Method of separating mercury from an ore leachate

Described herein are compositions and methods for preferentially separating mercury from a metal product where both are present in an ore leachate. The separation is accomplished by adding a precipitating agent and a coagulant to an ore leachate followed by separating a mercury-laden precipitate the...

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Hauptverfasser:	Child, Daniel, Zwaneveld, Nikolas, Toprak, Onur, Ercan, Tolga, Botha, Jan, Ergang, Nicholas
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS SEPARATION THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Zusammenfassung:	Described herein are compositions and methods for preferentially separating mercury from a metal product where both are present in an ore leachate. The separation is accomplished by adding a precipitating agent and a coagulant to an ore leachate followed by separating a mercury-laden precipitate therefrom to collect the treated leachate. The treated leachate includes about 0 to 50% by weight of the mercury and about 90% to 100% by weight of the metal product present in the ore leachate. In embodiments, the method further includes adding a flocculant to the ore leachate prior to the separating of the mercury-laden precipitate.