INFLUENCE OF REDUCING AGENT ON SULFURIC LIQUOR OF NICKEL LATERITE MINING IN THE ION EXCHANGE PROCESS USING CHELATING

• Grant number: 17/06563-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: September 01, 2017
• End date: February 28, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório
• Grantee: Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior
• Supervisor: David Dreisinger
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of British Columbia, Vancouver (UBC), Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/05527-5 - Separation of metals from sulfuric liquor of mining waste using chelating resins, BP.MS

Abstract

Mining industries have high importance on global economy, especially on Brazilian economy, which was the sector that had positive balance in 2014. The nickel ores has different kinds of metals, and used sulfuric acid to make these metals soluble. Among the techniques that may be used for the treatment to recovery metals of interest - liquor -, the ion-exchange process presents an alternative to be explored due to its selectivity and low cost. At the same time, the presence of iron in its most oxidized form becomes a problem since it can precipitate easily due its high concentration. The precipitation of iron may decrease the resin efficiency, which can impregnate the resin. Other problem of precipitation of iron is that others metals precipitate with it (coprecipitation). The purpose of this project is to evaluate the influence of a reducing agent on nickel laterite's sulfuric liquor in the ion-exchange process. The batch experiments using a chelating resin will be performed in three steps: using liquor containing Fe(III); using the liquor after reducing process by using a reducing agent; and using liquor prepared with Fe(II). To evaluate the quantity of metals in the resin, the solution will be analyzed using chemical analyses available to use to this kind of analyses at research group expert on hydrometallurgical process at University of British Columbia. From these tests, it will be determined if the presence of a reducing agent has influence on the ion-exchange process.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; DREISINGER, DAVID B.; ESPINOSA, DENISE C. R.. A Review of Nickel, Copper, and Cobalt Recovery by Chelating Ion Exchange Resins from Mining Processes and Mining Tailings. MINING METALLURGY & EXPLORATION, v. 36, n. 1, SI, p. 199-213, FEB 2019. (16/05527-5, 17/06563-8, 12/51871-9)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; DREISINGER, DAVID BRUCE; ROMANO ESPINOSA, DENISE CROCCE; SOARES TENORIO, JORGE ALBERTO. Pre-Reducing Process Kinetics to Recover Metals from Nickel Leach Waste Using Chelating Resins. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 2018, p. 7-pg., 2018-01-01. (16/05527-5, 17/06563-8, 12/51871-9)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; DREISINGER, DAVID BRUCE; ROMANO ESPINOSA, DENISE CROCCE; SOARES TENORIO, JORGE ALBERTO. Pre-Reducing Process Kinetics to Recover Metals from Nickel Leach Waste Using Chelating Resins. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 2018. (12/51871-9, 16/05527-5, 17/06563-8)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; ROMANO ESPINOSA, DENISE CROCCE; DREISINGER, DAVID; SOARES TENORIO, JORGE ALBERTO. Recovery of nickel and cobalt from nickel laterite leach solution using chelating resins and pre-reducing process. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 97, n. 5, p. 1181-1190, MAY 2019. (16/05527-5, 17/06563-8, 12/51871-9)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON B.; CORREA, MONICA M. JIMENEZ; ESPINOSA, DENISE C. R.; DREISINGER, DAVID; TENORIO, JORGE A. S.. Recovery of Cu(II) from nickel laterite leach using prereduction and chelating resin extraction: Batch and continuous experiments. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 97, n. 4, p. 924-929, APR 2019. (12/51871-9, 16/05527-5, 17/06563-8)

WANDERLEY, K. B.; BOTELHO JUNIOR, A. B.; ESPINOSA, D. C. R.; TENORIO, J. A. S.. Kinetic and thermodynamic study of magnesium obtaining as sulfate monohydrate from nickel laterite leach waste by crystallization. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 272, NOV 1 2020. (17/06563-8, 16/05527-5, 12/51871-9)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; VICENTE, ANDRE DE ALBUQUERQUE; ROMANO ESPINOSA, DENISE CROCCE; SOARES TENORIO, JORGE ALBERTO. Effect of iron oxidation state for copper recovery from nickel laterite leach solution using chelating resin. SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 55, n. 4, p. 788-798, MAR 3 2020. (16/05527-5, 17/06563-8, 12/51871-9)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; DE ALBUQUERQUE VICENTE, ANDRE; ROMANO ESPINOSA, DENISE CROCCE; SOARES TENORIO, JORGE ALBERTO. Recovery of metals by ion exchange process using chelating resin and sodium dithionite. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T, v. 8, n. 5, p. 4464-4469, SEP-OCT 2019. (16/05527-5, 12/51871-9, 17/06563-8)

BOTELHO JUNIOR, AMILTON BARBOSA; DREISINGER, DAVID B.; ESPINOSA, DENISE C. R.. A Review of Nickel, Copper, and Cobalt Recovery by Chelating Ion Exchange Resins from Mining Processes and Mining Tailings. MINING METALLURGY & EXPLORATION, v. 36, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2019-02-01. (17/06563-8, 16/05527-5)