Recovering lead and Elemental sulfur from galena

[Mad Machinist]

Whoever shut down the Bureau Of Mines needs crucified. For all the crying about sulfur dioxide and lead emissions from smelters a solution was found.

https://www.911metallurgist.com/process-produces-lead-galena-concentrates-pollution/

And it is still available.

https://www.amazon.com/Hydrometallurgical-process-producing-elemental-concentrates/dp/B003HKQM70

So with some investment, you take a waste stream and turn it into a profit stream. Both the lead and pure elemental sulfur still have value on the market.

The other minerals come out as a sludge for further processing. So any copper, gold , silver, etc. can be recovered.

And people wonder why I get so fired up about certain things.

 

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[jason.combe.7]

Would love to see how this could be scaled down to the small scale miner. I have a lode claim that is specifically for lead. I like some of the mineral specimens that go along with it.