Abstract

This paper presents the results of physical and chemical investigation of black shale ore, as well as the investigation of combination of hydro- and pyrometallurgical methods in the sintering process of black shale ore with ammonium hydrosulfate to convert metals into water-soluble form. The homogeneous composite of black shale ore taken for the study consists of 67 % SiO2, 18 % C and 3 % H2O, 0.683 % V, 0.0415 Mo, 0.0148 % U3O8 and other components. Thermogravimetric analysis of sintering of carbon-silica ore with ammonium hydrosulfate in the presence of sulfuric acid was performed in the temperature range 20-1000 °C. It is established that at low-temperature sintering of ore with hydrosulfate ammonium after further leaching with sulfuric acid solution the extraction of uranium, vanadium, molybdenum and rare earth metals is 98.2 %, 91.3 %, 82.2% and 78.3 % respectively. The optimal leaching temperature is 90 °C, the ratio S: L = 1:3, and the leaching time is 2 hours.

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