A MILP model for the design of mineral flotation circuits

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 121-131

  Cisternas, Luis A ^a   Gálvez, Edelmira D ^b   Zavala, María F ^b   Magna, Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Flotation circuits; Mathematical programming; Mineral processing; Process design

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROCESS CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COMPLEX CIRCUITS; FLOTATION CIRCUITS; MINERAL PROCESSING; PROCESS DESIGN;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 6344280500     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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