Industrial waste lithium boran adsorption by the method of acquisition

Boron is one of the most important and valuable industrial raw material of Turkey. With the quantity, quality and kind of boron mineral reserves and cheap production cost and advantage of B2O3 contents, Turkey has the first place in the world. In addition to this, during beneficiation processes like crushing, washing, classification and triage used for boron concentrate in Turkey, considerable amounts of tailings are accumulated. Evaluation of this tailing is important for both maximum usage of reserves, stockpiling and for the environment aspects.Colemanite ore , produced in Espey and Hisarcık Concentrator Plants depending on Emet Boron Works of Eti Mine Works General Management , is used in Boric acid production in Emet Boric Acid Factory in the same plant. But, during production of concentrate colemanite, considerable amounts of water is to be used, as a result, tailings with water are accumulated outside and these tailings are stored in only waste ponds. In this study, it was aimed to recover of Lithium from Emet Boric Acid Factory?s solid wastes. For this aim, it was studied on solid colemanite samples collected from Emet-Hisarcık Old Waste Pond. After the solid waste , obtained from Emet-Hisarcık Old Waste Pond, was defined the adsorption test was carried out to attain lithium.Sepiolite prepared by calsinating at 600 oC was used as a adsorbent in the adsorption test. The test was carried out in different time intervals and at different temperature, and it was noted that the optimal time was two hours at 100 oC. It was concluded at the end of the test that lithium could be attained by adsorption method.Key Words: Adsorption, Tailing Pond, Recovering of Lithium