Copper recovery improvement in an industrial …

Based on findings from plant scale survey data and laboratory tests, the following conclusions can be deduced: Almost 95% of overall loss in final tailing was due to copper lose in the rougher flotation circuit. The results of two surveys of …

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(PDF) Geological and mineralogical study of ore tailings for …

When the content of the main copper ore component in tailing dump is about 0.1-0.3%, the total geological reserves of metals can be at least 2.0 million tons. More than 630 million tons of ground material with a copper content of 0.1 to 0.4% is accumulated in the tailing site of another large facility – Balkhash enrichment plant.

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Geotechnical Properties of Mine Tailings | Journal of …

In order to maintain the normal mining operations, several methods are proposed for tailing disposal, including disposal of dry or thickened tailings in impoundments or free-standing piles, backfilling underground mine workings, subaqueous disposal, and the most common method, the disposal of tailings slurry in impoundments that involves the transport of tailing mass in slurry …

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Statistical investigation of flotation parameters for copper …

The sample tailing comprising sulfide and oxide complexes used in this study was obtained from a tailing dam situated on southern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... two-level factorial experimental design method was implemented to examine which factors had the greatest influence on copper recovery from a flotation tailing ore and to determine ...

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Retreatability analysis of the Musina copper mine tailings …

It is understood that industrial-scale copper mining started here in 1914 and the mine was closed in 1992. ... To achieve this, we have conducted systematic sampling by auger, geochemical analyses, mineralogy and resource modelling. ... Askari M (2015) Bioleaching of copper, nickel and cobalt from the low grade sulfidic tailing of Golgohar Iron ...

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Frontiers | Co-occurrence Interaction Networks of …

This work generates a co-occurrence network, representing the bacterial soil community from the Cauquenes copper tailing, which is the largest copper waste deposit worldwide. A representative sampling of six zones from the Cauquenes tailing was carried out to determine pH, heavy metal concentration, total DNA extraction, and subsequent ...

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Electro-remediation of copper mine tailings. Comparing copper …

When comparing experimental EKR results on copper mine tailings of different age, differences in copper removal were found despite similarities in mineralogical composition and pH. The best copper removal from a mine tailing sample of more than 20 years of age was when applying a pretreatment of strong acidic acid and using the classical EKR setup.

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Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in copper mine tailing …

Sampling site description The Black Mountain, Kitwe. The Nkana Slag Dump in Kitwe (BM), also known as the Black Mountain "BM", resulted from waste dumped from the copper smelter from 1931 ...

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How to extract copper from tailings?

Extracting copper from tailings is a complex process that involves several steps to recover the valuable metal from waste material left after the initial extraction process. Here's a general …

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Geochemical Characteristics of Tailings from Typical Metal Mining …

Every tailing sample from every drill core was analyzed by using the five-step sequential extraction method for water-soluble adsorbed exchangeable carbonate (AEC), Fe (oxy)hydroxides, Fe oxides and sulfides. ... (Sampling point 1 is iron ore tailings; Sampling point 2 is copper mine tailings; Sampling point 4 is molybdenum mine tailings ...

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Quantifying the potential seepage from porphyry copper tailing

The water consumed in copper mining activities is mainly used in the flotation, in the smelting and electro refining, and in the hydro-metallurgical processes (Odell, 2021). Water is also used in transport of ore and tailing slurries, dust suppression, equipment washing and human consumption (Kemp et al., 2010). Chile stands out among South ...

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Speciation Characterization and Environmental Stability of …

1. Introduction. Copper slag tailings, primarily stemming from pyrometallurgical processes, predominantly consist of a silicate matrix [].It is estimated that 2–2.2 tons of slag tailing are generated for every ton of copper produced, and approximately 40 million tons of slag are generated from global copper production [2,3,4].Unfortunately, slag tailings are often directly …

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Enhanced flocculation and sedimentation of copper tailings …

The copper tailing sample used in this study was obtained from Dexing Copper Mine, Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd (Jiangxi Province, China), which is the largest open-pit low-grade copper mine in Asia. It generates about 100 million tons/annual of copper tailings and transports them to tailings ponds over long distances.

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Environmental Impact Variability of Copper Tailing …

beneficiation plant in the same copper mining district [21]. The study was carried out on samples collected from the working Fushe Arrez copper enrichment plant, which was operating during the sampling. At the Fushe Arrez plant the separation of pyrite was abandoned in the late 1990s. Here the old pyrite-poor and the

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A Methodology Based on Magnetic Susceptibility to Characterize Copper

This paper intends to validate the application of magnetic techniques, particularly magnetic susceptibility, as sampling tools on a copper tailings terrace, by correlating them analytically.

