PGM extraction from oxidized ores using flotation and …
The flotation concentrate with the highest PGM recovery was leached using sulphuric acid in order to remove the base metals and further enrich it in PGMs. Extractions of 73.3% Cu, 82.9% Ni, and 8. ...
Enhancing selective calcite and dolomite flotation in the …
Phosphate ores enrichment by flotation have frequently been depicted as a bulk and unselective removal of gangue minerals (Sis and Chander, 2003). With the recovery of high grade phosphate concentrates as the sole aim, huge volumes of flotation tailings are constantly accumulating at the perimeters of concentrator plants (Taha et al., …
Mixed-Type Flotation–Hydrometallurgical Processing Technology …
During technology testing when determining the conditions and parameters of flotation processing of stockpiled copper-bearing ores, the optimal fineness of ore milling before flotation was 82–85% of –0.074 mm size, which ensures the maximum dissociation of valuable minerals without excessive sludging; reagent mode of sulphide flotation and ...
Studying the Flotation of Gold-Bearing Ores Using Carrier …
Full-scale tests of the flotation technology using the rougher concentrate as a carrier mineral were performed on a laboratory bench ( Figure 1) [ 30 ]. The flotation method of extracting gold was chosen followed by constructing a flow diagram according to the jet principle [ 28, 29, 30 ]. In the experiments on flotation, a laboratory-scale ...
Improvement of the reagent regime for the flotation …
Abstract. The effect of ing agents of different chemical nature (amyl alcohol, glycolic ether, pine oil) on the flotation of halite from polyhalite ores using alkylmorpholine as a collector ...
Investigation of the reverse flotation of iron ore in three different …
1. Introduction. Flotation is a selective process for separating minerals from each other based on particle hydrophobicity. The flotation separation efficiency depends on the recoveries of the mineral species by both true flotation and entrainment (Cilek, 2009, Neethling and Cilliers, 2009, Wang et al., 2015).Both chemical variables and …
Investigating the Selectivity of Xanthates for the Flotation
The current study investigated the effects of thiol collectors on the flotation of base metals (BMs) and platinum group metals (PGMs) ores. The properties of a single-mineral flotation test were conducted using sodium isobutyl xanthate (SIBX), sodium ethyl xanthate (), potassium ethyl xanthate (PEX), and sodium isopropyl xanthate (SIPX) …
FLOT-ART: An integrated plant optimization tool for …
FLOT-ART (Flotation advanced recovery technology) This paper aims to discuss the concepts of an integrated plant optimization tool for the flotation of copper …
Recent advances in reverse flotation of diasporic ores––A …
The concept of flocculant-enhanced flotation has been developed for the first time into a novel technology for flotation of platy minerals of two different basal planes or minerals of macroscopic heterogeneity (Hu et al., 2004). ... The recent advances in developing a reverse flotation technology of diasporic ores in China are summarized. …
Flotation enrichment of polyhalite ores with a high halite …
The effect of ing agents of different chemical nature (amyl alcohol, glycolic ether, pine oil) on the flotation of halite from polyhalite ores using alkylmorpholine as a collector was ...
(PDF) Effect of Slimes on Iron Ores Flotation
Also, fine grinding has a negative impact on reverse flotation of iron ores due to high entrainment of the ultrafine hematite particles into the froth (Lima et al., 2012 (Lima et al ...
Development and application of new technology for the …
New technology for treatment of complex sulphide ores 145 The research and development work carried out at Lakefield Research helped to improve metallurgical results with various ores in the Faro concentrator. During various stages of processing of the refractory Vangorda and Grum ores, new technology was tested and introduced …
Advanced Techniques on Fine and Coarse Particle …
Relatively new technologies such as the Jameson cell, Concorde cell, Hydrofloat, Jet Diffuser Flotation Column, NovaCell and Reflux flotation cell have …
New insights on the role of seawater in sulfide ore flotation
1. Introduction. Mineral processing, particularly flotation, is a high-water-consumption industry. Mining water consumption in the United States accounts for 2% of the total social water consumption [1], whereas in Chile's Antofagasta region, which is highly dependent on mining, this figure is close to 70% [2].The large consumption of fresh water …
Flotation of Platinum Group Elements Ores: A Review
The different flotation behaviour obtained from different media is discussed in terms of particle size distribution, water recovery, solid recovery and valuable mineral recovery. pH, Redox ...
