Since commissioning in 1961, the copper mine Majdanpek, a part of the Mining and Smelting Complex Bor (RTB Bor), produced approximately 378 million tons of flotation tailings. Semiquantitative mineralogical analysis of the flotation tailings revealed significant content of carbonate minerals (approximately 20-25 %), indicating high acid neutralization capacity. Also, approximately 70 % of copper is in the form of the oxide mineral cuprite (Cu2O). Copper can be easily leached from cuprite by using sulphuric acid. The RTB Bor copper smelter generates 8.7 m(3)h(-1) of extremely acidic waste effluent (142.4 kgm(-3) of sulphuric acid, pH - 0.464) with relatively high concentrations of dissolved metals and metalloids (Cu, Fe, Zn, Pb and As). The effluent is currently treated with hydrated lime. The present study focused on application of flotation tailings as a neutralizing agent for acidic effluents. Laboratory experiments followed by computer simulation of the industrial process showed tha...t 99% of the acid can be neutralized with flotation tailings in a series of six reactors resulting in the final copper concentration of 1.55 gL(-1). Benefits of the proposed process are: lower environmental impact of the process and reduced costs of neutralization of the acidic effluent from the copper smelter.
TY - JOUR
AU - Sokić, Miroslav
AU - Radovanović, Dragana
AU - Marković, Branislav
AU - Stojanović, Jovica
AU - Kamberović, Željko
AU - Petronijević, Nela
AU - Stanković, Srđan
PY - 2019
UR - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4268
AB - Since commissioning in 1961, the copper mine Majdanpek, a part of the Mining and Smelting Complex Bor (RTB Bor), produced approximately 378 million tons of flotation tailings. Semiquantitative mineralogical analysis of the flotation tailings revealed significant content of carbonate minerals (approximately 20-25 %), indicating high acid neutralization capacity. Also, approximately 70 % of copper is in the form of the oxide mineral cuprite (Cu2O). Copper can be easily leached from cuprite by using sulphuric acid. The RTB Bor copper smelter generates 8.7 m(3)h(-1) of extremely acidic waste effluent (142.4 kgm(-3) of sulphuric acid, pH - 0.464) with relatively high concentrations of dissolved metals and metalloids (Cu, Fe, Zn, Pb and As). The effluent is currently treated with hydrated lime. The present study focused on application of flotation tailings as a neutralizing agent for acidic effluents. Laboratory experiments followed by computer simulation of the industrial process showed that 99% of the acid can be neutralized with flotation tailings in a series of six reactors resulting in the final copper concentration of 1.55 gL(-1). Benefits of the proposed process are: lower environmental impact of the process and reduced costs of neutralization of the acidic effluent from the copper smelter.
PB - Savez hemijskih inženjera, Beograd
T2 - Hemijska industrija
T1 - Treatment of the acidic effluent from a copper smelter by flotation tailings
EP - 124
IS - 2
SP - 115
VL - 73
DO - 10.2298/HEMIND181009010S
ER -
@article{
author = "Sokić, Miroslav and Radovanović, Dragana and Marković, Branislav and Stojanović, Jovica and Kamberović, Željko and Petronijević, Nela and Stanković, Srđan",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Since commissioning in 1961, the copper mine Majdanpek, a part of the Mining and Smelting Complex Bor (RTB Bor), produced approximately 378 million tons of flotation tailings. Semiquantitative mineralogical analysis of the flotation tailings revealed significant content of carbonate minerals (approximately 20-25 %), indicating high acid neutralization capacity. Also, approximately 70 % of copper is in the form of the oxide mineral cuprite (Cu2O). Copper can be easily leached from cuprite by using sulphuric acid. The RTB Bor copper smelter generates 8.7 m(3)h(-1) of extremely acidic waste effluent (142.4 kgm(-3) of sulphuric acid, pH - 0.464) with relatively high concentrations of dissolved metals and metalloids (Cu, Fe, Zn, Pb and As). The effluent is currently treated with hydrated lime. The present study focused on application of flotation tailings as a neutralizing agent for acidic effluents. Laboratory experiments followed by computer simulation of the industrial process showed that 99% of the acid can be neutralized with flotation tailings in a series of six reactors resulting in the final copper concentration of 1.55 gL(-1). Benefits of the proposed process are: lower environmental impact of the process and reduced costs of neutralization of the acidic effluent from the copper smelter.",
publisher = "Savez hemijskih inženjera, Beograd",
journal = "Hemijska industrija",
title = "Treatment of the acidic effluent from a copper smelter by flotation tailings",
pages = "124-115",
number = "2",
volume = "73",
doi = "10.2298/HEMIND181009010S"
}
Sokić, M., Radovanović, D., Marković, B., Stojanović, J., Kamberović, Ž., Petronijević, N.,& Stanković, S.. (2019). Treatment of the acidic effluent from a copper smelter by flotation tailings. in Hemijska industrija
Savez hemijskih inženjera, Beograd., 73(2), 115-124.
https://doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND181009010S
Sokić M, Radovanović D, Marković B, Stojanović J, Kamberović Ž, Petronijević N, Stanković S. Treatment of the acidic effluent from a copper smelter by flotation tailings. in Hemijska industrija. 2019;73(2):115-124.
doi:10.2298/HEMIND181009010S .
Sokić, Miroslav, Radovanović, Dragana, Marković, Branislav, Stojanović, Jovica, Kamberović, Željko, Petronijević, Nela, Stanković, Srđan, "Treatment of the acidic effluent from a copper smelter by flotation tailings" in Hemijska industrija, 73, no. 2 (2019):115-124,
https://doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND181009010S . .
