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  • Ting GAO, Jianguo CUI, Meng XU, Shengqiang ZHANG, Yufu CHEN, Laxian WEI, Xuefei LI, Haijuan GAO, Xiaoling HOU
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 158-170.

    In view of the comprehensive development and utilization of rare earth as a strategic resource and its co-existing fluorine resources, in light of the urgent demand of Bayan Obo characteristic industries for high-abundance light rare earth and functional fluoride, the acid-base medium circulation-induced crystallization technology was developed with low-concentration fluorine-containing waste acid commonly found in rare earth smelting, rare earth metal electrolysis and other industries as the research object. Based on the principle of reaction kinetics and template effect, a microscopic model of induced crystalline rare earth fluoride was designed. The influence of temperature, concentration, instantaneous relative material quantity, acidity and other technological conditions on the synthesis of crystalline rare earth fluoride was investigated, and the crystallization, combination and substitution mechanisms of fluorine, inducer and rare earth were revealed. The key scientific problem of colloidal precipitation of rare earth fluoride synthesized in liquid phase is solved. The entire set of technologies can realize the high-value utilization of co-associated fluorine resources, ensure that co-associated fluorine resources as an important supplement of strategic mineral resources fluorite, and have significant economic and social benefits and broad application prospects.

  • Rui HUANG, Xinyu ZHANG, Liuyi REN, Zhanhao WANG, Shenxu BAO, Siyuan YANG
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 171-179.

    A new ionic liquid loaded resin with high selectivity for phosphate ions was synthesized and used to enrich phosphoric acid in wet process phosphoric acid. The effects of phosphoric acid mass concentration, adsorption time and temperature on phosphoric acid adsorption were investigated. The results show that the adsorption capacity of phosphoric acid can be increased to 307 mg/g under optimized adsorption conditions. The resin can effectively avoid the influence of many cations in apatite leaching solution, significantly improve the purity of wet-process phosphoric acid, and has certain environmental protection and economic benefits.

  • Xiaoqing ZHENG, Jiawen GUO, Jinzhong CHEN, Weiguang ZHANG, Xuejiao CAO, Jifu FENG, Yibing LI, Zhonglin LI
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 180-188.

    Aiming at a high iron and low grade laterite nickel ore in Indonesia, the effects of leaching conditions on the leaching of main valuable metals in the raw ore were analyzed, and the change of iron grade in the leaching residue was studied using ferrous sulfate as leaching agent. The results show that under the conditions of oxygen partial pressure of 0.4 MPa, dosage of ferrous sulfate of 280 kg/t, liquid volume to solid mass ratio of 3/1, stirring speed of 300 r/min,raw ore size of 140 ~ 200 μm and temperature of 240 ℃ for 45 min, the leaching rates of nickel and cobalt can reach 98.2% and 98.1%, respectively. The iron average grade of leaching slag can be increased to 55.8%, which is about 10% higher than that of raw ore. In the process of pressure leaching by oxygen, ferrous sulfate can be oxidized and decomposed into sulfuric acid and hematite, which is conducive to further improv the iron grade of the leaching residue.

  • Liping ZHANG, Ruoyun LI, Hanguo ZHU, Lingling LYU, Bin XU, Lipeng SUN, Yu WU
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 189-195.

    In view of the secondary vanadium resources in high-sulfur petroleum coke gasification ash, vanadium was preenriched by oxidation roasting and then recovered by leaching with sulfuric acid. The leaching rule of vanadium from ash of oxidation roasting was investigated, the optimal leaching conditions were determined, and the leaching kinetics was discussed. The results show that under the conditions of temperature of 90 ℃, sulfuric acid concentration of 30%, liquid volume to solid mass ratio of 8∶2 and reaction time of 3 h, vanadium leaching rate in ash can reach more than 72.5% and vanadium mass fraction in acid leaching residue is 1.91%. In the test temperature range, the vanadium leaching rate conforms to the mixing control of the unreacted shrinkage core model,and the apparent reaction activation energy is 22.97 kJ/mol.

  • Jinyan LIU, Lan HUANG, Hongxu LI, Yihao SUN, Weiran ZUO
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 196-203.

    To address the problem of excessive accumulation of iron acid in bio-heap leaching of high-sulfur and low-copper ore, the regulation and mechanism of leaching of high sulfur and low copper ores by limestone were studied by bio-column leaching method and MLA detection and analysis method. The results show that the pH and Eh of the leaching solution can be significantly regulated by adding limestone with mass fraction of 2% and particle size of -10 mm+5 mm to 1.4 t ore. After 7 months of biological column leaching, the copper leaching rate can reach 71.25%, which is 52.83% higher than that of the control group without adding limestone. The distribution size of pyrite in the leaching slag of limestone addition group increases, and no xanax passivation layer is found, and the dissociation degree of fine copper minerals is positively correlated with the leaching rate. The addition of limestone can effectively enhance the copper leaching efficiency in high-sulfur and low-copper ore and reduce the burden of acid-iron wastewater treatment, which is of great significance for the sustainable development of sulfide ore mining operations.

  • Shenghang ZHANG, Xuanzhao SHU, Ziming JIAO, Yukun HUANG
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 204-214.

