Abstract:
The separation of coal from pyrite during a froth flotation process is enhanced by the use of an effective amount of a pyrite depressant. The depressant is a hydrophilic nitrogen-sulfur-containing compound.
Abstract:
An improved method of separating non-sulfide value minerals from non-sulfide ores is disclosed. The improved method includes the step of adding a depressant selective for siliceous gangue minerals and materials to a flotation slurry previously conditioned with an anionic collector. In preferred embodiments, the depressants comprise copolymers or terpolymers derived from acrylamide units and N-acrylamidoglycolic acid units. The method provides generally improved recoveries of non-sulfide value minerals at higher grade, in a reduced number of flotation steps and at reduced consumption levels of flotation reagents.
Abstract:
Dithiocarbonic acid, trithiocarbonic acid, water soluble salts of dithiocarbonic acid or trithiocarbonic acid or mixtures thereof when contacted with a mixed sulfide ore effectively depresses copper and iron sulfides thereby permitting molybdenite to be recovered by froth flotation. In copper concentrates produced by a flotation process, the organic collector reagents adhering to the surface of the copper and iron sulfides may be, and preferably are, stripped by conventional physical or chemical means prior to contacting the copper concentrate with the trithiocarbonate depressants of the invention. However, the trithiocarbonates of the invention have been found to be effective depressants of copper and iron sulfides in concentrates which are not stripped prior to treatment with the depressant.
Abstract:
A method of beneficiating a phosphate ore containing silica and an alkaline earth metal carbonate impurity, particularly dolomite or calcite. The steps include testing the ore for excessive levels of carbonate impurities, the use of conventional flotation steps to remove silica, grinding the ore to a particle size in which at least 90% of the ore particles are less than 0.355 mm and thereafter reagentizing the ground phosphate containing ore with water, a carbonate collector, a phosphate depressant and a pH regulator to obtain a flotation feed having a solids level of about 20-30% and a pH of about 5.6-6.0. The flotation feed is then subjected to a reverse flotation in a flotation cell to remove carbonate impurities as the cell overflow and to collect a phosphate concentration as the cell underflow.
Abstract:
Direct flotation of pyrochlore from its ore can be carried out at acidic pH using 1-amidoethyl-2-substituted imidazolines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R' are independently alkyl or alkenyl of 8 to 22 carbons, or their salts. In the presence of large amounts of carbonate in the ore, the pulp is acidified with hydrofluoric acid, fluosilicic acid, or their acid reacting compounds. Using this process, pyrochlore concentrates can be obtained by direct flotation from ore containing 0.1% or more of sulphide compounds calculated as FeS.sub.2.
Abstract:
A process for recovering copper-bearing mineral sulfides from a froth-floated, metallurgical concentrate by admixing the concentrate with a sufficient amount of N-mercaptoalkyl amide to depress the copper-bearing mineral sulfides during a flotation and recovering the non-floating copper-bearing mineral sulfides from the flotation process. In an embodiment, copper-bearing mineral sulfides are subjected to flotation process in the presence of a flotation agent with recovery of floated metallurgical concentrate containing copper-bearing mineral sulfides and thereafter refloating the metallurgical concentrate with admixing with N-mercaptoalkyl amide depressant to recover the non-floating copper-bearing mineral sulfides.
Abstract:
A process of dressing mineral ores in order to improve the quality of the float in the flotation of certain minerals, particularly apatite ores. The process involves adding to a mineral ore pulp a gangue depressant material comprising certain guar gum ethers whereby an improved separation of calcite and other gangue minerals from the mineral values, particularly phosphate values, is obtained.