Modeling of the Mount Isa rougherscavenger copper flotation circuit using size-by-liberation data

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-180

  Gorain, B K ^a,b   Franzidis, J P ^a   Ward, K ^c   Johnson, N W ^a,c   Manlapig, E V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

^c Mount Isa Mines Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble surface area flux; Flotation kinetics; Mineral liberation; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037635718     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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