Projects
RELEVANT PROJECTS
Following is presented the list of papers related to Relevant Projects:
ZINC CHLORIDE ELECTROWINNING
Díaz G., Frías C., Parrilla F. “Desarrollo de la celda de electrolisis Zinclor a tamaño industrial” Symposium on the polymetallic sulphides of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal, 1993.
Díaz G., Regife J.M., Frías C., Parrilla F. “Recent advances in Zinclor technology”. International Symposium World Zinc, Hober, Australia, October 1993, pp. 341-346.
https://www.onemine.org/documents/recent-advances-in-zinclor-technology
Diaz G., Frías C. “The Zinclor industrial electrowinning cell”. European Metals Conference, EMC 1994, June 14-18 Freiberg and Dresden, Germany, pp. 80-87.
Díaz G., Frías C., Parrilla F. “New developments in Zinclor technology applied to complex sulphide concentrates”. International review of the mining and processing of minerals and metals. International Mineral & Metals Technology (1994), Sterling Publications Limited, ASIN: B000S6OAK2, pp. 153-157.
LEAD CHLORIDE ELECTROWINNING
Frías C., García M.A., Díaz G. “Industrial size Placid electrowinning cell”. Symposium on aqueous electrotechnologies: Progress in theory and practice. The TMS Annual Meeting, February 9-13, 1997, Orlando FL, USA, pp. 101-114.
https://onemine.org/documents/industrial-size-placid-electrowinning-cell
Díaz G., Frías C., Abrantes L.M., Aldaz A., van Deelen K., Couchinho R. “Lead-acid battery recycling by the Placid process. A global approach”. TMS International Symposium on the Recycling of Metals and Materials, Point Clear, Alabama, 1995, pp. 843-856.
https://onemine.org/documents/lead-acid-baitery-recycling-by-the-placid-process-a-global-approach
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Mejías A., Palma J., Frías C. “Simulación dinámica de reactores electroquímicos. Aplicación a la electrolisis industrial de zinc.” XXII Reunión del Grupo Especializado de Electroquímica de la RSEQ, San Sebastián (Spain), 2000.
https://rseqelectroquimica.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2000-san-sebastic3a1n.pdf
Frias Gomez, Carlos. TESIS Doctoral: “Regeneración de lejías agotadas de cloruros de hierro y níquel mediante electrodeposición de aleaciones hierro-níquel”. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Diciembre, 2008.
https://docta.ucm.es/entities/publication/33719250-94f3-427c-af3c-668703f24df4
LEAD BATTERIES HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECYCLING
Andrews D., Raychaudhuri A., Frías C. “Environmentally sound technologies for recycling secondary lead”. Journal of Power Sources, vol. 88, 2000, pp. 124-129.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378775399005200?via%3Dihub
Frías C., García M.A., Díaz G. “New clean technologies to improve lead-acid battery recycling” Lead and Zinc International Symposium´2000, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 22-25 October 2000, Pittsburgh, USA, pp. 22-25.
https://www.onemine.org/documents/new-clean-technologies-to-improve-lead-acid-battery-recycling
Frías C., Raychaudhuri A., Palma J., Díaz G. “Development of new-concept clean technologies to extract metals from primary and secondary sources”. Environmental & Waste Management. Eds. A. Bandopadhyay, R, Kumar & P. Ramachandrarao. Allied Publishers Limited, 2000, New Delhi (India), pp. 165-173.
https://eprints.nmlindia.org/4544/1/165-173.PDF
Frías C., Gotor J., Moor P., Bulkowski B., Chimielarz A., Claisse P.A., Hemmings S., Abrantes L., Jansen H., van Erkel J., Franken A., Kunicky Z., Velea T. “A new clean-lead factory for Europe”. Workshop on Environmentally Clean Technologies for Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vancouver (Canada), 2003.
Frías C., Martín D., Palma J., García M. A., Díaz G. ”The Plint process: A reliable and profitable way for lead-acid battery recycling”. Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS 2004), Madrid (Spain), 2004, pp. 1983-1990.
https://www.gbv.de/dms/tib-ub-hannover/499594061.pdf
Frías C., Ocaña N., Diaz G., Piper T., Bulkowski B., Chimielarz A., Claisse P., Hemmigs S., Franken A., Kunicky Z., Velea T. “A clean-lead factory is available for lead-acid batteries recycling by means of the Cleanlead Process”. The TMS 135th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 12-16, 2006, San Antonio TX, USA, pp. 943-952.
PICKLING BATH RECYCLING
Frías C., Pérez O. “Recuperación de ácidos y metales en baños agotados del decapado de aceros inoxidables”. Revista de Metalurgia, Vol. 34, n. Extra, 1998, pp. 427-431.
https://revistademetalurgia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistademetalurgia/article/view/786/797
Frías C., Negro C., Formoso A. et al., “Novel process to recover by-products from the pickling baths of stainless steel”. Annual Workshop of the Targeted Research Action on Waste Minimisation and Recycling (TRAWMAR), Berlin (Germany), 2000.
