulfuration cobalt ore, it comprises the following steps:
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment: build heap after being become by ore grinding particle diameter to be less than 20mm, and in ore deposit is piled, bury pH probe underground, and pre-treatment dilution heat of sulfuric acid spray ore deposit heap, reaches 2.5 ~ 3.0 to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution;
(2) biological dump leaching: spray the acidophilic microbes bacterium that inoculates into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, in heap leaching process, monitors the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap at any time, supplements dilute sulphuric acid to maintain heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution between 3.0 ~ 5.0.
A low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process for high magnesium types zinc sulfide ore, it comprises the following steps:
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment: build heap after being become by ore grinding particle diameter to be less than 20mm, and in ore deposit is piled, bury pH probe underground, and pre-treatment dilution heat of sulfuric acid spray ore deposit heap, reaches 2.5 ~ 3.0 to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution;
(2) biological dump leaching: spray the acidophilic microbes bacterium that inoculates into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, in heap leaching process, monitors the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap at any time, supplements dilute sulphuric acid to maintain heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution between 3.0 ~ 5.0.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is: investigator of the present invention finds, the acidophilic bacteria growth pH value range adopted during Bioleaching is wider, usually between 1.0 ~ 5.0, and still has the ability leaching nickel sulfide ore in pH value more than 3.0.In addition, the leaching for MgO finds, when pH value 1.0, in 40 days, the leaching yield of magnesium is 60%, and during pH value 2.5, the leaching yield of magnesium is only 20%.Therefore, more than 3.0 can be remained on by controlling leaching process pH value, reducing the dissolving ensureing nickel mineral while magnesium-containing mineral dissolves.Low acid consumption biological dump leaching novel process of the present invention; be different from standard biologic Leaching Systems pH value below 2.5; but in the low-grade nickel sulfide ore leaching process of high magnesium types; the pH value of Leaching Systems is controlled between 3.0 ~ 5.0; ensure the normal activity of acidophilic microbes, reduce magnesium mineral dissolution rate, reach the efficient leaching of nickel mineral simultaneously; and greatly reduce the consumption of sulfuric acid, effectively cost-saving.
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Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 of the present inventionly builds pile structure schematic diagram.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 1, by low-grade for high magnesium types nickel sulfide ore through ore reduction 1, then carry out ore and build heap 2, in this stage, the solution of spray pH value 1.0 ~ 2.0 carries out pre-treatment, on biological dump leaching rank 4, inoculates into acidophilic bacteria 3, control leaching process pH value 3.0 ~ 5.0, final acquisition leach liquor 5 simultaneously.Heap bioleaching process provided by the invention, comprises the following steps:
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.As shown in Figure 2, when building heap, in heap, bury pH probe 1,2,3 underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, the ore deposit finally built up heap 4, its individual layer height is preferably 6 ~ 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0 ~ 2.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
After pre-treatment completes, spray is inoculated into the acidophilic microbes with iron sulphur oxidation capacity well-known in the art, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, add dilute sulphuric acid and maintain the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap between 3.0 ~ 5.0.
The principle of the inventive method is, controls between 3.0 ~ 5.0 by the pH value of Leaching Systems, ensures the normal activity of acidophilic microbes, reduces magnesium mineral dissolution rate, reaches the efficient leaching of nickel mineral simultaneously.
Below by way of specific embodiment, the invention will be further described.
