HYDROMETALLURGY

3 – Methods & Equipment

Fathi Habashi
Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
Laval University, Quebec City,,Canada
Fathi.Habashi@arul.ulaval.ca
Hydrometallurgy
Leaching Methods & Equipment
 Leaching in-situ 1
 Leaching in-situ 2
 Leaching in-situ 3
Leaching in-situ 4
Leaching in-situ 5
Leaching in-situ 6
Leaching in Heaps 1
Leaching in Heaps 2
Leaching in Heaps 3
Leaching in Heaps 4
Leaching in Heaps 5
Leaching in Heaps 4
Leaching in Heaps 6
Leaching in Vats 2
 Agitation Leaching

1 – Open vessel
Mechanical agitation
Agitation Leaching
2 - Closed vessel / mechanically agitated
Agitation
Leaching
3 - Closed vessel
mechanically agitated
Agitation Wash water

Leaching
Ore
slurry Compressed
air

4 - Pneumatic Central
open tube

Outlet
Pressure Leaching

 In absence of air or oxygen.

 In presence of air or oxygen.
Autoclaves

1 - Vertical
Pneumatic agitation
Autoclaves

2- Vertical
Pneumatic agitation
Autoclaves

3 – Vertical
Mechanically agitated
Autoclaves
1 - Horizontal
Autoclaves
2 - Horizontal
Autoclaves
3 - Horizontal
Autoclaves
4 - Horizontal
Autoclaves
5 – Horizontal / rotating
Autoclaves
6 – Horizontal / rotating
Autoclaves
1 –Spherical / rotating
Autoclaves
2 –Spherical / rotating
Autoclaves
3 –Spherical / rotating
Autoclaves
1 – Pipeline
Autoclaves
2 – Pipeline
Autoclaves
3 – Pipeline
Flash tanks

Steam/Salt
Heat exchanger

Preheater

Outlet
Condensate
Baking
Process 1
Baking Process 2
Baking
Process 3
 Microorganisms
Oxygen CO2 Oxygen

3–
PO 4

Aqueous
Microorganism
phase
Enzyme

2– 2+ 2+ 2–
S
2–
+ 2O 2 Enzyme 2– S M MS M +S
SO 4

Sulfide mineral
THANKS