Application of Chelating Collectors in the Flotation of Copper Minerals

2013 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Xiong ◽  
Yan Jun Li ◽  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
Guo Fang Du ◽  
Yao Zhong Lan
Keyword(s):  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Copper Sulfides ◽  
Flotation Method ◽  
Refractory Ores ◽  
Flotation Performance ◽  
Oxide Minerals ◽  
Copper Ores ◽  
Chelating Reagents ◽  
Chelating Reagent

The application of new chelating reagents on the flotation of copper minerals has been paid much attention in recent years. These collectors have successfully extracted the copper minerals from the low-grade refractory ores, and one of the most important collectors is the alkylhydroxamate-based chelating reagent which shows the excellent flotation performance to the copper oxide minerals. Furthermore, the mixture of various chelating reagents can recover the copper sulfides and oxides simultaneously from the complicated copper ores, which is attributed to the synergy among collectors. Thus we conclude that it is an important flotation method by using chelating collectors in conjunction with other traditional collectors, by which the synergy can break through the limitation of single reagent and enhance the flotation efficiency.

Flotation Responce of the Refractory Yangla Copper Oxide Ores with Hydroxamate Collectors

2013 ◽  
Vol 803 ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Xiong ◽  
Yan Jun Li ◽  
Zhong Hui Zhang ◽  
Yao Zhong Lan
Keyword(s):  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Copper Recovery ◽  
Refractory Oxide ◽  
Bench Scale ◽  
Oxide Minerals ◽  
Concentrate Grade ◽  
Copper Ores ◽  
Chelating Reagent

To establish the flotation response and suitability of the collectors, series of bench-scale flotation tests are conducted for the refractory oxide copper ores obtained from Yangla Mine in Yunnan province. A simple xanthate (PAX) is used as the sulphide collector and a chelating reagent of hydroxamate AM28 as the oxide collector. It is found and confirmed by mineralogical examination that AM28 successfully recovered all the discrete copper oxide minerals from the Yangla ore. The flotation tests show that the overall copper recovery is affected due to the minerals copper associated with goethite which is not amenable to flotation. The average copper recovery from the rougher tests is 38.4% with a concentrate grade of 3.19%. The additional cleaning flotation can increase the Cu grade in concentrate further.

scholarly journals Probing the Effect of Water Recycling on Flotation through Anion Spiking Using a Low-Grade Cu–Ni–PGM Ore: The Effect of NO3−, SO42− and S2O32−

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Mathew Dzingai ◽  
Malibongwe S. Manono ◽  
Kirsten C. Corin
Keyword(s):  
Water Chemistry ◽  
Froth Flotation ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Threshold Concentration ◽  
Process Water ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Unit Operations ◽  
Flotation Performance ◽  
Anion Distribution ◽  
Nickel Grade

Water scarcity necessitates the recycling of process water within mineral processing practices. This may however come with its disadvantages for unit operations such as froth flotation as this process is water intensive and sensitive to water chemistry. It is therefore important to monitor the water chemistry of the recycle stream of process water and any other water source to flotation. Monitoring the concentrations of the anions in recycled process water is therefore important to consider as these are speculated to impact flotation performance. Batch flotation tests were conducted using synthetically prepared plant water (3 SPW) with a TDS of 3069 mg/L as the baseline experiment. 3 SPW contained 528 mg/LNO3− and 720 mg/L SO42−, other anions and cations, and no S2O32−. Upon spiking 3 SPW with selected anions, viz, NO3−, SO42− and S2O32−, it was noted that NO3− and SO42− exhibited threshold concentrations while S2O32− did not show a threshold concentration for both copper and nickel grade. Spiking 3 SPW with 352 mg/L more of NO3− to a total 880 mg/L NO3− concentration resulted in the highest copper and nickel grade compared to 3 SPW while increasing the S2O32− from 60 to 78 mg/L increased nickel and copper grade. 720 to 1200 mg/L SO42− and 528 to 880 mg/L NO3− were deemed the concentration boundaries within which lies the threshold concentration above which flotation performance declines with respect to metal grades, while for S2O32− the threshold concentration lies outside the range considered for this study. Anion distribution between the pulp and the froth did not seem to impact the recovery of copper or nickel. Notably, the correlation between the concentrate grades and anion distribution between the froth and the pulp seemed to be ion dependent.

Silver catalyzed bioleaching of low-grade copper ores. Part III: Column reactors

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 35-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Muñoz ◽  
D.B. Dreisinger ◽  
W.C. Cooper ◽  
S.K. Young
Keyword(s):  
Low Grade ◽  
Copper Ores

Experimental Study of Floatation on Non-Independent Copper Oxide Ore from Jilin Province in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 581-582 ◽  
pp. 851-855
Author(s):  
Rong Dong Deng ◽  
Quan Jun Liu ◽  
Xiao Feng Yang ◽  
Ting Hu ◽  
Feng Hong Ye
Keyword(s):  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Copper Sulfide ◽  
Jilin Province ◽  
High Grade ◽  
High Recovery ◽  
Copper Ore ◽  
Sulfide Ore ◽  
Mineralogical Study ◽  
Oxide Minerals ◽  
Copper Sulfide Ore

Through the processing of mineralogical study on a copper ore from Jilin province in China, it found that the copper exist mostly with the form of chalcopyrite, and others exist with the form of copper oxide minerals which with complex ingredient. The copper oxide minerals are due to the altered of the edge of chalcopyrite, and have not formed the independent copper oxide ore. It belongs to unconventional hard-to-beneficiate copper ore. Coarse grinding fineness and bulk floatation was used to recover the copper oxide ore and copper sulfide ore by using amino double phosphoric acid and butylamine dithiophosphate as the collector. This process was similar to the carrier flotation and achieved an effective processing of the copper oxide ore and obtained a high-grade copper concentrate assaying 15.8% with a high recovery of 82.4%.

