Recovering mercury from a flotation concentrate by continuous leaching-electrolysis. Report of investigations

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5856516

Atkinson, G B; Murphy, J E; Eisele, J A

The Bureau of Mines, in cooperation with McDermitt Mine, investigated a method for recovering mercury metal from mercury sulfide flotation concentrate by a hydrometallurgical technique. This preliminary report shows the feasibility of leaching mercury with a cupric chloride solution and electrowinning mercury from the solution. Results from a preliminary economic evaluation indicated that a plant producing 31,500 flasks of mercury per year would have a capital cost of $3.7 million and an operating cost of $62 per flask of mercury.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Reno, NV (USA). Reno Research Center
• OSTI ID: 5856516
• Report Number(s): PB-83-225441
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MERCURY
HYDROMETALLURGY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ELECTROLYSIS
FLOTATION
LEACHING
MATERIALS RECOVERY
ORES
DISSOLUTION
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY
LYSIS
MANAGEMENT
METALLURGY
METALS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)