Laboratory flotation separation of INCO bulk matte

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1215-1226

  Agar, G E ^a   Khan, F ^a   Markovich, B ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Shea, B ^a   Kelly, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Mines Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flotation kinetics; Froth flotation; Process optimisation; Process synthesis

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; GRINDING MILLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

COPPER-NICKEL MATTE; FLOTATION KINETICS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 0030416106     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(96)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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