Abstract
A chlorination process for treating metal sulfide flotation concentrates is described. The process involves low temperature chlorination combined with sulfur chloride conversion and selective oxidation to produce nonferrous metal chlorides, elemental sulfur, and ferric oxide in a three-stage fluidized bed reactor. The nonferrous metal chlorides may then be water leached, separated, purified, and electrolyzed to recover copper and nickel metals and to regenerate chlorine for recycling.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 42-47 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Minerals and Metallurgical Processing |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1985 |