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Optimization and Economic Evaluation of Acid Leaching Process for Colluvium in MSESA Orebody, Congo (DRC)
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Changda ZHANG1, Hui LI1, Jun ZHANG2, Bin ZHENG1, Wei XU1, Bin HAN2, Liucan LI1
Hydrometallurgy of China | 2026, 45(3) : 299 - 307
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Optimization and Economic Evaluation of Acid Leaching Process for Colluvium in MSESA Orebody, Congo (DRC)
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Changda ZHANG1, Hui LI1, Jun ZHANG2, Bin ZHENG1, Wei XU1, Bin HAN2, Liucan LI1
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  • 1.China Nonferrous Metal Innovation Research Institute (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300112, China
  • 2.Kambove Mining SAS Co., Ltd., Katanga Likasi, Congo (DRC)
Published: 2026-06-20 doi: 10.13355/j.cnki.sfyj.2026.03.004
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In order to expand the development boundary of overseas low-grade copper-cobalt oxide ore, the leaching of copper and cobalt with sulfuric acid was studied for the Colluvium of MSESA orebody in Congo (DRC). The effects of various key factors on the leaching were investigated, and the economy of the process was evaluated and analyzed. The results show that the contents of copper and cobalt in the colluvium are 1.1% and 0.15%, respectively. The oxidation rate of the ore is high and the argillization is serious. The main gangue phases are talc, biotite, quartz, chlorite and dolomite. Copper mainly exists in the form of oxide, and cobalt exists in the form of cobaltite, cobalt carbonate and cobalt in gangue. Under the conditions of grinding fineness of 70% (-200 mesh), sulfuric acid addition of 7%, leaching temperature of 25 ℃, leaching time of 2 h, liquid volume to solid mass ratio of 2.5∶1, and stirring rate of 300 r/min, the leaching rates of copper and cobalt are 88.72% and 71.75%, respectively, and the acid consumption is 5.43 t/tCu. Cathode copper is produced by leaching-extraction-electrowinning process. The production cost is $3 450.618/tCu, accounting for only 36.322% of the sales price of cathode copper, which has good economic benefits.

colluvium  /  Congo (DRC)  /  MSESA orebody  /  copper  /  cobalt  /  sulfuric acid  /  leaching  /  economic evaluation
Changda ZHANG, Hui LI, Jun ZHANG, Bin ZHENG, Wei XU, Bin HAN, Liucan LI. Optimization and Economic Evaluation of Acid Leaching Process for Colluvium in MSESA Orebody, Congo (DRC)[J]. Hydrometallurgy of China, 2026 , 45 (3) : 299 -307 . DOI: 10.13355/j.cnki.sfyj.2026.03.004
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doi: 10.13355/j.cnki.sfyj.2026.03.004
  • Receive Date:2025-12-26
  • Online Date:2026-09-11
  • Published:2026-06-20
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  • Received:2025-12-26
  • Revised:2026-02-06
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    1.China Nonferrous Metal Innovation Research Institute (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300112, China
    2.Kambove Mining SAS Co., Ltd., Katanga Likasi, Congo (DRC)
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