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An alunite concentrate is obtained by flotation of copper mine tailings, which is rich in Al, K and Ga and other valuable metals. In order to utilize alunite concentrate comprehensively, firstly a 'calcination-cascade leaching' process was proposed to selective leaching of Al, K and Ga. Then, the combination of cooling crystallization and evaporative crystallization processes were adopted to extract alum and aluminum sulfate. Finally, the gallium was enriched by neutralization method. After roasting and one-stage acid leaching, the leaching rates of Al and K after calcining alum stone concentrate are 80.31% and 87.49%, respectively, and gallium can hardly been leached out. At the second-stage acid leaching process, the leaching rates of Al, Ga and K are 65.67%, 86.17% and 94.54%, respectively. After cooling crystallization and evaporative crystallization, a food-grade alum with purity of 99.65% and a firsts aluminum sulfate with Al2O3 content of 15.95% are sequently obtained from one-stage livixium. Ga concentrate with content of 1500 g/t is obtained by controlling the pH value of 2.5-2.6 at second-stage lixivium with NaOH, and the precipitation rate of Ga is 98%. XRD analysis results show that the occurrence state of Ga in the sediment after calcination is KGa(SO4)2. © 2018, Science Press. All right reserved.
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Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals
ISSN: 1004-0609
Year: 2018
Issue: 10
Volume: 28
Page: 2136-2142
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