| Abstract |
It was convinced that with a relatively small capital investment and with a low operating cost, appreciable amounts of cement copper could be produced from low-grade minerals by the application of a bacterial leaching method. For the recovery of cement copper from the impure pregnant solution, direct precipitation of copper with tin plates by a bacterial leaching method was feasible. The results obtained were as follows: 1) In order to remove the cement copper from the reducing metal, aeration and agitation method were more effective and economic than shaking method. 2) The rate of copper recovery from the pregnant solution was accerelated according to increasing quantities of reducing metal. However, the excess of reducing metal reduced the grade of cement copper. 3) Among the comparative experiments of copper recovery at each reaction temperature of 10℃, 20℃, and 30℃, the recovery rate of copper at 30℃ from the pregnant solution was highest. 4) Direct cementation method on iron-containing metal was an excellent method for the recovery of cement copper in bacterial leaching. |
