期刊
MINERALS
卷 12, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min12101215
关键词
cobalt-rich crust; cobalt; nickel; manganese
资金
- China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association [JS-KTHT-2019-01]
A new process is proposed for efficiently and eco-friendly recycling of valuable metals from cobalt-rich crust. Carbon is found to promote the decomposition of manganite in the cobalt-rich crust during the acid baking process, leading to an increased leaching ratio of Mn. The promotion effect of carbon on Co is stronger at low sulfuric acid consumption.
Cobalt-rich crust is a seabed metal mineral resource that is different from oceanic polymetallic nodules. Based on the higher Co content than polymetallic nodules, the commercial value of cobalt-rich crust may be better than that of polymetallic nodules. Due to the special distribution of valuable metals, commercial implementation is always limited. Herein, a novel process is proposed to efficiently and, in an eco-friendly way, recycle valuable metals from cobalt-rich crust. The results indicate that carbon could promote the decomposition of manganite in the cobalt-rich crust during the acid baking process, and the leaching ratio of Mn could increase by 50% when carbon is added during acid baking. In addition, it can be found that the promotion of carbon for Co is stronger at low sulfuric acid consumption than that at high sulfuric acid consumption; however, there is no promotion of carbon for leaching Ni and Cu during the acid baking process. The leaching ratio of Ni, Co, Cu, Mn, and Fe reached 98.59%, 91.62%, 93.81%, 41.27%, and 26.94%, respectively, when the mass ratio of the sulfuric acid and cobalt-rich crust was 0.567, the mass ratio of the carbon and cobalt-rich crust was 0.1, the temperature was 200 degrees C and the time was 240 min. This research could provide an alternative economic process for recycling valuable metals from cobalt-rich crusts.
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