Combining metal extraction technologies based on waste-free leaching

The article discussing the problem connected with sustaining mineral resources and minimizing the negative impact of technology on the environment. The primary objective of the research is to combine field development technologies so that the current phase operations create conditions for the implementation of the next phase. It is shown that the main element of solving the problem is the development of technologies for waste-free extraction of useful components from processing tailings. Research methods include analysis of aspects of mining production and forecasting directions for the development of technologies for the extraction and processing of solid minerals based on their combination. The concept of improving mining and processing processes in conditions of stochastic development of influencing factors is detailed. Information is provided on the recovery of up to 80% of previously lost metals during processing of tailings from the enrichment of polymetals from Sadon, Donbass coal and ferruginous quartzites of the KMA. A typification of methods for improving leaching processes in a disintegrator is given. The problem of strengthening the extractive industries is formulated. A model is presented for determining profits from combining traditional and innovative technologies. The results of a predictive assessment of the possibilities of leaching options are presented. The leading concept was the development of the resource base of metallurgy by combining extraction and processing technologies based on the metal extraction ratio.

Kondratiev V. V., Dyachkov A. A., Guseva E. A., Kozenkova G. L., Dubrovin R. G. Combining metal extraction technologies based on waste-free leaching. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2024;(12):29-38. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2024_12_0_29.

V.V. Kondratyev¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Senior Researcher, e-mail: v.kondratiev@igc.irk.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7437-2291,
A.A. Dyachkov¹, Researcher, e-mail: sasha.dyachkov.90@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4905-3950,
E.A. Guseva, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 664074, Irkutsk, Russia, e-mail: el.guseva@rambler.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8719-7728,
G.L. Kozenkova², Assistant Professor, e-mail: galleon56@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4966-2200,
R.G. Dubrovin², Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: rdubrovin@yandex.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8364-268X,
¹ A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 664523, Irkutsk, Russia,
² Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University, 353924, Novorossiysk, Russia.

V.V. Kondratyev, e-mail: v.kondratiev@igc.irk.ru.

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