Example data of copper ore heap leaching-extraction-electrowinning at home and abroad

Serial number

Heap bunk name

Leachate Cu ^{2 +} (g∕L)

Extractant name

Raffinate copper (g∕L)

Stripping solution copper (g∕L)

series

Cathode copper production

extraction

Stripping

1

China Wushan Copper Mine

1 to 2.0

LiX984

0.1 to 0.2

20~40

2

1

80t∕a

2

Chilean Lao Aguyil Copper Mine

6

LiX864

0.5

50

2

2

17000t∕a

3

Chile Achille Copper Mine

5

LiX64N

50

3

2

1760t∕a

4

Peruvian Cerro Wilde Mine

1.3

LiX64N

31.5

3

2

92t∕d

5

Blue Chelsea Mine

3.6

LiX64N

0.5

40

3

2

15t∕d

6

Baghdad Copper Mine, USA

1.5

LiX64N

0.05

50

4

3

18.2t∕d