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Reaction behaviors of Pb and Zn sulfates during reduction roasting of Zn leaching residue and flotation of artificial sulfide minerals

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To evaluate the feasibility of recovering Pb and Zn sulfides and Ag-containing minerals from Zn leaching residue by the process of reduction roasting followed by flotation, the reaction behaviors of Pb and Zn sulfates during this process were investigated. Chemical analysis showed that the transformation ratios of PbSO4 and ZnSO4 could reach 65.51% and 52.12%, respectively, after reduction roasting, and the introduction of a sulfidation agent could improve the transformation ratios of these sulfates. scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) revealed that temperature obviously affects the particle size, crystal growth, and morphology of the artificial Pb and Zn sulfide minerals. Particle size analysis demonstrated that the particle size of the materials increases after roasting. Flotation tests revealed that a flotation concentrate composed of 12.01wt% Pb, 27.78wt% Zn, and 6.975 × 10−2wt% Ag with recoveries of 60.54%, 29.24%, and 57.64%, respectively, could be obtained after roasting.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51964027), the Yunnan Province Applied Basic Research Project, China (No. 2017FB084), the Foundation of Yunnan’s Education Ministry, China (No. 2019J0037), and the Testing and Analyzing Funds of Kunming University of Science and Technology (No. 2018T20150055).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China

    Yong-xing Zheng, Jilai Ning & Pan-jin Hu

  2. Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China

    Jin-fang Lü & Jie Pang

  3. School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Wei Liu

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Zheng, Yx., Ning, J., Liu, W. et al. Reaction behaviors of Pb and Zn sulfates during reduction roasting of Zn leaching residue and flotation of artificial sulfide minerals. Int J Miner Metall Mater 28, 358–366 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2029-9

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