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Tracing Copper Migration in the Tongling Area through …

Here we present copper isotope values of 13 ore samples, three tailing samples, 20 water samples (surface and groundwater), and 94 soil samples (15 different profiles ranging in depth …

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Ore Minerals and Metal Distribution in Tailings of …

Copper ore resources in Lubin, such as the Głogów Copper District (Legnicko–Głogowski Okreg Miedzionośny (LGOM)), ... (OS) tailing pond. The sampling location is presented in (Figure 3A–C). To prepare the samples, they …

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Accumulated Copper Tailing Solid Wastes with Specific …

Against the backdrop of the increasing copper demand in a low-carbon economy, this work statistically forecasted the distribution of China's copper tailings for the first time, and then characterized them as finely crushed and low-grade mining solid wastes containing copper mainly in the form of chalcopyrite, bornite, covelline, enargite and chalcocite based on …

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Co-occurrence Interaction Networks of Extremophile Species …

A representative sampling of six zones from the Cauquenes tailing was carried out to determine pH, heavy metal concentration, total DNA extraction, and subsequent assignment of Operational ...

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Recovery of Copper from Leached Tailing …

Due to the progressive fall of the ore grades and the increasingly refractory composition of minerals, concentrating plants have increased which has led to an increase in the generation of tailings. Tailings, especially those …

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(PDF) Copper Upgrading and Recovery Process from Mine Tailing …

The ore with 4.21% copper grade used in this study was obtained from Çorum-Dangaz region of Turkey. Native copper, cuprite (Cu2O), tenorite (CuO), and malachite (Cu2(OH)2/CO3) were the main copper minerals in the test sample. Quartz, calcite, illite, chlorite, and plagioclase were determined as the main gangue minerals of the sample.

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Application of steel slags, ferronickel slags, and copper mining …

Copper mining and refining generate a huge quantity of copper tailings and slags. The total copper slag produced between 1999 – 2019 is estimated to be 752 million tons (ICMM, 2019; Phiri et al., 2022). A large volume of copper tailing has potential hazards such as tailing pond failure (Kostaschuk et al., 2021).

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Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in copper mine tailing …

Images were taken in June 2021. (E) An aerial photograph showing sampling points in yellow numbered I to VII at Mufulira tailing dam (TD10) location and the current area under reclamation and ...

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Characterizations of heavy metal contamination, microbial …

Immense quantities of tailings accumulate in the form of large hills or water ponds, which may cause severe problems. Sometimes, large tailing dumps are unstable, suffer from slope instability, and may cause geo-hazards such as landslides (Hearn, 1995; Yang et al., 2015).Furthermore, as reservoirs of metal-containing wastes, copper mine tailings significantly …

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Tracing Copper Migration in the Tongling Area through Copper …

Multiple studies have demonstrated, through concentrated work on soils and waters, the impact of mining in the area. Here we present copper isotope values of 13 ore samples, three tailing samples, 20 water samples (surface and groundwater), and 94 soil samples (15 different profiles ranging in depth from 0–2 m) from proximal to distal (up to ...

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Keeping Up with Demand: Copper Tailing Reprocessing

Copper is a key resource in modern industry and society. However, copper is finite like all natural resources, and increasing demand for this material depletes global copper reserves. Recovering copper is a crucial strategy to keep up with demand. One approach is to reprocess mining tailings to extract the vital copper resources within.

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Copper Tailings Reprocessing Strategies — Canadian Critical …

Grab Sampling: Collecting a single sample from a specific location. Composite Sampling: Combining multiple samples from different locations to form a single sample that …

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Strength and durability characteristics of copper tailing concrete

It was observed that Copper tailing may be utilised for the partial replacement for natural fine aggregates till 60% replacement, with water–cement ratios 0.4, 0.45 and 0.50. As the copper tailing concrete (up to 60% substitution) exhibited good strength and durability characteristics, it may be recommended for all construction activities.

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Rapid detection of copper ore grade based on visible …

The comparison result is the detection result of 1 copper ore sample. After comparison, the detection cost of the traditional method is nearly 20 times more than the method proposed in this paper, and the detection time is also nearly 10 times more than the method proposed in this paper. ... Iron Ore Tailing Composition Estimation Using Fused ...

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Tracing Copper Migration in the Tongling Area through …

Here we present copper isotope values of 13 ore samples, three tailing samples, 20 water samples (surface and groundwater), and 94 soil samples (15 different profiles ranging in depth ... Thus, copper sourced from sulfide minerals has been used to trace copper in mining and environmental applications. At Tongling, higher copper isotope values ...

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