4 results about "Rhodochrosite" patented technology

This invention belongs to the field of manganese ore flotation, specifically disclosing a novel flotation method for rhodochrosite. The method involves pre-oxidizing the surface of rhodochrosite with an oxidant, followed by flotation using a flotation reagent containing sulfur-nitrogen-hydroxyoxime acid collectors to obtain rhodochrosite concentrate. This invention enhances the surface reactivity of rhodochrosite by oxidizing it, thereby strengthening the interaction between rhodochrosite and sulfur-nitrogen-hydroxyoxime acid collectors, achieving highly efficient flotation separation and enrichment of rhodochrosite. Compared with existing rhodochrosite flotation processes, the oxidation flotation method uses lower collector dosages, exhibits better selectivity, and has promising prospects for industrial application.

The application discloses a method for extracting manganese from low-grade rhodochrosite, and the manganese is extracted according to the following method: after low-grade rhodochrosite is dried, crushed and screened, the low-grade rhodochrosite is uniformly mixed with a flux, heated to 165 DEG C under the protection of an inert gas in a tube furnace, baked at constant temperature, heated to 245 DEG C, baked at constant temperature, then heated to 620 DEG C, baked at constant temperature, naturally cooled to room temperature after baking is completed, deionized water is added to leach manganese sulfate from the baked sample at room temperature, filtration separation is conducted, after the filtrate is purified and impurities are removed in stages, ammonium bicarbonate is added to convert the manganese sulfate into manganese carbonate, the manganese carbonate is filtered and washed with deionized water, high-temperature calcination is conducted, and three-manganese tetroxide is obtained. The method utilizes a reducing atmosphere formed by a pyroprocess flux under the protection of an inert gas, fully utilizes manganese sources in low-grade rhodochrosite, reduces high-valence manganese in the low-grade rhodochrosite into low-valence manganese (+2), utilizes the low-valence manganese to carry out a sulfation reaction, and realizes efficient extraction of manganese from the low-grade rhodochrosite by leaching of formed soluble MnSO4 through deionized water.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for producing manganese from a manganese ore without using any carbon or a carbon-containing reductant. The manganese ore may be a primary ore comprising rhodochrosite and / or a secondary ore in which manganese is present as at least one of the mineral and mineraloid forms of manganese oxide and manganese oxyhydroxide, for example. The method (500a) comprises comminuting (501) the manganese ore into fines and converting a manganiferous mineral in the ore into a trivalent manganese oxide using at least one of a reductant-free pyrometallurgical technique (502) and an inorganic hydrometallurgical technique (503). The trivalent manganese oxide is then added (505) to an amount of liquid sodium in excess of the stoichiometric amount thereof required for a redox reaction between the liquid sodium and the trivalent manganese oxide, to produce a solid phase comprising both elemental manganese and other insoluble products at least comprising sodium oxide. This redox reaction is conducted in an inert atmosphere and its temperature is controlled to remain below about 600 °Celsius to inhibit the production of ternary oxides like α- NaMnO2. The method then comprises separating (506) at least some of the solid phase from the liquid sodium, and separating (507) the elemental manganese from the other insoluble products, which may be done, for example, based on their different densities. The phase separation (506) and the separation (507) of the elemental manganese from the other insoluble products may be carried out in any order. Thus manganese can be extracted from its ores without producing any greenhouse gases, and sodium oxide, or sodium hydroxide derived from hydrating this sodium oxide, can be produced as a co-product. If this sodium oxide and / or hydroxide, which has a high affinity for carbon dioxide, is then used to mineralize captured carbon dioxide, the invention can have a negative carbon footprint overall. The corresponding apparatus comprises a comminution device (such as a rock crusher or grinder), a subassembly for converting the manganiferous mineral in the ore into a trivalent manganese oxide, a gas-tight reaction vessel for reacting the trivalent manganese oxide with the liquid sodium, a solid-liquid sodium phase separator for removing excess liquid sodium, and a solid-species separator for separating the elemental manganese from the other insoluble products.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for producing manganese from a manganese ore without using any carbon or a carbon-containing reductant. The manganese ore may be a primary ore comprising rhodochrosite and / or a secondary ore in which manganese is present as at least one of the mineral and mineraloid forms of manganese oxide and manganese oxyhydroxide, for example. The method (500a) comprises comminuting (501) the manganese ore into fines and converting a manganiferous mineral in the ore into a trivalent manganese oxide using at least one of a reductant-free pyrometallurgical technique (502) and an inorganic hydrometallurgical technique (503). The trivalent manganese oxide is then added (505) to an amount of liquid sodium in excess of the stoichiometric amount thereof required for a redox reaction between the liquid sodium and the trivalent manganese oxide, to produce a solid phase comprising both elemental manganese and other insoluble products at least comprising sodium oxide. This redox reaction is conducted in an inert atmosphere and its temperature is controlled to remain below about 600 °Celsius to inhibit the production of ternary oxides like α- NaMnO2. The method then comprises separating (506) at least some of the solid phase from the liquid sodium, and separating (507) the elemental manganese from the other insoluble products, which may be done, for example, based on their different densities. The phase separation (506) and the separation (507) of the elemental manganese from the other insoluble products may be carried out in any order. Thus manganese can be extracted from its ores without producing any greenhouse gases, and sodium oxide, or sodium hydroxide derived from hydrating this sodium oxide, can be produced as a co-product. If this sodium oxide and / or hydroxide, which has a high affinity for carbon dioxide, is then used to mineralize captured carbon dioxide, the invention can have a negative carbon footprint overall. The corresponding apparatus comprises a comminution device (such as a rock crusher or grinder), a subassembly for converting the manganiferous mineral in the ore into a trivalent manganese oxide, a gas-tight reaction vessel for reacting the trivalent manganese oxide with the liquid sodium, a solid-liquid sodium phase separator for removing excess liquid sodium, and a solid-species separator for separating the elemental manganese from the other insoluble products.