Removal and Recycling of Antimony in a Gold Concentrate

GUO Jinquan; HE Lairong; XI Hailong; CHEN Caixia; MA Tianfei; LI Quan

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2025.01.012

2025 Vol. 46, No. 1

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GUO Jinquan, HE Lairong, XI Hailong, CHEN Caixia, MA Tianfei, LI Quan. Removal and Recycling of Antimony in a Gold Concentrate[J]. Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, 2025, 46(1): 108-112. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2025.01.012

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GUO Jinquan, HE Lairong, XI Hailong, CHEN Caixia, MA Tianfei, LI Quan. Removal and Recycling of Antimony in a Gold Concentrate[J]. Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, 2025, 46(1): 108-112. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2025.01.012

Removal and Recycling of Antimony in a Gold Concentrate

Nickel and Cobalt Resources Comprehensive Utilization of Key Laboratory, Jinchuan Nickel & Cobalt Research and Engineering Institute, Jinchang 737100, Gansu, China

Received Date: 16 March 2022

Publish Date: 25 February 2025

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Abstract

In this article, antimony was removed from the gold concentratebythe alkali leaching method, and then the recovery of antimony solution was also studied. The test used NaOH-Na₂S process to remove in gold concentrate, which achieved the purpose of reducing antimony in the gold concentrate, and determined the best process parameters for the antimony removal.The addition amount of Na₂S is more than 1.8 times the theoretical amount, the temperature is 80 ℃, the NaOH concentration is 16 g/L, the liquid to solid ratio is 5∶1, the time is 60 min, and the removal rate can reach more than 98% at the optimal process conditions. Antimony can be recovered by neutralizing precipitation method, oxygen method can also be used from the antimony solution to obtain qualified antimony salt products, and the antimony content can reach more than 49%.
- Gold concentrate /
- NaOH-Na₂S /
- Antimony removal /
- Recycled antimony

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