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For the past 100 years, the key element in the processing of gold ore has been the cyanidation process.Over the years, steady improvements have occurred in equipment design; milling has evolved from stamp mills, through tube mills and ball mills to the large semiautogenous grinding (SAG) and fully autogenous grinding (FAG) circuits in modern gold plants.
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These methods are selected based on the physicochemical structure of gold, ore minerals, and the encapsulation structure of gold grain. Usually, the free gold can be easily recovered by using a simple leaching process or free milling process. On the other hand, refractory gold ore is processed using chemical or biological methods (Haque 1987 ...
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More than one category can apply to a particular ore deposit; e.g. double refractory ores in Nevada with gold locked in iron sulphides plus preg-robbing carbonaceous material. 4 ... • First commercial refractory gold plant in Dominican Republic in 2012. Second under construction in Armenia. 22 ALBION PROCESS . ALBION PROCESS FLOWSHEET Oxygen
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At the plant of the Consolidated Murchison Co. in the Transvaal, South Africa, where a refractory high-antimony gold ore is being treated, …
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Refractory gold ore is usually affected by the associated carbonaceous matter through the preg-robbing effect, which is eliminated by oxidation roasting, followed by leaching, to achieve a satisfactory gold leaching efficiency. ... However, the strict requirements for equipment and the high operating cost are still big problems. 22 ...
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Today, Outotec can offer processes and equipment that cover the full gold value stream from ore to dore. This includes all three main oxidative processes for the treatment of refractory gold concentrates – BIOX, pressure oxidation, and roasting – as well as the equipment for ultra-fine grinding as a fourth, non-oxidative treatment option.
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Refractory gold ores are generally defined as those ores that do not give economical recoveries in conventional cyanide circuits where the ore has been ground to around 53 to 75 microns. …
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The transition to low-carbon economies, advancements in high-tech and rapid uptake of electronic equipment will see increased demand over the coming decades for so-called "critical" metals: metals considered important to society and that are vulnerable to supply disruption. ... Process mineralogy of refractory gold ore in thiosulfate ...
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Even if you gold is "refractory" in pyrite or arsenopyrite, you can still get much value from your ore/rock depending on the economics of capital and operating cost. The cheapest and fastest option is to simply grind and CIL the whole thing …
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Reserves of high-grade gold ore worldwide are decreasing, and some industries have started processing refractory gold ore. Refractory gold ore contains sulfide minerals such as pyrite (FeS 2 ...
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Gold-containing ores, having refractory sulfidic matter or a combination of refractory sulfidic matter and refractory carbonaceous matter, are processed to recover their gold values. The process uses an ore roasting procedure that utilizes a two-state, fluidized bed roaster. The process also employs a pure oxygen atmosphere during roasting.
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Refractory Gold. Any ore that is not readily amenable to recovery by conventional cyanide leaching at a reasonable grind size can be considered refractory. The three primary factors that cause gold ores to be refractory are: • Physical encapsulation – Extremely fine (<10 µm) particles are locked within an impervious, unreactive mineral.
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But what is refractory ore? A "refractory" gold ore is an ore that has ultra-fine gold particles disseminated throughout its gold occluded minerals. These ores are naturally resistant to recovery by standard cyanidation and carbon adsorption processes. A refractory ore generally contains sulphide minerals, organic carbon, or both, generally ...
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This has a significant effect on the environmental footprint of gold production as refractory ores cannot be easily treated by simple cyanidation treatment. In refractory ores, gold is typically encapsulated inside a sulfide matrix (pyrite, arsenopyrite) that must be decomposed to liberate the gold for leaching (Marsden and House Citation 2005).
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KEY WORDS: arsenic-bearing gold ore; pretreatment process; refractory gold ore. 1. Introduction Gold ores are considered refractory if gold extractions from a conventional cyanidation process are less than 80% even after fine grinding.1) Arsenic-bearing refractory gold ore has stones extremely difficult to deal with. In the stones,
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Overview. Pressure Oxidation (POX) is a process used to extract gold, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and uranium from refractory ore bodies. The POX process utilizes elevated temperatures (roughly 230 degrees Celsius), elevated …
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Gold miners are facing a reserves crisis, and what is left in the ground is becoming more and more challenging to process.Refractory gold reserves, which require more sophisticated treatment methods in order to achieve oxide-ore recovery rates, correspond to 24 percent of current gold reserves and 22 percent of gold resources worldwide (Exhibit 1).
