Exploring the effect of pulp aeration and lime-aid grinding …

Flotation is one of the most important technologies to recover sulfide minerals [5], [6]. In commercial flotation production, pyrrhotite is an important sulfide gangue for pyrrhotite-rich type copper sulfide ore, and it can pose significant negative impact on the enrichment of chalcopyrite [7].

Recovery of gold from sulfide refractory gold ore: Oxidation …

Recovering gold from sulfide refractory gold ore has been an important guarantee for the sustainable development of gold industry, while there are many challenges in the treatment of sulfide ...

Lime use and functionality in sulphide mineral flotation: A …

Primary grinding – Lime is often added into the semi-autogenous (SAG) mill together with the ore feed and process water. Sulfide minerals are, by nature, acid to varying degrees causing the milled pulp to have a pH ranging from 4 to 8 depending on the sulphide and gangue mineral composition of the ore.

Electrochemical Aspects of Grinding Media-Mineral Interaction in

A range of grinding ball chemistries and conditions has been used to examine the metal wear rates during wet grinding of a Cu-Ni gabbroic sulphide ore. The wet grinding conditions were varied with ...

Ultra Fine Grinding

The refractory nature of gold ores is often associated with gold finely disseminated in sulphide minerals, such as pyrite, at conventional grind sizes. Conventional milling can …

(PDF) WET AND DRY GRINDING METHODS EFFECT ON …

Formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), an oxidizing agent stronger than oxygen, by sulphide minerals during grinding was investigated. It was found that pyrite (FeS2), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), sphalerite ((Zn,Fe)S), and galena (PbS), which are the most abundant sulphide minerals on Earth, generated H2O2 in pulp liquid during wet …

Influence of grinding method on complex sulphide ore …

The present work deals with pilot plant investigations on the influence of conventional- and autogenous grinding methods in the flotation of a complex sulphide ore. The study includes the investigation of the particle size and shape analysis and the pulp chemical measurements — E h, pH, O 2, concentration of cations and anions, at …

Study on the Grinding Law of Ball Media for …

To solve the problem involved in the grinding of cassiterite–polymetallic sulfide ore in which fine grinding causes the cassiterite to be overground or coarse grinding leads to inadequate …

Study on Grinding Additives in …

To attempt a new approach to improve the grinding of cassiterite–polymetallic sulfide ores while simultaneously reducing cassiterite overgrinding and sulfide undergrinding, this article looked into …

Copper Mining and Processing: Processing Copper Ores

Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore (less than 1% copper) and ends with sheets of 99.99% pure copper called cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday use.The most common types of ore, copper oxide and copper sulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and …

Mechanochemical sulfidization of a mixed oxide-sulphide …

Mechanochemical sulfidization as a novel process for treatment of a sulphide-oxide copper ore was studied by co-grinding with sulfur and additives including iron and …

Electrochemical Aspects of Grinding Media-Mineral …

DOI: 10.5006/1.3583049 Corpus ID: 100581343; Electrochemical Aspects of Grinding Media-Mineral Interaction in Sulfide Ore Grinding @article{Adam1986ElectrochemicalAO, title={Electrochemical Aspects of Grinding Media-Mineral Interaction in Sulfide Ore Grinding}, author={Karl Adam and Kaushik Natarajan and Steve Riemer and Iwao …

Effect of microwave pretreatment on grinding and flotation …

The present study initially investigates the kinetics of microwave-assisted grinding and flotation in a porphyry copper deposit. Kinetic tests were conducted on untreated and microwave-irradiated samples by varying the exposure time from 15 to 150 s. Optical microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and scanning electron …

COMPLEX SULPHIDE ORES: PROCESSING OPTIONS

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    A fresh approach to sulfide ores

    The traditional route for extracting copper from sulfide ores is smelting. Yet there is a growing case for leaching sulfides from lower grade ore bodies and especially for those ore bodies containing problematic elements like arsenic, which make smelting less economical. Smelting is increasingly expensive because, in gener…

  • Study on Grinding Additives in Cassiterite–Polymetallic …

    Study on Grinding Additives in Cassiterite–Polymetallic Sulfide Ore Grinding Jinlin Yang 1,2, Shaojian Ma 1,2,*, Wentao Zhou 3 and Pengyan Zhu 1 1 College of Resources, Environmentand Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China; jlyang523@126 (J.Y.); @163 (P.Z.)

    Gold and Silver Minerals in Sulfide Ore | Geology of Ore …

    Identification of mineral (micro-, nano-) forms of gold and silver in sulfide ores is necessary for developing and improving rational dressing schemes.

