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Application of leaching kinetics modelling to a gold cyanide leach plant by using real plant data

Sayiner B.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

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2015

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Vol. 51, iss. 1

109--114

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Gold cyanide leach kinetics modeling was applied to the Bergama Ovacik gold cyanide leach plant in Turkey by processing the real plant data without need of any laboratory work. For this aim, solid ore samples were taken from each leaching tanks and analysed for gold contents as Au ppm while plant variables such as solid % concentrations in each tank, feed rate of plant as megagrams per hour (Mg/h), slurry flow rate as m3/h and the slurry residence times in each tank calculated and noted for modelling study. Five sampling work performed at plant at different times. Each sampling data were modelled seperately by the Anglo-American Research Laboratories (AARL) leach kinetics model to obtain five seperate model parameters and regression coefficient (R2) values. Then, total five sampling data were all together modelled to obtain just one model equation and R2 value to represent the plant generally. All R2 values were above 0.90 indicating that the AARL gold leaching kinetics model fits well on real plant leaching conditions. By using the model parameters, the residual gold contents in each tank were predicted for different possible ore feed rate tonnages such as 80, 90, 100, 110 and 120 megagrams per hour. Thus, leaching recoveries for any ore feed rate would be estimated for possible tonnage increases in the future.

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Modeling of the carbon in pulp (cip) process in gold cyanide leaching plants using the plant data

Sayiner B.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

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2014

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Vol. 50, iss. 2

841--852

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An improved method to model CIP plants by plant data is presented. The Turkish gold cyanide leaching CIP plants, Bergama Ovacik, Gumushane Mastra and Eskisehir Kaymaz were modeled by using gold concentrations of monthly carbon, solution and solids spot samples of adsorption tanks without a need of laboratory work. Five carbon adsorption models were used namely k-n, Nicol-Fleming, Dixon, Film Diffusion with Langmuir isotherm and Film Diffusion with Freundlich isotherm (Johns model). Several monthly obtained plant data were collected and modeled separately and model parameters as well as regression coefficient R2 values were found by non-linear regression. By comparing R2 values, the best fit model for the three CIP plants was determined as Film Diffusion with Langmuir Isotherm that R2 values were above 0.95. Thus, by using the best fit model, the Kaymaz plant was optimized for existing 49 Mg per hour ore feed tonnage and plant parameters were predicted according to planned feed tonnage increase to 120 Mg per hour.

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Influence of lead nitrate on cyanide leaching of gold and silver from turkish gold ores

Sayiner B.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

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2014

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Vol. 50, iss. 2

507--514

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Effect of lead nitrate addition on cyanidation of Havran, Ovacık, Mastra LCu (low copper) and Mastra HCu (high copper) gold ores was investigated by laboratory tests at the Ovacik Gold Mine Metallurgy Laboratory. Leach tests were performed at optimum NaCN additions and pH values while different lead nitrate additions were applied. Ovacik cyanidation plant leaching time, 24 hours for the constant 100 Mg/h ore feed rate was applied as optimal for all lead nitrate tests. Results showed the increase in gold and silver recoveries between 0.4-1.2% for gold and 3.9-11.6% for silver at the end of 24 hours leaching by the addition of lead nitrate as 0.1-0.5 kg/Mg. NaCN consumption decreased or did not change except for the Ovacik ore. In the case of the Ovacik ore it slightly increased.

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Effect of silver, nickel and copper cyanides on gold adsorption on activated carbon in cyanide leach solutions

Sayiner B., Acarkan N.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

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2014

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Vol. 50, iss. 1

277--287

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The effect of Ag, Ni and Cu cyanides on gold adsorption on activated coconut carbon in cyanide leach solutions was investigated by synthetic cyanide leach solutions containing gold and other metal cyanides. According to the adsorption tests Ag remarkably reduces the gold adsorption on activated carbon by competing with gold to adsorption sites. When the Ag concentration in solution increases up to 200 ppm the carbon adsorption method for gold recovery becomes inapplicable. Ni has an effect on gold adsorption on activated carbon, however even at as high concentrations of Ni as 250 ppm residual Au in solution is still below 1 ppm. Cu addition up to 300 ppm does not affect the gold loading significantly. According to the adsorption test studies, it is concluded that the metal-cyanides diminish the gold adsorption on activated carbon by adsorbing themselves and competing with gold. When the metals are present in the leach solution all together with gold, they also prevent adsorption of themselves as well as gold. Thus, when Au, Ag, Ni and Cu are present in solution simultaneously, the adsorption of all these metals decreases. The adsorption results were modeled by Fleming k,n adsorption kinetic model.