Statistical benchmark surveying of production concentrators

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 793-801

  Lotter, N O ^a   Laplante, A R ^b  

^a Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Froth flotation; Mass balancing; Sampling

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FLOWCHARTING; FROTH FLOTATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; MASS BALANCING; PAYMETAL GRADE; SEMIVARIOGRAM;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 34249941964     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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