Abstract:
A process is provided for separation of at least one metal sulfide from a mixed sulfide concentrate. The process includes: subjecting the mixed sulfide concentrate to flotation in which at least one sulfide including antimony, arsenic and a first metal is floated and at least one sulfide including a second metal is depressed. The flotation yields a first metal concentrate having the at least one sulfide including antimony, arsenic and the first metal and a second metal concentrate having the at least one sulfide including the second metal. The first metal concentrate is leached to yield a further concentrate and a leach solution. The further concentrate includes the first metal and the leach solution includes soluble antimony and soluble arsenic. The process further includes oxidizing the leach solution to yield an antimony precipitate and an arsenic solution, and forming a stable arsenic compound from the arsenic solution.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a flotation agent for phosphate ore, comprising a fatty acid as collector and at least one sarcosinate of the formula (I) as co-collector
wherein R is a C 7 to C 21 alkyl or alkenyl group, which sarcosinate may be present in the form of a cation derived therefrom caused by protonation of the nitrogen atom.
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:
The invention relates to a method of producing fatty acid esters of polyoxyalkylene glycerol ethers. The method comprises reacting an alkylene oxide or oxides directly with a mixture of a natural fat or oil, water and a catalyst. The method of the invention can avoid the complicatedness encountered in the prior art production processes and give polyoxyalkylene glycerol ether fatty acid esters excellent in surfactant performance.
Abstract:
Compositions including blends of one or more acrylamide/allyl thiourea polymer as a first depressant, and one or more carboxyalkyl dithiocarbamate compound as a second depressant, and their use as depressants in the beneficiation of sulfide minerals from ores and/or concentrates are disclosed herein, along with methods for selectively separating value sulfide minerals from non-value sulfide minerals in a froth flotation process for the recovery of such value minerals.
Abstract:
Agent for dressing phosphate ores The invention relates to a flotation agent for phosphate ore, comprising a fatty acid as collector and alkoxylated alkylphenols as dispersing agents, characterized in that the alkylphenols are composed of a) 8 to 20% by weight of one or more dialkylphenols having alkyl radicals from 8 to 12 carbon atoms b) 80 to 92% by weight of one or more monoalkylphenols having alkyl radicals from 8 to 12 carbon atoms, which have been alkoxylated with 2 to 6 mol of ethylene oxide.
Abstract:
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of improving the separation of mineral values from their associated gangue. The method itself involves the addition of an effective amount of a treatment reagent to the froth flotation process which enhances the ore recovery. The treatment reagents of the method of the present invention comprise water-soluble organophosphonates which when added to the flotation feed slurry enhance the recovery of ore values thertefrom. The organophosphonate treatment reagent may be used alone or in combination with a polymeric dispersant.
Abstract:
An improved method for purifying titania contaminated kaolin clay by froth flotation which features the use an hydroxamate flotation collector at a neutral or mildly alkaline pH wherein a slurry of the impure clay is conditioned for the flotation step in a baffled conditioning apparatus provided with mean for imparting sufficient mechanical energy to heat a dispersed slurry of the impure clay before flotation.