This invention relates to a method for recovering associated
zinc from
copper concentrate during
copper smelting, belonging to the field of non-
ferrous metal smelting and
mineral processing technology. The method includes: preparing and
grinding copper concentrate to obtain a finely ground
slurry; the -0.074 mm particles in the finely ground
slurry constitute 92-95% of the total
solid particles; mixing the finely ground
slurry with a copper collector and a
zinc inhibitor; the
zinc inhibitor contains
sulfur dioxide, and the mixing temperature of the zinc inhibitor and the finely ground slurry is 40-50°C; and using microbubble flotation technology to separate copper from zinc concentrate using flotation, obtaining copper concentrate and zinc concentrate; the foam
diameter of the microbubble flotation is 30-80 μm. This invention achieves efficient inhibition of zinc minerals by controlling the copper flotation separation temperature, at which waste
sulfur dioxide is used synergistically as a zinc inhibitor, further controlling the particle size of the fine
grinding and the foam
diameter during flotation, thus constructing an integrated copper-zinc separation and zinc
recovery process.