Technological assessment of a mining-waste dump at the Dexing copper mine, China, for possible conversion to an in situ bioleaching operation

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作者
Wu, Aixiang [1 ]
Yin, Shenghua [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Hongjiang [1 ]
Qin, Wenqin [3 ]
Qiu, Guanzhou [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sci & Technol Beijing, Sch Civil & Environm Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Western Australia, Sch Mech Engn, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
[3] Cent S Univ, Sch Mineral Proc & Bioengn, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China
关键词
Waste rock dump; Bioleaching; Dexing copper mine; CHALCOPYRITE CONCENTRATE; HEAP; DESIGN; ACID; FLOW; ORE;
D O I
10.1016/j.biortech.2008.10.021
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
In order to extract copper metal from the waste dump of Dexing copper mine and resolve the environmental problems caused by acidic water and heavy metals, a dump bioleaching plant was designed based on a series of experimental investigations. The investigation shown that the low-grade of the dump, refractoriness of chalcopyrite, leakage of pad, small Acidithiobacillus population and low dump permeability are the main factors that contribute to the challenges faced by the plant. Stability of the high and steep slope of the dump is the other hidden danger to which much attention is not paid. To evaluate the potential unstability of the dump, the leaching process, ore surface erosion, particle size, chemical elements and mechanical properties of the waste rock in DCM were investigated through experiment in this paper. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1931 / 1936
页数:6
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