Abstract: The present invention provides a process for extracting noble metals from anode slime, comprising: mixing sodium carbonate, quartz and coke powder and impurity-removed anode slime, and subjecting the mixture to smelting and converting to obtain alloys of noble metals. The present invention avoids problem of lead pollution by using metallic bismuth to collect noble metals; meanwhile, metallic bismuth has low melting point, high specific gravity, and formation heat of bismuth oxide of 45.6 kcal/g atomic oxygen, thus it is easy to be reduced and the reduction temperature is low, which are beneficial for saving energy consumption and reduction time; the much smaller amounts of copper, nickel, antimony and arsenic entering noble bismuth in a slightly reductive smelting atmosphere than those entering noble lead make the converting of noble bismuth become simple, thereby decreasing smelting time and increasing the direct recovery rate of noble metals in anode slime.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for extracting noble metals from anode slime, comprising: mixing sodium carbonate, quartz and coke powder and impurity-removed anode slime, and subjecting the mixture to smelting and converting to obtain alloys of noble metals. The present invention avoids problem of lead pollution by using metallic bismuth to collect noble metals; meanwhile, metallic bismuth has low melting point, high specific gravity, and formation heat of bismuth oxide of 45.6 kcal/g atomic oxygen, thus it is easy to be reduced and the reduction temperature is low, which are beneficial for saving energy consumption and reduction time; the much smaller amounts of copper, nickel, antimony and arsenic entering noble bismuth in a slightly reductive smelting atmosphere than those entering noble lead make the converting of noble bismuth become simple, thereby decreasing smelting time and increasing the direct recovery rate of noble metals in anode slime.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for recovering valuable metals from precious metal smelting slag, comprising: smelting the precious metal smelting slag and a flux in a top-blown rotary furnace to produce a lead-bismuth alloy, wherein the precious metal smelting slag comprises Au, Ag, Bi and Pb; electrolyzing the lead-bismuth alloy at a current density ranging from 60 to 110 A/m2 to obtain lead cathode and lead anode slime; refining the lead anode slime to produce bismuth and silver-zinc crust, and extracting gold and silver separately from the silver-zinc crust. Through utilizing a top-blown rotary furnace as the smelting apparatus and adjusting the ratio of the flux, the present invention enriches the valuable metals gold, silver, bismuth, lead or the like to lead-bismuth alloy, ensures lower contents of gold, silver, bismuth and lead in the reducing slag and thereby increases the comprehensive recovery rates of gold, silver, bismuth and lead from the precious metal smelting slag.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for recovering valuable metals from precious metal smelting slag, comprising: smelting the precious metal smelting slag and a flux in a top-blown rotary furnace to produce a lead-bismuth alloy, wherein the precious metal smelting slag comprises Au, Ag, Bi and Pb; electrolyzing the lead-bismuth alloy at a current density ranging from 60 to 110 A/m2 to obtain lead cathode and lead anode slime; refining the lead anode slime to produce bismuth and silver-zinc crust, and extracting gold and silver separately from the silver-zinc crust. Through utilizing a top-blown rotary furnace as the smelting apparatus and adjusting the ratio of the flux, the present invention enriches the valuable metals gold, silver, bismuth, lead or the like to lead-bismuth alloy, ensures lower contents of gold, silver, bismuth and lead in the reducing slag and thereby increases the comprehensive recovery rates of gold, silver, bismuth and lead from the precious metal smelting slag.