Designing flotation circuits for high fines recovery

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 905-912

  Pease, J D ^a   Curry, D C ^a   Young, M F ^b  

^a Xstrata   (Australia)

^b GAusIMM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZES; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CONVENTIONAL DEVICES; FINE GRINDING; FINE PARTICLES; FINER PARTICLES; FLOTATION CIRCUITS; FLOTATION PERFORMANCES; FLOTATION PLANTS; FLOTATION RECOVERIES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GRINDING ENERGIES; MILLING PROCESSES; MINERAL SURFACES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPEN CIRCUITS; PARTICLE FLOTATIONS; PLANT OPERATORS; PLATINUM FLOTATIONS; SIMPLE CIRCUITS; STANDARD PRODUCTS; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE GRINDING; WIDE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ZINC RECOVERIES;

BALL MILLING; BALL MILLS; BUILDINGS; CHROMITE; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; FLOTATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); GRINDING MILLS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; IRIDIUM ALLOYS; MATERIALS HANDLING; METAL RECOVERY; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); ORES; PLANT LAYOUT; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; RECOVERY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEEL; SURFACES; TOWERS; TRANSITION METALS; TRUCKS; ZINC;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 58049175155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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