Abstract:
The present invention provides a method to improve the cleaner froth flotation process for the selective separation of ore values including, for example, copper, zinc, molybdenum, iron and mixtures there of, in existing flotation plants comprising the step of adding one or more acrylic acid polymers and copolymers to the cleaner froth flotation step in a standard multistep flotation process.
Abstract:
A class of non-sulfide, silicate gangue material depressants based on naturally-occurring galactomannans, having a galactose-to-mannose ratio of less than 1:2.1, exemplified by modified products of the seed gums: casia tora gum, sesbania gum, kalonji gum, Ceratonia siliqua gum and/or Tamarindus indica gum, and methods of making and using them.
Abstract translation:一类基于天然存在的半乳甘露聚糖的非硫化物,硅酸盐脉石材料抑制剂,具有小于1:2.1的半乳糖与甘露糖的比例,例如种子牙龈的改良产品:casia tora gum,sesbania gum,kalonji 口香糖,西洋蓍胶和/或罗望子a胶,以及制造和使用它们的方法。
Abstract:
A new reagent for the application in the preparation of mineral raw materials, mainly sulphide and oxyde mono- and polymetallic ores of non-ferrous metals, which are used as a corrosion inhibitor of the equipment and grinding bodies and as a selective collector of the wanted metal, is described. The new reagent is a composition of water, mercaptobenzothiazole salts and its derivatives in the quantity of 0–50%, by weight, sodium metasilicates in the quantity of 0.1–10%, by weight, amines in the quantity of 1–5%, by weight, and dithiophosphates in the quantity of 0.5–20%, by weight. Also, it discloses the methods for the application of that new reagent for the preparations of the copper, zinc and lead concentrates from the sulphide and oxyde ores, for the purpose of further metallurgic processing. In those methods the new reagent is added fully, or in part, in the phase of wet grinding, and in part, as needed, in the flotation phase, in the quantity of 20–300 g of the reagent per ton of ore. The application of this new reagent eliminates the need for the use of cyanide and other poisonous depressants of metals, as well as other collectors.
Abstract:
Modified resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These modified resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants in the beneficiation of many types of materials (e.g., mineral and metal ores), including the beneficiation of impure coal comprising clay impurities, as well as in the separation of valuable bitumen from solid contaminants such as sand. The modified resins are also useful for treating aqueous liquid suspensions to facilitate the removal of solid particulates, as well as the removal of metallic ions in the purification of water. The modified resins comprise a base resin that is modified with a coupling agent, which is highly selective for binding to solid contaminants and especially siliceous materials such as sand or clay.
Abstract:
A mineral separation process includes wet-grinding the ore to liberation of minerals, oxidizing the slurry using air, hydrogen peroxide or other oxidants and floating the valuable minerals at a pH between about 9.0 and 10.0 with a xanthate as collector, and a combination of a polyamine and a sulfur containing species as depressants for arsenide minerals. This depressant suite effectively depresses the flotation of arsenide minerals with no effect on the flotation of the valuable minerals.
Abstract:
Novel depressants for depressing sulfide minerals during froth floatation of ores to recover value minerals are disclosed, as well as a method for their use in the froth flotation. The novel depressants are terpolymers of a (meth)acrylamide, an allyl thiourea and a hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depressing of pyrite with from about 0.05 to 0.75 kilograms per ton of concentrate solids, using a pyrite depressant compounds selected from the group consisting ofR1--S (CH.sub.2').sub.n PO (OH).sub.2 (I)wheren is between 2 and 4, andR1 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen (H) and amidine, and ##STR1## where Ro is a lower alkyl having carbon atoms in a range of 3 to 8 with 3 to 6 being preferred and a final pH in a range of 4 to 9 depending on the ore being processed, and therafter recovering the flotation concentrate thus obtained. As to group (I) compounds, 2-S thironium-ethane phosphonate (TEPA) as a pyrite depressant is surprisingly effective in pyrite removal, being substantially independent of the pH values of the treated ore or coal, compatible with conventional collector reagents such as xanthates in the case of copper sulfide bearing ores as well as being substantially unobtrusive in not depressing other useful ore sulfides, including but limited to chalcopyritoe, bornite, chalcosite, etc. Group (II) are more pH sensitive.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method of separating variable ores containing copper, lead, zinc and the like as the refining material for non-ferrous metals and gangue minerals such as pyrite, quartz, feld spar and the like from dug out ores and, particularly, it relates to a flotation method. For obtaining non-ferrous metal valuable ores as concentrates from ores by a flotation method, flotation is conducted by using gaseous sulfurous acid or aqueous sulfurous acid as a depressant for controlling the floatability of pyrite. The flotation method comprises measuring the redox potential of an ore solution before and after the addition of gaseous sulfurous acid or aqueous sulfurous acid and determining an optimum addition amount by utilizing a proportional relationship present between the difference of the potential and the valuable quality enhancing rate. According to the method, it is possible to judge the effect of depressing pyrite, that is, the effect of sulfurous acid for enhancing the valuable quality without complicate analysis or test and, further, when the method is applied to automatic control, an utmost economical merit can be obtained by quality control of concentrates or saving of wasteful consumption of the reagent.
Abstract:
A method for the depression of non-sulfide, silicate gangue minerals is provided wherein the depressant is a polymeric material comprising recurring units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is the polymerization residue of an acrylamide or mixture of acrylamides, Y is an hydroxy group containing polymer unit, Z is an anionic group containing polymer unit, x represents a residual mole fraction of at least about 35%, y represents a residual mole fraction of from about 1 to 50% and z represents a residual mole fraction of from about 0 to about 50%.
Abstract:
This invention provides an improved method for the rougher flotation of phosphate ore using sodium carbonate to control the pH at about 9.6-10.5. The method facilitates improved recovery of phosphate from its ore; in addition the Bone Phosphate of Lime (BPL) of the phosphate concentrate increases, which provides further advantages in that subsequent steps are improved by virtue of receiving a feed of greater purity. There are also certain environmental advantages obtained when ammonia is replaced with sodium carbonate and the operational safety of the flotation system is enhanced when ammonia is replaced with sodium carbonate.