    A series of impregnated mesoporous silica SBA-15-P507 was prepared by using 2-ethylhexyl phosphate (P507) as extractor and mesoporous nano-silica material (SBA-15) as carrier. The adsorption properties of SBA-15-P507 on Co2+ and Ni2+ in wastewater were investigated. The results show that under the conditions of adsorbent dosage of 5 g/L, initial mass concentrations of Co2+ of 400 mg/L, initial mass concentrations of Ni2+ of 400 mg/L, adsorption temperature of 25 ℃, the equilibrium adsorption capacities of Co2+ and Ni2+ can reach 58.90 and 23.45 mg/g, respectively, and the adsorption equilibrium time is 40 min. The adsorption processes of Co2+ and Ni2+ conform to the quasi-second-order kinetic equation, and the adsorption isotherms of Co2+ and Ni2+ conform to the Langmuir isotherm adsorption model. The adsorption reaction of Co2+ is endothermic, while that of Ni2+ is exothermic. In the mixed simulation system containing Co2+ and Ni2+, SBA-15-P507(2.0) can selectively adsorb Co2+.0.1 mol/L sulfuric acid solution has significant elution effect on Co2+ adsorbed by SBA-15-P507(2.0). The research results can provide a new way for the purification of cobalt-nickel wastewater, which has certain theoretical guidance and practical application value.

  • Yan SONG, Fengju WANG, Gang CHEN, Ziming LI, Haotian WU, Hao LI, He LI, Shusen CHEN
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 215-221.

    An indium-nitrogen-carbon electrode material (PAO/In-N-C) modified with amidoxime was prepared using graphite felt as matrix material by chemical modification and coating, and uranium was extracted from seawater by electrochemical workstation. The effects of the PAO/In-N-C electrode material dosage, applied voltage, pH of spiked seawater and adsorption time on the extraction of uranium from low-concentration spiked seawater were investigated. The ion selectivity and recycling performance of the electrode material were tested, and the interaction mechanism between the electrode and uranyl ions was discussed. The results show that the extraction rate of uranium is 71.16% under the conditions of applied voltage of -3~0 V, PAO/In-N-C electrode material dosage of 7 mg, adsorption time of 400 min, and seawater pH=8.10.PAO/IN-N-C electrode material reduction of uranium in seawater is divided into two steps: electroadsorption and electrodeposition. Firstly, the electromagnetic field is used to accelerate the migration of $\mathrm{UO}_{2}^{2+}$ to the electrode surface, and then the electroneutral compound UO2 is formed and deposited on the electrode surface. The material has remarkable adsorption kinetics, good ion selectivity and reusability,and is expected to be used for uranium extraction from seawater.

  • Zheng ZHAO
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 222-229.

    Aiming at the problems such as relatively simple control and intelligent detection model of hydrometallurgical equipment and weak generalization ability,an algorithm model for intelligent control and fault detection of hydrometallurgical equipment based on deep learning was proposed. Firstly, SAC deep reinforcement learning algorithm was used to perform intelligent control of hydrometallurgical equipment. The improved ARIMA algorithm is used to detect the fault of the equipment. In order to further improve the real-time performance of the algorithm, LoRA fine-tuning network is introduced to fine-tune and accelerate the model with low parameters, and LoRA fine-tuning network to fine-tune and accelerate the model with low parameters. The accuracy of the model is 93.24% and the accuracy of fault detection is 91.34%. The practical application effect is good.

  • Cunquan WANG, Zhiming SHI
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 230-237.

    The extraction of iron from fly ash by HCl leaching and electrochemical deposition was studied. The micro-morphology and elemental composition of fly ash were systematically analyzed by SEM-EDS,XRF, ICP and XRD, and the key factors in the leaching process and their effects were investigated. The dynamic changes of pH, current density and Fe ion concentration during electrochemical deposition were also discussed. The results show that the iron leaching rate increased with the increase of HCl concentration, liquid volume to solid mass ratio, leaching temperature and leaching time. In the electrochemical deposition stage, pH increases gradually, while current density and Fe ion concentration decrease. The optimal leaching parameters are HCl concentration of 6 mol/L, liquid volume to solid mass ratio (HCl solution to fly ash) of 8∶1, reaction temperature of 90 ℃, reaction time of 90 min. For the electrochemical deposition process, the voltage is 3 V, the optimal pH range is between 0.5 and 1.9, and the final sediment is pure iron.

  • Mingxian ZHANG, Fuqin YUAN, Aiyuan MA, Jinsong DU
    Hydrometallurgy of China. 2025, 44(2): 238-246.

    Removal of iron from high silicon-aluminum ratio and high iron coal gangue using thermally activated enhanced—hydrochloric acid leaching process was studied. The effects of calcination temperature, calcination time, hydrochloric acid concentration, leaching temperature, liquid-to-solid mass ratio, and leaching time on the iron leaching rate were examined, and the process conditions were optimized through orthogonal experiments. The results show that under the optimized conditions of calcination temperature of 500 ℃, calcination time of 1 h, hydrochloric acid concentration of 20%, leaching time of 3 h, leaching temperature of 90 ℃, and liquid-to-solid mass ratio of 4/1, leaching rate of Fe can reach 94.25%. The method can efficiently remove iron from coal gangue while effectively enriching Si and Al elements, providing technical reference for the resource utilization of coal gangue.