The recovery of sericite in flotation concentrates

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Silvester, E J ^a   Heyes, G W ^b   Bruckard, W J ^b   Woodcock, J T ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Flotation; Muscovite mica; Sericite

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; DEPRESSION; FINE GRAINED; FLOTATION COLLECTORS; FLOTATION FROTHS; MUSCOVITE MICA; NATURAL FLOTABILITY; PEGMATITE DEPOSITS; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; SERICITE; TRUE FLOTATION;

DISEASES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEACHING; METALS; MICA; RECOVERY; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 79951805803     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743285510Y.0000000007     Document Type: Article

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