Abstract
Mining industry is growing in Finland and many new metal
mines are expected to be opened in the near future. VTT
has been continuously studying mining related issues
including mine waters, treatment of side streams,
stability of wastes, and recovery of minor species. Both
experimental work and thermochemical models are important
in problem solving. The mining process needs to minimize
and optimize its use of water throughout the stages of
its production process. In this presentation the main aim
was to recover important metals from mine waste waters,
but as the elements are removed from the waste solution,
water recycling is enhanced. In this work the recovery of
metals and other elements from mine acidic waste waters
was planned using ChemSheet thermodynamic modeling
software program. ChemSheet is thermodynamically rigorous
computational platform based on the minimization of the
Gibbs energy of multiphase and multicomponent systems.
The software opens the way to a better understanding of
the various stages in mine processing. One of the
techniques imposed here is selective precipitation model
repeated by experiments.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
| Event | 3rd International Conference By-Product Metals in Non-Ferrous Metals Industry - Wroclaw, Poland Duration: 15 May 2013 → 17 May 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 3rd International Conference By-Product Metals in Non-Ferrous Metals Industry |
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| Country/Territory | Poland |
| City | Wroclaw |
| Period | 15/05/13 → 17/05/13 |
Keywords
- mining
- water
- waste
- thermodynamics
- models