Zinc recovery during refractory ore biooxidation by an indigenous consortium
| Autor: | N. Marchevsky, M. Mas, Edgardo Ruben Donati, Cecilia Elena Bernardelli, María Sofía Urbieta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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BIOOXIDATION
Indigenous consortia chemistry.chemical_element INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS Zinc engineering.material GOLD RECOVERY Enrichment culture Biotecnología Industrial Biooxidation Geochemistry and Petrology Zinc bioleaching Bioleaching Jarosite Oxidizing agent INDIGENOUS CONSORTIA Ciencias Exactas Pulp (paper) ZINC BIOLEACHING Metallurgy Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Acid mine drainage Sulfur chemistry Environmental chemistry engineering Gold recovery |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Mineral Processing. 138:30-37 |
| ISSN: | 0301-7516 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.minpro.2015.03.009 |
| Popis: | Two enrichment cultures (one iron oxidizing and one sulfur oxidizing) obtained from an acid mine drainage were physiological and molecular characterized; the first of them showed 99% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Leptospirillum ferrooxidans, while the sulfur oxidizing species was highly related to Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans sequences although, unlike them, the species in the enrichment culture does not seem to be able to oxidize iron. The consortium constituted by both enrichment cultures achieved a successful biooxidation of Hualilan ore allowing the increase of gold recovery up to 96.4 % in the best culture condition (low pulp density in 1K medium). At the same time, this condition showed an effective zinc bioleaching (up to 86 %) although the recovery was much higher in cultures with initially supplemented iron; kinetics studies suggested that bioleaching rate in 1K medium at low pulp densities is controlled by diffusion through a layer mainly constituted by jarosite (rather than sulfur) which was detected in X-ray diffraction diagrams. The recovery of zinc as subproduct of the pretreatment to optimize gold recovery would also allow decrease the metallic charge of the leachates from the biooxidation tanks which is an environmental advantage. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales |
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