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An extensive investigation into this matter is reported in two recent papers published in Australia: "The Condition of Refractory Gold in Lake View and Star (Kalgoolie) Ore" by N. I. Haszard and "Roasting and Treatment of Auriferous Flotation Concentrates" by A. …
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Refractory gold reserves, which require more sophisticated treatment methods in order to achieve oxide-ore recovery rates, correspond to 24 percent of current gold reserves …
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Gold ores are considered refractory if gold extractions from a conventional cyanidation process are less than 80% even after fine grinding. 1) Arsenic-bearing refractory gold ore has stones extremely difficult to deal with. In the stones, gold is locked up in arsenic mineral matrix as the form of microscopic or submicroscopic lattice.
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Download Citation | Current progress on gold recovery from refractory ore and waste electrical and electronic equipment | The physical and chemical properties of gold promote its application, such ...
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The technological mineralogy of a gold deposit located in North-Western province of Zambia was carried out by using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results showed that gold was highly dispersed in gold-bearing minerals such as pyrite, arsenopyrite, and some gangues in …
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Refractory ore from Queretaro State, México, was used in this study. The majority elemental composition of the refractory ore (RO) was evaluated by X-ray fluorescence in S8 TIGER (Bruker) equipment and is presented in Table 1.The gold and silver content in the RO was determined by chemical wet analysis, performing an acidic digestion in a Titan MPS …
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refractory gold ore is gold-containing ore that is resistant to recovery by direct cyanidation and carbon adsorption processes. More specifically, it is an ore that has a gold recovery rate of less than 80% when direct cyanidation is applied to it. Dr Chris Fleming, senior metallurgical consultant at SGS Minerals, says: "In the
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The use of thiosulfate to extract gold from refractory ores is promising because of its non-toxicity and high selectivity. Sulfide minerals (i.e., pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite), major gold carriers in refractory gold ores, …
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For the recovery of gold from refractory ores and concentrates, roasting has been used extensively for decades. For severe refractory gold ores, it was the exclusive pre-treatment process and accordingly, its development is presented in detail, finishing with the most recent technology; oxygenated roasting for whole ores.
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The extraction of gold from refractory gold ores (RGOs) without side reactions is an extremely promising endeavor. However, most RGOs contain large amounts of sulfide, such as pyrite. Thus, investigation of the influence of sulfide on the gold leaching process is important to maximize the utilization of RGOs. In this work, the effects of pyrite on the stability of the …
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Roasting of sulfide ores is an established technology for gold production. Roasting can be carried out in one or two stages depending on the ore type. Single-stage roasting consists of dead roasting in an oxidizing atmosphere; in two-stage roasting the first stage is operated under reducing conditions to remove …
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Gold can be leached and extracted/recovered in several ways. Even if you gold is "refractory" in pyrite or arsenopyrite, you can still get much value from your ore/rock depending …
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Minerals Engineering, Vol. 4, Nos 7-1 I, pp. 1029-1041, 1991 0892-6875/91 $3.00 + 000 Printed in Great Britain 1991 Pergamon Press plc PROCESSING OF REFRACTORY GOLD ORES K.S. FRASER, R.H. WALTON and J.A. WELLS Kilborn Limited, 2200 Lake Shore Blvd. West, Toronto, Ontario MSV IA4, Canada ABSTRACT During the last ten years, increasing …
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refractory gold ore is gold-containing ore that is resistant to recovery by direct cyanidation and carbon adsorption processes. More specifically, it is an ore that has a gold recovery rate of …
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Testwork was undertaken to develop a flowsheet that would maximise gold recovery from an ore containing 3 g/t Au and high levels of arsenic. Treatment of the sulphide ore involves gravity …
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Gold, a significant precious metal, has high corrosion resistance, excellent electrical and thermal conductivity [].In the field of gold extraction and smelting, refractory gold ore is one of the most important gold resources at present [].Approximately 30% of the world's gold production is derived from refractory gold ore, and this proportion is expected to increase even …
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During roasting, refractory gold ore is treated with extremely hot air. This causes the sulfites to oxidize, separate from the ore, and become sulfur dioxide. Once all of the sulfides are oxidized, the remaining gold ore can be processed normally. The roasting method has been around for hundreds of years. Prior to the 20th century, the process ...
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The efficiency of gold extraction from sulphidic refractory ores (e.g., arsenopyrite (FeAsS) and pyrite (FeS 2)) by direct cyanidation is usually very low (Badri and Zamankhan, 2013, Faraz et al., 2014), since fine gold particles in these ores are mostly locked up in the bulk and therefore inaccessible to leaching agents and dissolved oxygen (Badri and Zamankhan, …
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