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
Díaz G., Martín D., Frías C., Pérez O. “Updated available solvent extraction technologies”. 15th International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC´99), 11-16 July 1999, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1449-1454.
https://solventextract.org/proceedings/pdf/?pdf=isec-1999-proceedings-vol2
Frías C., Mejías, A., Martin D., Díaz G. “Solvent extraction applied to mixed copper and zinc bearing materials”. Proceedings of Copper´2010 International Conference, June 6-10, 2010, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1899-1908.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/9677957/proceedings-of-copper-2010/1
NICKEL RECOVERY
Díaz G., Frías C., Palma J. “Nickel and iron removal from concentrated chloride solutions by electrowinning”. Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS´99), San Sebastian (Spain), 1999, pp. 681-690.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11837-999-0165-9
Díaz G, Frías C., Palma J. “The Geniall Process for generation of nickel-iron alloys from nickel ores or mattes”. 31st Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting of Metallurgical Society of CIM (Electrometallurgy 2001), 26-29 August, 2001, Toronto, Canada, pp. 453-462.
ZINC AND LEAD RECOVERY
Díaz G., Martín D., Frías C., Sánchez F. “Emerging applications of Zincex and Placid Technologies”. Journal of Metals (JOM), December 2001, pp. 30-31.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11837-001-0009-8#:~:text=10.-,C.,Google%20Scholar
Frías C., Palma J, García M.A, Díaz G., “Recovery of precious metals from metallurgical residues by applying the Plint Process”. 32nd Annual Hydrometallurgy meeting of the Metallurgical Society of CIM (Chloride Metallurgy 2002), October 19-23, 2002, Montreal, Canada, pp. 29-40.
https://www.gbv.de/dms/tib-ub-hannover/372855768.pdf
Frías C., Martín D., Díaz G., Falgueras J., Baylina V. “Highlights of domestic battery recycling plant based on the Modified Zincex Process after five years successful operation”. Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS 2004), Madrid (Spain), 2004, pp. 2299-2308.
https://www.gbv.de/dms/tib-ub-hannover/499594061.pdf
Frías C., Palma J., Martin D., Díaz G. “The Zincex technology allows safe and profitable way for zinc dust and zinc oxides recycling”. Proceedings of European Metals Conference, EMC 2007, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2007, pp. 1107-1118.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/3611673/volume-1-emc-european-metallurgical-conference-gdmb-
Frías C., Frades M., Mejías A.B., Martín D., Díaz G. “Dual plant to produce SHG zinc and pure zinc sulphate from zinc oxides secondaries by using the ZINCEX Technology”, Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS 2008), Cancun, Mexico, 12-15 October 2008, pp. 215-221.
Frías C., Díaz G., Martin D., Sanchez F. “Implementation of first ZINCEX commercial plant treating zinc oxides secondaries”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2009, June 28-July 1 2009, Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 1009-1018.
Díaz G., Frías C., Onoberhie, Ch., Sanchez F., Martín D. “Improving zinc smelter profitability: Is secondary zinc the solution? Use ZINCEX solvent extraction.” Lead and Zinc 2010 International Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2010, pp. 637-644.
https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/result_katan.pl?item=bsz350136912inh.htm
Díaz, G., Martín D., Frías C., García-Quismondo E. “Easy recovery of minor metals in primary and secondary zinc industries by means of the ZINCEX Technology”. International Conference on By-Product Metals in Non-Ferrous Metals Industries, October 13-15, 2010, Wroclaw, Poland.
Frías C., Díaz G., Martín D., Sánchez F., Mejías A., García Quismondo E. “Integrated plant to recover zinc, lead and silver from crude zinc oxides applying ZINCEX and PLINT Technologies”. TMS 2011, Chloride 2011: Practice and Theory of Chloride-Based Metallurgy, February 27-March 3, 2011, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 433-442.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118495285.ch52
Frías C., Díaz G., Martín D., Sánchez F., Onoberhie Ch. “Highly efficient and low-cost zinc electrolyte purification using ZINCEX Solvent Extraction”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2011, June 26-29 Dusseldorf, Germany, pp. 927-938.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/3907741/june-26-emc-european-metallurgical-conference-gdmb-
Rütten J., Frías C., Díaz G., Martín D., Sánchez F. “Processing EAF dust through Waelz Kiln and ZINCEX Solvent Extraction: The optimum solution”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2011, June 26-29 Dusseldorf, Germany, pp. 1673-1688.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/3907741/june-26-emc-european-metallurgical-conference-gdmb-
Frías C., Gotor J., Delgado E. “Hydrometallurgical processing of primary lead: A critical review”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2013, June 23-26 Weimar, Germany, pp. 473-484.
