Economic optimization of a flotation plant through grinding circuit tuning

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 999-1018

  Sosa Blanco, C ^a   Hodouin, D ^b   Bazin, C ^b   Lara Valenzuela, C ^a   Salazar, J ^c  

^a Penoles   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Compania Fresnillo SA de CV ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORE TREATMENT;

FLOTATION PLANTS; LIBERATION;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0034276405     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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