Coarse particle flotation: A review
Except for HydroFloat™, most of the technology developed for coarse particle flotation is at the nascent stage of commercialization. This implies that there is a significant research gap that needs to be addressed to explore the feasibility of different coarse particle flotation technologies depending on the specific ore type.
Modeling and simulation of flotation reagents system in …
For the flotation circuit of iron oxide, a uniform test design was conducted to estimate the optimum flotation reagent systems at different flotation temperatures from 20 °C up to 45 °C. The detailed uniform design optimization methodology was given in previous work 1. Uniform test design is a computer simulation accomplished in many ...
Improving recovery of iron using column flotation of iron …
Kumar and Mandre (2016) evaluated the selective flocculation to treat iron ores slimes applying polyacrylamine and guar gum as a flocculant and sodium hexametaphosphate as a dispersant. The results indicated that selective flocculation enhanced the Fe grade from 58.2% to 64.6% and an Fe recovery of 66.3% using …
Effect and mechanism of dolomite with different size …
The effect of dolomite with different particle size fractions on hematite flotation was studied using sodium oleate as collector at pH of about 9. The effect mechanism of dolomite on hematite flotation was investigated by means of solution chemistry, ultraviolet spectrophotometry (UV), inductively coupled plasma atomic …
Beneficiation of Oxidized Lead-Zinc Ores by …
Sulfide minerals are naturally more hydrophobic than most of the mineral groups and respond well to flotation. Even though, most sulfide ores contain minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena ...
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Effect of reducing grinding conditions on the flotation behaviour of
The flotation test results, however, prove that the flotation behaviour of the low-S content ores is different when CO 2 was used. Chapman et al. (2011) have investigated the effect of different comminution procedures on the flotation of PGM and they have found that mild steel grinding after cone crushing gives more negative pulp …
Fundamentals of froth flotation | ChemTexts
Froth flotation is a physicochemical process that is used to separate fine mineral particles from aqueous suspensions by selective attachment of some types of minerals to air bubbles. Froth flotation is the most important mineral processing technology for the production of valuable mineral concentrates from which metals and minerals are …
Flotation of antimony ores with high arsenic content
graded by froth-flotation process while high-grade ores can be utilized directly for metal recovery due to decrease in gangue content. The beneficiation process of sulfide ores includes size reduction-size classification, physical beneficiation processes and/or flotation steps. Anderson (2012) described a typical Chinese stibnite
Flotation: The Past, Present and Future of Mineral Processing?
Staged Flotation: Higher Recovery, Lower Footprint. Another concept that Eriez and others like Woodgrove are working on is staged flotation. Again, the technology is not new — Eriez has been running it's StackCell in coal applications for 15 years — but the company has recently redesigned it to handle base metals.
On the impact of grinding conditions in the flotation of …
The impact of grinding environment on flotation has been investigated for different ores. In the flotation of platinum-group minerals (PGMs) from the Overysel ore (Bushveld complex in South ... X-Ray Back Scattered Electron XBSE measurements were conducted at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, at a voltage of …
Flotation | Mineral Processing, Separation
beneficiation. particle separation. bulk oil process. flotation, in mineral processing, method used to separate and concentrate ores by altering their surfaces to a hydrophobic or hydrophilic condition—that is, the surfaces …
Flotation enrichment of potash ores of different
For kainite-halite ore enriched by direct flotation in the saturated aqueous solution of magnesium chloride with a density of 1284 kg/m ³ and pH 6–7, lower aliphatic amines (C 10 –C 12 ) in ...
Roles of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups of collectors …
The flotation recoveries of the fine and intermediate size pyrochlore at pH 7 under different concentrations of collectors are shown in Fig. 2.For the pyrochlore of intermediate size (median size = 64 µm), the recoveries increased with the increase of the collector concentration for all the four collectors, and the collecting ability followed the …