BIOOXIDATION/BIOLEACHING
Carranza F., Frías C., García M.J., Menéndez M. “Estudio de una planta piloto de un proceso con etapa de bio-oxidación para el tratamiento de concentrados globales de sulfuros polimetálicos”. Actas XV Congreso Mundial de Minería, Madrid 1992, pp. 1-10.
García M.J., Frías C., Menéndez M., Carranza F. “Biological ferrous iron oxidation in a heap of low-copper ore”. IX International Symposium on Biohydrometallurgy, Tróia (Portugal), Forbitec Editions, 1991, pp. 6.60-6.66.
Frías C., Díaz G., Ocaña N., Lozano J.I., “Silver, gold and lead recovery from bioleaching residues using the Plint Process”. Minerals Engineering Journal, Vol. 15 (2002), pp. 877-878.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0892687502001267
Morin D., Lips A., Pinches A., Huisman J., Frías C., Norberg A., Forssberg E. “BioMinE Integrate Project for the development of biotechnology for metal-bearing materials in Europe”. Proceedings of the 16th International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Eds. S.T. Harrison, D.E. Rawlings and L. Petersen, 25-29 September, 2005, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 33-40.
https://cordis.europa.eu/docs/results/500/500329/126792181-6_en.pdf
Morin D., Lips A., Pinches A., Huisman J., Frías C., Norberg A., Forssberg E. “BioMinE Integrate Project for the development of biotechnology for metal-bearing materials in Europe”. Hydrometallurgy, 2006, Vol. 83, pp. 69-76.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304386X06000740
Frías C., Sánchez F., Lozano J.I. “Innovative applications of indirect bioleaching of zinc and lead ores and concentrates”. European Union-Asia Workshop on Clean Production and Nanotechnologies, Seoul, Korea, pp. 310-321.
Frías C. “Indirect bioleaching applied on zinc and lead sulphide concentrates”. International Mining Journal, October 2007, pp. 50-51.
Frías C., Carranza F., Sánchez F., Mazuelos A., Frades M., Romero R., Díaz G., Iglesias N. “New developments in indirect bioleaching of zinc and lead sulfide concentrates”. The Int. Symposium on Hydrometallurgy 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2008, pp. 497-505.
https://books.google.es/books?id=1etfSdk55SYC&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Frías C. “Demostración en planta piloto de biolixiviación indirecta de concentrados de zinc y plomo”. VII Simposio Internacional de Mineralurgia, Lima, Perú, 13-15 Agosto, 2008.
Frías C., Sánchez F., Ibáñez A., Sanguilinda S. “Aplicación del Proceso Plint al tratamiento de residuos de biolixivación indirecta”, Rocas y Minerales, Agosto 2008, pp. 54-58.
Frías C. “Pilot plant demonstration of Zn/Pb concentrates indirect bioleaching”. International Workshop on Bioprocessing of Minerals, Changsha, Hunan, China, 18-22 September, 2008.
Morin D., Lips A., Pinches A., Huisman J., Frías C., Norberg A., Forssberg E. “Progress after three years of BioMinE-Research and Technological Development project for a global assessment of biohydrometallurgical processes applied to European non-ferrous metal resources”. Hydrometallurgy, 2008, Vol. 94, Issue 1-4, pp. 58-68.
https://brgm.hal.science/hal-00643728v1?utm_source=copilot.com
Frías C., Sánchez F., Martín D., Díaz G., Sanguilinda S. “Indirect bioleaching and ZINCEX Process: A profitable marriage to process zinc polymetallic concentrates”. Journal of Advanced Materials Research, 2009, Vol. 71-73, Biohydrometallurgy 2009, pp. 429-432.
COBRE LAS CRUCES
Delgado E., Frías C., Gotor J. “Las Cruces copper plant start-up: Beyond design performance through process improvements implementation”. Proceedings of Copper´2013 International Conference, December 1-4, 2013, Santiago, Chile, pp. 25-42.
Frías C., Delgado E., Gotor J. “Processing of polymetallic sulphides from Iberian Pyrite Belt”. 7th International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy´2014, June 22-25, 2014, Victoria BC, Canada, pp. 771-782.
Delgado E., Frías C., Del Pino M. “Hydrometallurgical processing of copper sulphide ores in Cobre Las Cruces mine”. International Conference on Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals, November 17-19, 2014, Krakow, Poland.
https://prometia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/5-PROMETIA-Frias.pdf
Frías C., Vera E., Romero A, Blanco J. “Flotation and hydroprocessing of bulk concentrates from Las Cruces mine”. Lead and Zinc 2015 International Symposium, June 14-17, Dusseldorf, Germany, pp. 549-560.
