A review of the beneficiation of rare earth element bearing minerals

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-114

  Jordens, Adam ^a   Cheng, Ying Ping ^a   Waters, Kristian E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bastn site; Electrostatic separation; Froth flotation; Gravity separation; Magnetic separation; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITS; ELECTROSTATICS; FROTH FLOTATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; METAL REFINING; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ELECTRONIC DISPLAY; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; FLOTATION SEPARATION; GLASS ADDITIVE; GRAVITY SEPARATION; MINERAL BENEFICIATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); SEPARATION TECHNIQUES;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 84870839840     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.10.017     Document Type: Review

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