Technology for processing balanced feed charge based on copper-, lead-containing products

N.K. Dosmukhamedov; E.E. Zholdasbay; A.A. Argyn; Yu.B. Icheva; M.B. Kurmanseitov

doi:10.31643/2026/6445.09

Authors

N.K. Dosmukhamedov Satbayev University
E.E. Zholdasbay O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University
A.A. Argyn O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University
Yu.B. Icheva O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University
M.B. Kurmanseitov Satbayev University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31643/2026/6445.09

Keywords:

copper, lead, zinc, natural gas, smelting, extraction, processing.

Abstract

The study examined the behavior of copper, lead, zinc, and arsenic during the reductive-oxidative processing of a balanced charge under scaled-up technology conditions. The optimal parameters for ensuring high comprehensive recovery of metals into targeted products were identified: lead into rough lead, copper into matte, and zinc into slag. The feasibility of conducting reductive-oxidative smelting of a balanced charge was demonstrated. Optimal technology parameters were established: gas blowing time with natural gas – 20 minutes; with oxygen – 20 minutes; methane consumption – 1.7 times higher than that from the stoichiometric requirement for the reduction of lead compounds; oxygen consumption – 1.4 times higher than that from the stoichiometric requirement for the oxidation of zinc and iron sulfides; temperature – 1523 K. High rates of comprehensive selective recovery of metals into targeted products were achieved: lead into rough lead – 97.6%; copper into matte – 98.6%; zinc into slag – 56.8%, into matte – 1.7%, into dust and gases – 41.5%; arsenic and antimony into dust – up to 97.4% and 90%, respectively. A balanced charge processing technology has been developed for processing substandard intermediates of copper and lead production.

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Author Biographies

N.K. Dosmukhamedov, Satbayev University

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor, Satbayev University, 050013, Almaty, 22 Satbayev St., Kazakhstan. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1210-4363

E.E. Zholdasbay, O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University

PhD, O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University, 100600, Zhezkazgan, 1b Alashahan st., Kazakhstan. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9925-4435

A.A. Argyn, O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University

PhD, O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University, 100600, Zhezkazgan, 1b Alashahan st., Kazakhstan. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5001-4687

Yu.B. Icheva, O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University

Candidate of Technical Sciences, O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University, 100600, Zhezkazgan, 1b Alashahan St., Kazakhstan.

M.B. Kurmanseitov, Satbayev University

PhD, Satbayev University, 050013, Almaty, 22 Satbayev St., Kazakhstan.

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