Recovery of Ultrafine Copper Oxide Mineral with Vacuum Flotation

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 1047-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian Wen Liu ◽  
Jian Jun Fang ◽  
Xiao Lin Zhang ◽  
Shao Jun Bai ◽  
Zhi Cong Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Size Fraction ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Copper Loss ◽  
Oxide Mineral ◽  
Oxide Deposit ◽  
Oxidation Ratio ◽  
Ultrafine Copper

Tangdan copper oxide ore deposit, located in the northeast Yunnan province of China, is the largest independent copper oxide deposit in China. The ore from the deposit is characterized by low grade, high oxidation ratio and fine-grained dissemination, which results in the poor flotation recovery. The analysis of plant flotation data reveals that the loss of copper minerals into tailings is mainly with coarse size fraction, due to its insufficient liberation and finer size, especially for the size fraction below 10 microns, which are very difficult to be floated with conventional flotation methods. In order to improve the flotation performance of the ore, laboratory tests include Hallimond flotation and vacuum flotation were respectively conducted with pure malachite, the dominant copper oxide mineral in the deposit; and the results indicate that a finer grinding fineness up to -325 mesh even -400 mesh is required to decrease the copper loss in the coarse size fraction, and vacuum flotation provides a promising way for the recovery of ultrafine malachites.

Sulfidisation Promotion Effect of Ammonium Sulfate on Flotation of Copper Oxide Ore

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 1109-1114
Author(s):  
Dian Wen Liu ◽  
Jian Jun Fang ◽  
Xiao Lin Zhang ◽  
Shu Ming Wen ◽  
Zhi Cong Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Copper Oxide ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Sodium Sulfide ◽  
Pure Copper ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Promotion Effect ◽  
Flotation Recovery ◽  
Oxide Minerals ◽  
Sulfide Ions

This paper presents the sulfidisation promotion effect of ammonium sulfate on the sulfidisation flotation of both malachite and copper oxide ores. Copper oxide ores are commonly difficult-to-float due to its molecular structure, and adding sodium sulfide as activator is necessary; however, its dosage to the flotation pulp must be strictly controlled, as it is also a powerful depressant for copper sulfide minerals, and will, if in excess, depress the activated copper oxide minerals. This depression will be alleviated while ammonium sulfate is added, as it accelerates the speed of sulfidisation, and alleviates excessive sulfide ions on the depression of copper oxide minerals. Ammonium sulfate, therefore, may be a sulfidisation promoter, and plays a role of sulfidisation promotion effect; it makes the coating of sodium sulfide on the ore surface more dense and stable, which is ready for xanthate adsorption on the surface of copper oxide minerals. The results of experiments show that the flotation recovery is increased 12.28% while ammonium sulfate is added in the presence of excessive sodium sulfide in the pulp, and the highest recovery is obtainable when the ammonium sulfate and sodium sulfide are in the same dosages. The sulfidisation promotion effect of ammonium sulfate is confirmed by pure copper oxide mineral flotation test and copper oxide ores flotation test, as well as by SEM images of floated malachite.

Recovery of Silver from Zinc Leach Residue by Flotation

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 1041-1046
Author(s):  
Jian Liu ◽  
Shu Ming Wen ◽  
Dan Dan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Leach Residue ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Diethyl Dithiocarbamate ◽  
Flotation Method ◽  
Flotation Performance ◽  
Concentrate Grade

The study aims to recovery of silver minerals from zinc leach residue by flotation method with mixed collectors, namely, ammonium dibutyl dithiophosphate (ADD) and diethyl dithiocarbamate (DD). The effect of key parameters, i.e., grinding fineness, dosage of collectors and dosage of sodium chloride on the flotation performance was investigated. The results indicate that dosages of ADD and DD have both significant effects on the flotation performance, and sodium chloride plays an important role in the increase of the grade of silver, by eliminating the detrimental effect of Zn2+ in the pulp. The optimum conditions for flotation of silver from the material were identified as grinding fineness of 90%, dosage of ADD at 400 g/t, dosage of DD at 75 g/t and dosage of NaCl at 60 g/t; under such a condition, a sliver recovery of 76.92% with a concentrate grade of 2012.30 g/t was achieved, and the tailing from the flotation has a lower sliver grade of 17.30g/t, with only 15.04% of silver lost in the tailing.

Experimental Study on Flotation of Copper Sulfides in Yunnan Province

2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 1630-1635
Author(s):  
Jian Gang Ku ◽  
Hui Huang Chen ◽  
Wen Yuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Copper Ore ◽  
Copper Sulfides ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Concentrate Grade ◽  
Combination Mode ◽  
Grade Index

The copper ore, which has fine-grained nature and differences in the degree of mineral dissemination, is a kind of low grade sulfide minerals. Tests indicate that not only the grinding fineness but also the combination mode of depressants is one of the most important factors to improve the concentrate grade index. Additionally, according to tests conducted with dosage of lime, the rougher flotation should be operated at a pH of 11. Furthermore, all the depressants used were effective to increase the concentrate grade. By the closed-circuit micro-flotation experiment, satisfied grade index (18.7%Cu with 81% recovery) of the final concentrate was achieved, which could provide reference in industrial applications.

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