Embodiment 1
The low-grade nickel sulfide ore of certain high magnesium types, nickeliferous 0.21%, magnesium 23.24%, nickel mineral mainly exists with the form of pentlandite (0.40%), and magnesium mineral is mainly with the form existence of peridotites (48.80%) and serpentine (29.63%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and pH of leaching solution in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 2.0.Through the leaching of 600 days, the leaching yield of nickel was 82%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 64%, and acid consumption is the 700kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
Embodiment 2
The low-grade nickel sulfide ore of certain high magnesium types, nickeliferous 0.21%, magnesium 23.24%, nickel mineral mainly exists with the form of pentlandite (0.40%), and magnesium mineral is mainly with the form existence of peridotites (48.80%) and serpentine (29.63%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and pH of leaching solution in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 3.0.Through the leaching of 600 days, the leaching yield of nickel was 80%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 29%, and acid consumption is the 250kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
Embodiment 3
The low-grade nickel sulfide ore of certain high magnesium types, nickeliferous 0.21%, magnesium 23.24%, nickel mineral mainly exists with the form of pentlandite (0.40%), and magnesium mineral is mainly with the form existence of peridotites (48.80%) and serpentine (29.63%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is preferably 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and leach liquor pH in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 4.0.Through the leaching of 600 days, the leaching yield of nickel was 76%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 22%, and acid consumption is the 170kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
Embodiment 4
The low-grade nickel sulfide ore of certain high magnesium types, nickeliferous 0.21%, magnesium 23.24%, nickel mineral mainly exists with the form of pentlandite (0.40%), and magnesium mineral is mainly with the form existence of peridotites (48.80%) and serpentine (29.63%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is preferably 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and leach liquor pH in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 5.0.Through the leaching of 600 days, the leaching yield of nickel was 70%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 10%, and acid consumption is the 70kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
Embodiment 5
Certain high magnesium types low-grade copper sulfide ores, cupric 0.35%, magnesium 12.37%, copper mineral mainly exists with the form of chalcopyrite (0.65%), and magnesium mineral mainly exists with the form of rhombspar (26%) and magnesite (17%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and pH of leaching solution in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 3.0.Through the leaching of 600 days, the leaching yield of copper was 40%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 25%, and acid consumption is the 125kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
Embodiment 6
The low-grade sulfuration cobalt ore of certain high magnesium types, containing cobalt 0.013%, magnesium 21.22%, magnesium mineral mainly exists with the form of peridotites (41.13%) and serpentine (31.48%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and pH of leaching solution in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 3.0.Through the leaching of 600 days, the leaching yield of cobalt was 70%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 28%, and acid consumption is the 220kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
Embodiment 7
Certain high magnesium types low grade zinc sulfide ore deposit, containing zinc 2.0%, magnesium 15.13%, zinc mineral mainly exists with the form of zink sulphide (4.27%), and magnesium mineral mainly exists with the form of rhombspar (31.80%) and magnesite (20.80%).
(1) ore builds heap and pre-treatment
Ore grinding is less than 20mm to particle diameter, then starts to carry out building heap.Building in heap process, in heap, burying pH probe underground, so that Real-Time Monitoring ore deposit heap internal pH-values situation.Build in heap process and ore will be kept to form nature stacking as far as possible, form naturally piling of multiple hole, be conducive to the growth of piling interior ventilation and leaching microbacteria, its individual layer height is 8m.The pre-treatment dilute sulphuric acid spray ore deposit heap of pH value 1.0, increasess slowly to heap inside, ore deposit and pH of leaching solution.
(2) biological dump leaching
Heap inner and pH of leaching solution in ore deposit reaches 2.5, the acidophilic microbes that spray is inoculated into having iron sulphur oxidation capacity, i.e. acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, sulfur oxide thiobacillus ferrooxidans and addicted to pozzuolite Zymomonas mobilis, and ratio is 30%, 30%, 40%, and inoculum size is 1.0 × 10
5individual bacterium/g ore deposit, and according to ore deposit heap internal pH probe detection case and pH of leaching solution situation, adds dilute sulphuric acid and maintains the inner and pH of leaching solution of ore deposit heap 3.0.Through the leaching of 200 days, the leaching yield of zinc was 85%, and the leaching yield of magnesium is 25%, and acid consumption is the 150kg vitriol oil/t ore deposit.
As can be seen here, by technical scheme as above, the present invention is directed to the low-grade nickel sulfide ore of high magnesium types, by controlling the pH value in leaching process, decreasing the dissolving of magnesium mineral, the reduction by 64% ~ 90% of acid consumption can be made, ensure that the efficient leaching of nickel mineral simultaneously.