[article]
Titre : |
The effect of using different comminution procedures on the flotation of sphalerite |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
N.A. Palm, Auteur ; N.J. Shackleton, Auteur ; V. Malysiak, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 1053–1057 |
Note générale : |
Génie Minier |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Sulphide ores Comminution Froth flotation Liberation |
Résumé : |
High Pressure Grinding Rollers (HPGR) are known to reduce energy consumption and wear costs and improve the throughput in the circuit. It has been suggested that they can also modify the liberation characteristics of the ore. In the present study the effect of using conventional crushing as opposed to HPGR in combination with either dry or wet milling was investigated using a base metal sulphide, viz. sphalerite, in order to determine whether there may be an improvement in flotation performance following the use of different comminution procedures. It was found that, irrespective of the crushing procedure (HPGR or conventional), dry milling resulted in the highest grades and recoveries of zinc. These were typically 94% recovery at 40% grade. In order to gain an insight into the effect which these comminution procedures had on the ore, samples of feed and product were investigated using surface analytical techniques. Mineralogical analyses showed no differences in the liberation characteristics of sphalerite irrespective of the comminution procedures used. However, dry milling produced a lower d50. The paper proposes possible reasons to explain these observations. |
DEWEY : |
622 |
ISSN : |
0892-6875 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687510002001 |
in Minerals engineering > Vol. 23 N° 11-13 (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 1053–1057
[article] The effect of using different comminution procedures on the flotation of sphalerite [texte imprimé] / N.A. Palm, Auteur ; N.J. Shackleton, Auteur ; V. Malysiak, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1053–1057. Génie Minier Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Minerals engineering > Vol. 23 N° 11-13 (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 1053–1057
Mots-clés : |
Sulphide ores Comminution Froth flotation Liberation |
Résumé : |
High Pressure Grinding Rollers (HPGR) are known to reduce energy consumption and wear costs and improve the throughput in the circuit. It has been suggested that they can also modify the liberation characteristics of the ore. In the present study the effect of using conventional crushing as opposed to HPGR in combination with either dry or wet milling was investigated using a base metal sulphide, viz. sphalerite, in order to determine whether there may be an improvement in flotation performance following the use of different comminution procedures. It was found that, irrespective of the crushing procedure (HPGR or conventional), dry milling resulted in the highest grades and recoveries of zinc. These were typically 94% recovery at 40% grade. In order to gain an insight into the effect which these comminution procedures had on the ore, samples of feed and product were investigated using surface analytical techniques. Mineralogical analyses showed no differences in the liberation characteristics of sphalerite irrespective of the comminution procedures used. However, dry milling produced a lower d50. The paper proposes possible reasons to explain these observations. |
DEWEY : |
622 |
ISSN : |
0892-6875 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687510002001 |
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