Information Circular 8778: Occurrence and Recovery of Certain Minor Metals in the Smelting-Refining of Copper

Details

• Personal Author:
  Parker, John G.
• Description:
  Important quantities of gold, silver, platinum-group metals, selenium, tellurium, and arsenic are recovered in the processing of copper concentrates. The objective of this Bureau of Mines study was to determine the occurrence of these elements in copper ores and to trace their distribution during subsequent processing steps. The study describes the important areas supplying concentrates, precipitates, and unrefined copper to the copper smelting and refining industry in a composite of the years 1971-74. The relative importance of these areas as a source of the respective byproducts is assessed. The lack of certain quantitative and assay data, recycling of dusts and slags, and the addition of scrap to the feed often complicates calculations and estimations of the byproducts in the smelter-refinery throughputs. Such volatile or low-boiling point elements as arsenic, selenium, and tellurium may be lost in gaseous and other emissions in various processing stages, or they may be concentrated in slags and residues for which samples were not available. The effects of antipollution legislation to improve control of sulfurous and other emissions that may affect recovery of certain byproducts was noted. A section on newer technology illustrating hydrometallurgical techniques that may affect the recovery of minor metals is included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Copper Metals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  IFOC - Intermountain Field Operations Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  86 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007991
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-290108
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 290 108 :79 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 290 108
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:944f78fc570b30ff44448499a126851ac65c508734637c62a3811f37d103472275a655cbe8571f245f0ec8ad9c3e3433501996087f85e20a61368d2222f825d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206197/cdc_206197_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.11 MB ]