mine tailings waste industrial solutions etc [9 10] Flotation is a physicochemical separation process that exploits the differences in the surface properties of minerals and sterile and separates hydrophobic particles from hydrophilic particles [5] Reprocessing tailings using flotation has proven to
Get PriceThe ancient flotation tailings from Lefke Cyprus have a potential for non ferrous metals such as cobalt and copper from more than 9 5 million tons of reserves containing 0 38% Cu 0 032% Co and 22 6% Fe Recovery of cobalt and copper from these tailings can provide great benefits from economic and environmental perspectives
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Get PriceZengeni 2024 and particle size composition will facilitate and accelerate the design process of thickened tailings transport installations 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2 1 MATERIAL FOR TESTING Samples for testing were taken from copper ore flotation TSF The material was taken from two different storage areas
Get PriceSince the rougher cells tailing is transferred to tailing thickener the main focus of this paper was on this section In the current study the factors which influence the composition of gangue minerals in the ore 3 the presence and type of clay minerals and 4 type of frother used Srdjan 2024 Flotation of copper at different
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Get PriceThe depressed chalcopyrite was difficult to float and the recovery of copper was only 5 64% under the conditions xanthate = 6 66 × 10 −5 mol/L copper sulfate = 8 01 × 10 −5 mol/L 2# oil = 10 mg/L and pH 10 while in the same conditions the recovery of copper from single mineral chalcopyrite exceeded 90% Experimental Procedure
Get Pricefrom the old flotation tailing dump in Bor were sieved and also separated in the same class 75 μm Chemical composition of tested samples is given in Table 1 Table 1 Chemical analysis of slag pyrite and tailings % mass Metal content in samples % Cu Fe Zn Slag 0 97 39 09 0 79 Concentrate FeS 2 0 21 37 10 0 007 Flotation tailings 0 26 10
Get PriceIn the case of plant 3 because of the configuration adopted in the flotation plant the final tailing is generated only by one waste stream Fig 10 presents the composition of these tailings which are mainly constituted by gangue The size distribution of the tailings obtained in this configuration is more homogeneous than the rest of the
Get PriceThis process uses a series of physical steps and high temperatures to extract and purify copper from copper sulfide ores in four basic steps 1 froth flotation 2 thickening 3 smelting and 4 electrolysis Following mining transporting and crushing to a consistent gravel or golf ball size the crushed ore is further processed at a mill
Get PriceAccording to the results of studying the chemical composition of tailings it was found that the average copper content the main component of ores is 0 1 0 3 % increasing in some samples to 0 4 0 6 % There is a high content of zinc and lead gold silver and rare metals
Get PriceCollection of the froth from the surface of the flotation cell yields a copper concentrate To increase the recovery of copper and reduce losses the tailings are frequently reground and passed through a second flotation the concentrate from which is combined with the initial production The flotation concentrate is then dewatered and filtered
Get Pricethe number of flotation cells in use for copper were not obtained The tailings from the scavenger copper flotation circuit are discharged to a cyclone where sands are separated from slimes When the pyrite flotation is not operating the copper tailings sands go to the underground mine area and the tailings slimes are discharged to the
Get PriceThe mineral composition of the slag tailings was dominated by maghemite Fe 3 O 4 and fayalite Fe 2 SiO 4 and the arsenic bearing minerals were unevenly distributed where As Ⅴ fine particles were embedded in maghemite amorphous phase and fayalite There was a large amount of residual arsenic in the slag tailing particles and the
Get PriceTailings consist of ground rock and process effluents that are generated in a mine processing plant Mechanical and chemical processes are used to extract the desired product from the run of the mine ore and produce a waste stream known as tailings
Get Pricefrom 1 ineffective flotation of fine copper sulfide in the original flotation process or 2 the presence of oxide Cu in the fine sizes The Ti02 concentrated slightly in the minus 37 plus 10 m fraction Sink Float Studies The plus 10 Vm size fraction was sink float separated at specific gravities of 2 93 and 3 3 using heavy liquids Each
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Get PriceThe results showed that the ultrafine flotation is an economical alterna tive if the improvement of the recovery in the mineral sector is concerned Ultrafine flotation can also be assessed when dealing with reduction and treatment of effluent discharged in the environment Keywords Flotation; Iron Ore; Slimes 1 Introduction
Get PriceFlotation tests to produce bulk concentrate of copper lead and lead zinc were unsatisfactory The recovery of the zinc with H2SO4 leaching were conducted both at room temperature and at elevated temperature The effects of various parameters such as leaching duration concentration of H2SO4 pulp density and temperature on
Get PriceSep 30 2021The copper cobalt sulfide concentration was obtained at the following optimal conditions the grinding size of −0 074 mm 65% the aggregate s liberation degree of 67% a collector dosage of 50 g·t −1 a collector combination of 35% aerofloat 65% butyl xanthate a pH of 8 5 and 2# oil a terpineol type foaming agent dosage of 60 g·t −1
Get PriceIn this study mixed culture consisted of six iron and sulfur oxidizing microorganisms were used in leaching of flotation and acid leaching tailings obtained from Zambia sulfide ores The result showed that 62 7% and 61 7% copper were dissolved by bioleaching while 53 8% and 57 4% by acid leaching in flotation and acid leaching tailings
Get PriceOLD COPPER FLOTATION TAILINGS WASTE REPROCESSING 3829 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper is a result of study on the TR 19002 Project fi nancially supported by the Ministry of
Get Pricecomposition of slags The results of X ray microprobe studies of slag samples showed that the main The copper content in the flotation tailings which is the most important indicator ranged from 0 26 to 0 39 percent Coarser flotation data for individual products from slags slowly cooled in an induction
Get PriceChemical content of a composite sample of flotation tailings from depth of 17m Element Content % Element Content % Cu total 0 43 Au g/t <0 05 Cu ox 0 18 Ag g/t 0 8 Fe 16 56 Hg g/t 0 2 Cd <0 0004 Pb 0 073 S 18 15 Zn 0 017 As 0 022 Mn 0 005 Cr <0 001 Table 2
Get Pricecleaner flotation to further concentrate the copper and molybdenum minerals and stage remove the pyrite This process produced a cleaner tailings with high relatively concentrations of pyrite • Whole Tailings WT Whole tailings are a blended mixture of the rougher and cleaner tailings representing potentially unsegregated tailings discharge
Get PriceBioleaching of copper from old flotation tailings samples Copper Mine Bor Serbia Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2024 Aleksandar Pavic Download Download PDF Full PDF Package Download Full PDF Package This Paper A short summary of this paper 34 Full PDFs related to this paper Read Paper
Get Pricefor the reclamation of post flotation tailings Also the differences between open pit wastes and post flotation tailing soil characteristics were discussed 2 Material and Methods 2 1 Study area The study area comprises copper mine waste and tailings dumps located in the immediate vicinity of the town of Bor East Serbia at about 400 m a s l
Get PriceThe recovery of these copper minerals by flotation or hydrometallurgy from ores typically containing 0 5%TCu open pit mines and 1 2%TCu underground mines is of great commercial importance
Get PriceLQ ore the tailings mineralogy after flotation with SIBX indicated that 78 8 % of the unrecovered copper in LQ ore was present as chrysocolla 1 3 % as malachite and 5 8 % as chalcopyrite and therefore LQ ore required alternative flotation methods for the recovery of the oxide minerals
Get PriceIn mining tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore Tailings are distinct from overburden which is the waste rock or other material that overlies an ore or mineral body and is displaced during mining without being processed The extraction of minerals from ore can be done two ways placer mining which
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