[article]
Titre : |
Operating strategies to maximise gold recovery at telfer |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
X. Zheng, Auteur ; P. Manton, Auteur ; F. Burns, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 1159–1166 |
Note générale : |
Génie Minier |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Froth flotation Liberation Gold |
Résumé : |
On average, the difference in recovery between copper and gold is 15% among the large scale copper/gold operations. At Telfer, a number of operating strategies have been implemented together with a sequential flotation circuit design to maximise gold recovery. The main operating strategies include targeting a primary grind size optimum for copper recovery, designing and operating the main flotation circuit as copper and pyrite sequential flotation, targeting a minimum saleable concentrate copper grade, allowing a portion of pyrite/gold recovered into the copper concentrate and leaching the pyrite concentrate to extract the gold. These operating strategies have lifted the recovery of both copper and gold above 90%. There are opportunities to further improve the metallurgical performance at Telfer, including a single stage of cleaning of the copper rougher concentrate, regrinding of the copper scavenger concentrate prior to cleaning and regrinding of the pyrite rougher concentrate followed by additional copper/gold flotation prior to pyrite leaching. |
DEWEY : |
622 |
ISSN : |
0892-6875 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687510000701 |
in Minerals engineering > Vol. 23 N° 15 (Décembre 2010) . - pp. 1159–1166
[article] Operating strategies to maximise gold recovery at telfer [texte imprimé] / X. Zheng, Auteur ; P. Manton, Auteur ; F. Burns, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1159–1166. Génie Minier Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Minerals engineering > Vol. 23 N° 15 (Décembre 2010) . - pp. 1159–1166
Mots-clés : |
Froth flotation Liberation Gold |
Résumé : |
On average, the difference in recovery between copper and gold is 15% among the large scale copper/gold operations. At Telfer, a number of operating strategies have been implemented together with a sequential flotation circuit design to maximise gold recovery. The main operating strategies include targeting a primary grind size optimum for copper recovery, designing and operating the main flotation circuit as copper and pyrite sequential flotation, targeting a minimum saleable concentrate copper grade, allowing a portion of pyrite/gold recovered into the copper concentrate and leaching the pyrite concentrate to extract the gold. These operating strategies have lifted the recovery of both copper and gold above 90%. There are opportunities to further improve the metallurgical performance at Telfer, including a single stage of cleaning of the copper rougher concentrate, regrinding of the copper scavenger concentrate prior to cleaning and regrinding of the pyrite rougher concentrate followed by additional copper/gold flotation prior to pyrite leaching. |
DEWEY : |
622 |
ISSN : |
0892-6875 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687510000701 |
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