Co-production of heavy minerals from oil sand tailings

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1030, 1999, Pages 65-73

  Owen, M ^a,c   Rtipman, ^a,b  

^a Tynebridge Technologies Limited   (Canada)

^b Shell Canada Limited ^*

^c Shell Canada Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca; Bitumen; Calcining; Cyclones; Flotation; Heavy minerals; Magnetic separation; Mineral development agreement; Mineral processing; Mineralogy; Oil sands; Pigment; Titanium; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; BITUMEN EXTRACTION PROCESS; HEAVY MINERALS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COSTS; FLOTATION; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MARKETING; OIL SANDS; TAILINGS; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

HEAVY MINERAL; OIL SAND; TAILINGS;

EID: 0032813422     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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