CM-PATRA / record

Hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of tellurium from high lead bearing copper refinery anode slime

Publication

US-2015053572-A1 on Google Patents

Filed / published / granted

2014-08-19 / 2015-02-26 / 2017-04-25

Offices

US

Applicants

CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) (IN, government-rd)

Minerals

Aluminium (not on list), Copper, Selenium / Tellurium, Zinc / Lead (not on list)

Stages

Hydrometallurgy (leaching, solvent extraction), Electrochemical recovery, Recycling / secondary sources

CPC

C22B3/08, C25C3/34, C25C5/02, C22B7/007, C22B3/04

Abstract (first 170 chars)

A hydrometallurgical process is provided for the recovery of tellurium as elemental tellurium powder from copper refinery anode slime containing high amount of lead. The