The majority of copper minerals are sulfides with chalcopyrite CuFeS2 being the most abundant and thus economically the most important Others of economic importance are bornite Cu 5 FeS 4 chalcocite Cu 2 S and covellite CuS Sulfide minerals are insoluble in water or acid solutions unless they are first oxidized
Get PriceCobalt can also be found as stratiform sediment hosted Copper Cobalt deposits in siliciclastic or carbonate rocks A third example of a cobalt deposit is a cobalt rich laterite deposit that may form as ultramafic rock weathers into regolith rich in nickel and cobalt and John Light s Mine was built in 1904 although sulfide related ore
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Get PriceCobalt copper sulfide ores are being exploited in several Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia mines Katanga 2024 Cobalt and copper are extracted in the following steps a flotation b sulfation roasting c leaching sometimes along with additional oxide concentrate or ore d solvent extraction separation of copper from cobalt e
Get Priceworldwide for its serpentinized Neoproterozoic ophiolitic complex that hosts peculiar cobalt dominated and nickel rich Co Ni Fe arsenide and sulfarsenide deposits with significant credits of gold and copper The Bou Azzer central mine and its satellite deposits which are spatially associated with serpentinite bodies and
Get PriceSouth Australia s total recorded production of cobalt is 2900 t as a by product from the Mount Gunson Copper Mine Between 1974 and 1986 the mine produced 290 000 t of mixed sulfide concentrate containing approximately % Cu % Zn % Pb 1% Co % Bi …
Get PriceMetallurgical processing of sulfide minerals can be complex because the minerals normally contain several associated metals Cobalt and nickel ores usually contain copper which can be present in a variety of forms or other common metals the cobalt and nickel are typically minor values Lead zinc and copper are often associated with each other
Get PriceLocated in the East Kunlun Orogen China the Xiarihamu magmatic nickel cobalt sulfide deposit is the country s second largest deposit of this type It was formed in special early Paleozoic with low copper grade wt% compared with other deposits of the same type
Get PriceAbstract Tailings are remaining processing waste streams from mines disposed after valuable minerals extraction from the mined ore Tailings contain varying concentrations of residual valuable metals that are currently lost due to lack of economical treatment possibilities With sulfide containing tailings there is also a risk of acid rock drainage In this study iron and sulfur oxidizing
Get PriceWhat kind of chemical compound is copper sulfide Copper I sulfide Except where otherwise noted data are given for materials in their standard state at 25 °C [77 °F] 100 kPa Copper I sulfide is a copper sulfide a chemical compound of copper and sulfur It has the chemical compound Cu 2 S It is found in nature as the mineral
Get PricePotential for New Nickel Copper Sulfide Deposits in the Lake Superior Region Scientists from the Geological Survey are evaluating the potential for undiscovered sulfide deposits containing varying amounts of nickel copper platinum group metals and cobalt in the Lake Superior region as part of an ongoing effort to assess the mineral
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Get PriceIn the copper nickel iron sulfide mines of Canada Australia Russia and other regions cobalt is present in place of nickel in many minerals Cobalt arsenides such as smaltite safflorite and skutterudite with the sulfoarsenide cobaltite and the arsenate erythrite are mined in Morocco and on a much smaller scale in many other countries
Get PriceThe production of copper typically includes the following processes Leaching Solvent Extraction Smelting Leaching There are two main leaching methods heap leaching and in situ leaching Heap leaching is the most common method used in the When processing copper through heap leaching vast quantities of ore and overburden are mined
Get PriceMines extracting the metals from oxide ore typically use to tonnes of sulphuric acid for each ton of copper produced according to consultants Roskill Congo produced about
Get PriceSulphide ores that are mined for nickel and cobalt typically contain % 3% Ni and %% Co Concentration Smelting and Converting to Matte The sulphide ores are concentrated smelted and converted to metal rich matte A schematic diagram of this process is shown in Figure The processing steps are as follows
Get PriceWhat is Sulfide Mining Metallic sulfide mining aka hard rock mining is the practice of extracting metals such as nickel gold and copper from a sulfide rich ore body Sulfides are a geologic byproduct of mining in this area and by exposing sulfides to the air and water in our atmosphere sulfuric acid can be created — threatening to
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Get PriceThe invention is applicable to the technical field of mineral treatment and provides a cobalt copper sulfide treatment method which comprises the following steps grinding cobalt copper sulfide according to the mass ratio of total cobalt copper and sulfite or sulfite in cobalt copper sulfide 1 1 3 sulfuric acid or sulfite is mixed acidic
Get PriceThe Lovelock Cobalt Mine the Lovelock Mine is located approximately 100 miles 150 kilometres east of Reno Nevada Treasure Box W Shaft mine waste trace Sulfide TR 668 Treasure Box historical trench Oxide copper and cobalt mineralization during its Phase 1 drilling at the Lovelock Mine
Get PriceThe project will mainly produce crude cobalt hydroxide cathode copper and a small amount of copper and cobalt sulfide concentrate Located 33km south west of CMOC s Tenke Fungurume copper cobalt mine the Kisanfu mine is projected to hold 365Mt grading % Cu and % Co and containing approximately copper and cobalt
Get PriceDownload scientific diagram The effect of pH on the leaching of copper cobalt and iron from the copper oxide ore M H 2 SO 4 5 g of ore particle size 80% À mm S/L 13% 60 min
Get Priceof the world s cobalt is derived as a by product of the nickel industry with the rest coming from the copper industry and from primary cobalt operations Global annual production of cobalt in refined products is about 76 000 t Global nickel production from 2024 has shown a steady growth of about per cent year on year until 2024
Get PriceCopper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore less than 1% copper and ends with sheets of % pure copper called cathodes which will ultimately be made into products for everyday most common types of ore copper oxide and copper sulfide undergo two different processes hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy respectively due to the different
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Get PriceWe have two ore types massive and semi massive sulfide Massive sulfide is about percent nickel and percent copper Semi massive contains about 3% nickel and copper The Eagle deposit is high grade nickel and copper but also contains trace amounts of cobalt platinum palladium silver and gold
Get PriceA metal rich crust Like manganese nodules cobalt crusts also represent a very large metal resource in the sea As the name suggests the crusts contain a relatively large amount of cobalt compared to deposits on land and to manganese nodules The largest share of metals in the cobalt crusts however consists of manganese and iron
Get PriceThe Katanga copper cobalt ore belt in Congo DRC with a length of 300km and a width of 100 150km runs from Kolwezi in the northwest to Lubumbashi in the southeast to the Zambian border The cobalt mines of this belt are quite different in terms of carbon content mud content oxidation rate copper and cobalt grade and main gangue composition
Get Price98% of cobalt production is mined as a by product Technologies include both underground and surface mining Various nickel and copper ores are processed by both pyrometallurgical and hydro metallurgical techniques The members of the Cobalt Institute are the main producers representing over 70% of mined production globally
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