Research of the Technology of Joint Processing of Stale Copper-Smelting Slags and Pyrite Cinders with the Extraction of Non-Ferrous Metals into a Commercial Product

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of slags processing from copper-smelting production, both current production and those which had been accumulating over many years of enterprises' activity in heaps (stale). There are data about possible methods of slag processing. It is proposed a technology for the joint processing of stale copper-smelting slags of the Urals and pyrite cinders (waste from the production of sulfuric acid) - smelting with obtain a poor matte, into which copper and precious metals will be transferred. The results of scientific research on matte melting are presented. It is shown that when the ratio in the furnace charge "stale slag: pyrite cinder"at the level of 2.5, the extraction of non-ferrous metals into the matte is at the level of 90%. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.