A method that
cyanide barren solution is used for recovering the
copper-lead-
zinc from
cyanide tailing by means of floatation belongs to the field of
nonferrous metal separation. The
processing procedures of the method are as following: (1)
mashing: the
cyanide barren solution is added into the cyanide tailing and stirred to ore
slurry, the concentration of which is 35 to 40 per cent; (2) lead-
zinc preferential flotation: after being stirred, the ore
slurry is put into flotation
machine and
lime, Ethyl
thiocarbamate and
Sodium n-butyl
xanthate synthetic are added in to the ore
slurry. The course of once rough floatation, twice
scavenging and twice concentration is processed to recover
Zinc and Lead; (3) Cu-S separation: after the tailing of lead and
zinc bulk flotation is concentrated, the cyanide barren solution is added into the tailing and the tailing is made into the ore slurry with the concentration of 35 to 40 per cent. And then, the ore slurry is put into the floatation
machine and
sulfate,
sodium sulfite, Z-200 and
ammonium butyl aerofloat are added into the tailing. The course of once rough floatation, twice
scavenging and twice concentration is processed to recover
copper. And the tailing can be for sale as
sulfur concentrate; (4) Reuse of separation tailing water: the press filtrate of bulk concentrate, the overflow of thickener, the press filtrate of
copper concentrate and the press filtrate of the
sulfur concentrate return to the buffer slot of the cyanide barren solution to be used for replacement fluid. The invention has the advantages of good flotation effect, high
recovery rate of the copper-lead-zinc and zero
discharge of waste water and residue.