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Ulrich-Waschki/dp/3940276669
Frías C., Delgado E., Blanco J., Gotor J. “Pyrite´s crucial role in Cobre Las Cruces atmospheric leaching process”. 4th International Symposium on Iron Control in Hydrometallurgy in conjunction with 28th International Mineral Processing Congress IMPC-2016, September 11-15, 2016, Quebec City, Canada, pp. 168-178.
Frías C., Blanco J., Vera E., Romero A, Gotor J., Sanchez F. “Polymetallic ores hydroprocessing at Cobre Las Cruces. Flotation pilot plant outcomes”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2017, June 25-28, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 715-726.
https://katalog.ub.tu-freiberg.de/Record/0-156144183X
Frías C., Delgado E., Lerín L., Pastor L. “Slurry cooling towers implementation at Cobre Las Cruces”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2017, June 25-28, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 1065-1080.
https://katalog.ub.tu-freiberg.de/Record/0-156144183X
Frías C., Soler J.P., Blanco J., Pastor L., Moreno N. “A new lead cementation equipment and lead recovery process in chloride media developed by Cobre Las Cruces”. 9th International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing, February 23-27, 2020, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 925-934.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-37070-1_82
Frías C., Gotor J., Sánchez F., Blanco J., Moreno N., Vera E. “Advanced Concept -Poly Metallurgical Refinery- developed by Cobre Las Cruces”. 9th International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing, February 23-27, 2020, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 913-924.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-37070-1_82
Gotor J., Blanco J., Moreno I., Muñoz M.A., Soler P., Frías C. “Cobre Las Cruces runs ‘Circular Economy Project’ reprocessing old copper tailings”. Proceedings of Copper´2022 International Conference, November 13-17, 2022, Santiago, Chile, Vol. 9 Circular Economy, pp. 125-136.
https://www.iimch.cl/index.php/eventos-especial/2662-copper-2022
Frías C., Gotor J., Blanco J., Vera E., Soler P. “Cobre Las Cruces radically changes the selective flotation of polymetallic sulphides”. Proceedings of Copper´2022 International Conference, Nov. 13-17, 2022, Santiago, Chile, Vol. 2 Mineral Processing, pp. 114-126.
https://www.iimch.cl/index.php/eventos-especial/2662-copper-2022
POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES HYDROPROCESSING
Frías C., Díaz G., Martín D., Ocaña N. “Getting a safer and cleaner source of lead trough the Primalead Process.” Lead and Zinc 2005 International Symposium, Tokyo (Japan), 2005, pp. 921-931.
Díaz G., Frías C., Lozano J.I., Ocaña N. “Zincex and Placid Technologies applications update”. International Mineral Processing Congress, Istambul (Turkey), 2006.
Frías C., Frades M., Pecharromán E., Díaz G. “Improving polymetallic ores beneficiation by means of the Primalead process”. The International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy 2008, TMS, Phoenix, Arizona (USA), 2008, pp. 378-386.
https://books.google.es/books?id=1etfSdk55SYC&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Frías C. “Beneficio hidrometalúrgico de minerals de zinc y de zinc polimetálicos”. VII Simposio Internacional de Mineralurgia, Lima, Perú, 13-15 Agosto, 2008.
Frías C., Frades M., Pecharroman E., Díaz G. “Pilot plant demonstration of the Primalead process confirms the viability to get green lead product from mine lead.” Lead and Zinc 2010 International Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2010, pp. 1135-1144.
https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/result_katan.pl?item=bsz350136912inh.htm
Frías C., Castellano I., Rodríguez S., Lefevre Y. “Zinc and copper recovery from diluted solutions produced after gold concentrate oxidation”. European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2013, June 23-26 Weimar, Germany, pp. 463-472.
Frías C., Delgado E. “Hydrometallurgy in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: Past, present and future”. 14th International Congress on Energy and Mineral Resources, April 10-13, 2018, Seville, Spain.
Frías C., Sánchez F., Van Staden P., Milanovic D., Kolehmainen E. “The INTMET Project provides innovative hydro and biohydro technologies to deal efficiently with polymetallic and complex ores”. 29th International Mineral Processing Congress IMPC-2018, September 15-21, 2018, Moscow, Russia, paper n. 583.
https://www.proceedings.com/content/042/042169webtoc.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com
Frías C. “Hydrometallurgy for the Mine-to-Metal Production”. Proceedings of 55th International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy, October 15-17, 2024, Kladovo, Serbia, pp. 11-14.
https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/proc-0022/2024/proc-00222400011F.pdf
Frias Gomez, C. (2023). Hydrometallurgy. In: Tiess, G., Majumder, T., Cameron, P. (eds) “Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy”. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47493-8_28
