An investigation of galena recovery problems in the Hilton concentrator of Mount Isa mines limited, Australia

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1139-1163

  Grano, S R ^a   Lauder, D W ^b   Johnson, N W ^b   Ralston, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Mount Isa Mines Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flotation reagents; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; DISSOLVED METAL ION ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRA ACETIC ACID; GALENA; HILTON CONCENTRATOR; ISOBUTYL DITHIOPHOSPHINATE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLOTATION; IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PH; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0031259146     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00100-3     Document Type: Article

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