Arsenic rejection in the flotation of garson Ni-Cu Ore

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 939-946

  Dai, Z ^a   Garritsen, J ^a   Wells, P F ^a   Xu, M ^a  

^a Inco Technical Services Limited ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; FLOTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON ORES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NONMETALS; ORES; SEPARATION; SODIUM; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDES; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES; ARSENIC CONTENTS; BASELINE TESTS; BASIN AREAS; DEPRESSING EFFECTS; ENARGITE; FLOW SHEETS; GERSDORFFITE; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LABORATORY TESTS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDES; MATTE SEPARATIONS; NICKEL CONCENTRATES; NICKEL RECOVERIES; ONTARIO , CANADA; REGRINDING; SODIUM SULFITES; TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 58049186562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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