    Recovery of gold from sulfide refractory gold ore: Oxidation …

    The major chemical components of the sulfide refractory gold ore and pyrite are shown in Table 2. The sulfide refractory gold ore (SRGO) contains 30.34% Fe, 22.23% S, 11.19% As, 3.24% Al and 60.25 g/t Au. The total content of Fe, As and S is up to 63% of the sulfide refractory gold ore. The pyrite contains 43.36% Fe and 41.26% S.

    Complex sulphide ore flotation: Effect of depressants addition …

    The addition of collector and depressant during sulphide ore grinding increases the formation H 2 O 2 in pulp liquid and metal suphides grade and recovery significantly improved. 4. The use of reagents during grinding has beneficial effects on flotation grade and recovery of metal sulphides.

    Surface Behavior of Iron Sulfide Ore during Grinding with

    This research was conducted to study the oxidation and surface modification of pyrite in an inert mill and alumina grinding media at different pH values. The extent and progress of the oxidation function of milling time, by measuring some physicochemical variables,...

    Current Status of Copper-Ore Processing: A Review

    Keywords: copper ores, processing, flowsheet, equipment, ore processing, grinding, flotation, reagent mode, ore processing plant, copper concentrate DOI: 10.3103/S1067821221040027 INTRODUCTION ... For oxide copper ore and some sulfide ores, a com-bined flotation–hydrometallurgy technology is applied to produce copper …

    Gold Ore Roasting Plant

    To achieve optimum gold recovery from the certain sulfide ore body, the ore must be finely ground to achieve proper oxidation and mineral separation. The ore is separated into stockpiles after it has been mined. ... The ore passes through crushing and grinding circuits to the Roaster circuit then to the Carbon and Leach circuit at a …

    Sulphide Gold Ore Treatment by Leaching and Flotation Process

    Problem with gold recovery from sulphide ore: How may a mill get the maximum recovery of gold from a sulphide ore, at the least capital cost and at the same time obtain the highest net return.This latter point is most important. In many cases a gold mill using an all-cyanide flowsheet with fine grinding of all the ore will report very low …

    Crushing and grinding process for treating nickel-copper sulfide ore

    Taking the traditional grinding process of certain nickel-copper sulfide ore as an example: the proportion of the ore granularity of plus 500mm in mine mining accounts for about 70%, the granularity of the product can generally reach below 250mm after the first-stage coarse crushing, the product is conveyed to be subjected to intermediate crushing through a …

    Complex Sulphide Ores: Processing Options | SpringerLink

    Complex sulphide ores represent considerable reserves and resources in base non ferrous metals, in precious metals, and in sulphur. Some of their essential characteristics, which …

    Microwave Treatment of Copper–Nickel Sulfide …

    In this study, the microwave absorption capabilities and heating rates of the main minerals in a typical complex copper–nickel sulfide ore in the Jinchuan deposit were investigated. In addition, the …

    Flotation of a complex sulphide ore II. Influence of grinding

    Flow sheet for the laboratory tests on a complex sulphide ore (SS, stainless steel grinding; MS, mild steel grinding; AS, air-sparged mild steel grinding with no pre-conditioning). was replaced by one, which had a small hole drilled in each mill end, with air flowing continuously through the mill at a rate of 5.5 1/min for 20 minutes.

    Research on Grinding Law and Grinding Parameters …

    Therefore, in the grinding production of polymetallic complex ore concentrator, while improving the grinding technical efficiency of sulfide ore, the generation of fine cassiterite should be reduced as far as possible to improve the contradiction between the overgrinding of cassiterite and the undergrinding of sulfide …

    Copper Sulfide Flotation

    Copper Ore Grinding Circuit. ... Summary of the copper sulphide ore recovery process. It is essential to have flexibility in any mill circuit, but particularly in large-tonnage operations such as this. …

    How to Process Copper Ore: Beneficiation Methods and Equipment

    Generally speaking, copper ore can be divided into three categories: copper sulfide ore, copper oxide ore and natural copper. Types: Minerals: Copper sulfide ore ... it is more advantageous to adopt the stage grinding and floating process for refractory copper ore, such as the re-grinding and re-separation of coarse concentrate, re …

    Optimization and mechanism of gold-bearing sulfide flotation

    From grinding fineness and slurry pH test, the optimal conditions for the experiment are determined as follows: ore grinding fineness of −0.074 mm(96 %), sulfuric acid dosage of 1,000 g·t −1, the duration of roughing stage was 8 min.And then, the experiment for activator and collector and closed-circuit test were done based on these …