Zinc has wide industrial applications; consequently, its extraction procedures have been extensively studied. Hydrometallurgy is one of the most common methods employed for zinc recovery. However, the electrooxidation of sphalerite and the effect of the pyrite content in the concentrate have not been investigated; thus, in this work, zinc recovery from low-iron sphalerite mineral with a relatively high pyrite content (EBHSS), in a sulfate medium was further explored. The reaction mechanism of the anodic dissolution of the EBHSS mineral was established by microelectrolysis using mineral carbon paste electrodes; these results were used to determine adequate conditions for the macroelectrolysis of the sample. The macroelectrolysis indicated that EBHSS has a low electrodissolution rate; additionally, different analyses of the species produced in the macroelectrolysis showed that the ohmic drop registered in the collector had no influence in the passivation of the EBHSS surface. It was also determined that the dissolution of EBHSS was driven by the charge transfer of the sphalerite particles, which are not very efficient for electronic conductivity. Experiments using doped EBHSS led to an increase of the electrodissolution rate, which consequently increased the recovered zinc.
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