Reduction of zinc oxide from complex sulfide concentrates using chloride processing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6843976
APP PUB NO 20020159927A1
SERIAL NO

09793734

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An apparatus and a process for producing zinc oxide from a zinc-bearing material are provided. The process comprises the steps of leaching the complex sulfide material with hydrochloric acid, ferric chloride, and oxygen; precipitating iron from the leach solution using lime and oxygen; removing copper, silver, cadmium, cobalt and lead from the leach solution by cementation with zinc dust; precipitating zinc oxide from the leach solution using lime; and regenerating HCl from a calcium chloride leach filtrate solution to regenerate hydrochloric acid and precipitate gypsum. Related processes for recovering copper, silver, lead, and iron from complex sulfide materials and for recovering lead from residue by solubilizing lead chloride and precipitating it with lime are also provided.

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FALCONBRIDGE LIMITEDTORONTO ONTARIO M5L 1B4

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Allen, Carole Pierrefonds, CA 3 32
Kondos, Peter Montreal, CA 5 57
Payant, Serge Pointe-Claire, CA 3 38
Weert, Gezinus Van Caledon East, CA 1 3

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