Pre-concentration and residual bitumen removal from Athabasca oilsands froth treatment tailings by a Falcon centrifugal concentrator

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 220-230

  Liu, Q ^a   Cui, Z ^a   Etsell, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centrifugal concentration; Flotation; Heavy minerals; Oil sands; Oil sands tailings

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FROTH FLOTATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CENTRIFUGAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY MINERALS; OIL SANDS TAILINGS;

OIL SANDS;

EID: 33644506109     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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