Abstract:
A process in which manganese is recovered from manganese nodules after the nodules have been treated to recover base metals such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum. The process includes the steps of reacting the manganese in the nodules to yield a carbonate and subjecting the manganese carbonate to flotation. The manganese carbonate froth is collected from the top of a flotation cell, is dried to produce a manganese concentrate, and is sintered to produce a synthetic manganese oxide. Sintering of such concentrates at 1000.degree. C. yields a product containing greater than 50% manganese.The effect of reagent dosage, pH control, and temperature control on the yield of the synthetic manganese oxide is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A flotation process for recovering scheelite from low-grade tungsten ores containing calcium-bearing minerals other than scheelite. Calcium oxide (lime) is added to an ore pulp together with a carbonate alkalizing agent, dispersant and anionic collector. The pulp is subsequently subjected to flotation and the scheelite recovered.
Abstract:
A process is provided for separation of at least one metal sulfide from a mixed sulfide concentrate. The process may comprise: subjecting the mixed sulfide concentrate to flotation in which at least one sulfide comprising antimony, arsenic and a first metal is floated and at least one sulfide comprising a second metal is depressed. The flotation yields a first metal concentrate having the at least one sulfide comprising antimony, arsenic and the first metal and a second metal concentrate having the at least one sulfide comprising the second metal. The first metal concentrate is leached to yield a further concentrate and a leach solution. The further concentrate comprises the first metal and the leach solution comprises soluble antimony and soluble arsenic. The process may further comprise oxidizing the leach solution to yield an antimony precipitate and an arsenic solution, and forming a stable arsenic compound from the arsenic solution.
Abstract:
A method for improving the rheological properties of mineral slurry comprising adding a copolymeric dispersing agent to the slurry to disperse silicate minerals. Also disclosed is a method for flotating mineral slurry.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a flotation agent for phosphate ore, which contains a fatty acid as a collector and alkoxylated alkylphenols as dispersing agents. Said flotation agent is characterised in that the alkylphenols are composed of a) 8 to 20 % by weight of one or more dialkylphenols wit alkyl residues having 8 to 12 atoms of C, and b) 80 to 92 % by weight of one or more monoalkylphenols with alkyl residues having 8 to 12 atoms of C, said alkylphenols being alkoxylated with 2 to 6 mol ethylenoxide.
Abstract:
Kaolin clays are conditioned for the removal of colored titaniferous impurities by (A) first mixing the kaolin clay with a collector to condition the impurities, in the absence of a dispersant, but in the presence of sufficient water to yield a mixture having a solids content of at least 65 percent by weight and (B) then deflocculating the kaolin clay mixture at a pH of at least 4.0 with a dispersant in amounts sufficient to yield a kalolin clay slurry which is suitable for subsequent processing to remove colored titaniferous impurities.
Abstract:
A slurry (3) of ground calcite ore in water is subjected to a froth flotation (30) wherein acid insoluble impurities are removed. The flotation process is enhanced by a two-stage pre-flotation conditioning accomplished by adding an acetate salt of a tall oil based imidazoline (5) to the slurry (3) and then mixing a nonpolar hydrocarbon oil (7) into the imidazoline treated slurry. The purified underflow calcium carbonate slurry (11) from the froth flotation is first dewatered to a solids content of 80% to 90% by weight. then reslurried with a dispersing agent (40) and subjected at a solids content of at least 75% by weight to a multi-stage media grinding process (60, 70, 80) wherein each grinding stage is charged with progressively finer grinding media. After degritting, the ground calcium carbonate slurry (17) is ready for shipment as a paper filler-grade product slurry (19) without further dewatering. Alternatively, the product slurry (19) may be passed through an additional fine media grinding stage (100) to-produce a paper coating-grade product slurry (21) also ready for shipment without further dewatering.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a process for purifying a calcium carbonate-containing mineral which process comprises the following steps:-
a) mixing the calcium carbonate-containing mineral with water and a dispersing agent to form a suspension containing from 60% to 80% by weight of the dry mineral; b) comminuting the suspension of calcium carbonate-containing mineral prepared in step a) to give a product containing not more than 5% by weight of particles which are retained on a sieve having a nominal aperture of 53 microns and not more than 50% by weight of particles which are smaller than 2 microns e.s.d.; c) subjecting the suspension containing from 60% to 80% by weight of the dry comminuted mineral prepared in step b) to froth flotation using a collector for disclouring impurities which colletor comprises a cation containing at least one long chain alkyl group having from 10 to 24 carbon atoms, to yield an underflow product containing the calcium carbonatecontaining mineral from which substantially all discolouring impurities have been removed; and d) further comminuting the underflow product of step c) to give a material of which at least 40% by weight of the particles have an equivalent spherical diameter smaller than 2 microns.
Abstract translation:公开了一种纯化含碳酸钙矿物的方法,该方法包括以下步骤:a)将含碳酸钙的矿物与水和分散剂混合以形成含有60重量%至80重量% 干矿物; b)粉碎步骤a)中制备的含碳酸钙矿物的悬浮液,得到含有不超过5重量%的颗粒的产品,该颗粒保留在标称孔径为53微米且不大于50%的筛上,通过 颗粒重量小于2微米esd; c)使含有60%至80%(重量)步骤b)中制备的干粉碎矿物的悬浮液进行浮选,使用收集器进行浮选,用于将杂质进行脱色,该收缩剂包含含有至少一个长链烷基的阳离子, 24个碳原子,以产生含有含碳酸钙的矿物的底流产物,其中基本上已经除去所有的变色杂质; 和d)进一步粉碎步骤c)的底流产物,得到至少40重量%的颗粒具有小于2微米的等效球形直径的材料。 G