Ruhr-zink Gmbh

Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft

Adolf Von Ropenack

Volker Wiegand

Gunter Smykalla

Winfried Bohmer

Ulrich Heubner

Heiner Grimm

Gunter Stock

For reprocessing of jarosite-containing residues to provide usable products, the jarosite-containing residues and concentrates which contain zinc sulfide are stirred in dilute sulfuric acid, which contains 40 to 100 g/l free sulfuric acid, in an autoclave under an oxygen partial pressure of at least 1,000 kPa and at a temperature from 130.degree. to 170.degree. C., the iron contents and the zinc contents of the residue and of the concentrate which contains zinc sulfide are substantially dissolved, flashing is effected and is succeeded by a separation of solution and solids, the solution is fed to the leaching circuit of a plant for the electrolytic production of zinc with precipitation of iron as hematite, the elemental sulfur is separated from the solids and the hematite residue is supplied to a further utilization.

Method of reprocessing jarosite-containing residues

In conjunction with an electrolytic production of zinc, the residues are processed so that the residue is leached with cell acid at a temperature from 50.degree. to 100.degree. C. in such a manner that a concentration of free acid from 10 to 100 g/l is obtained at the end of the leaching. The undissolved matter is separated from the suspension, the separated matter is supplied to the acid leaching step performed in the electrolytic production of zinc, and fine-grained metallic iron is added to the solution from which the undissolved matter has been removed so that copper is precipitated. The precipitated copper is separated and the liquid phase from which the precipitated copper has been separated is supplied to one of the stages which precede the precipitation of iron in the electrolytic production of zinc.

Method of processing residues from the hydrometallurgical production of

A lead alloy anode for a cell for the electrowinning or electrolytic recovery of zinc consists of 0.05 to 0.25% by weight strontium and/or 0.05 to 0.1% by calcium in combination with 0.1 to 0.5 silver, balance lead. The cell is used in a method for the recovery of zinc at, for example, a current density of 160 to 630 amp/m.sup.2, a temperature of 30.degree. to 46.degree. C. and an electrolyte containing 40 to 70 g/l zinc and 165 to 220 g/l sulfuric acid.

Method of electrolytically recovering zinc

A process for treating a residue from the sulfuric acid leaching of roasted zinc blende, comprising

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