Crushing and grinding process for treating nickel-copper sulfide ore

Taking the traditional grinding process of certain nickel-copper sulfide ore as an example: the proportion of the ore granularity of plus 500mm in mine mining accounts for about 70%, the granularity of the product can generally reach below 250mm after the first-stage coarse crushing, the product is conveyed to be subjected to intermediate crushing through a …

Flotation of Nickel-Copper Sulphide Ore: Optimisation …

The nickel-copper sulphide ore used in this study was supplied by Trojan Nickel Mine located in Bindura, Zimbabwe. From the X-ray diffraction analysis, the main phases present in the ore were pentlandite (49.4%), pyrrhotite (41.2%) and quartz (4.6%), Fig.1. The ore which was supplied in lumpy form was subjected to crushing and grinding.

The effect of grinding aids on laboratory grinding of a …

To attempt a new approach to improve the grinding of cassiterite–polymetallic sulfide ores while simultaneously reducing cassiterite overgrinding and sulfide undergrinding, this article looked ...

Grinding Optimization of Cassiterite-Polymetallic Sulfide Ore

Due to the differences in beneficiation methods and mineral properties between cassiterite ore and polymetallic sulfide ore, there is an inherent contradiction between cassiterite overgrinding and sulfide ore undergrinding. A method to optimize and characterize the grinding performance is presented in this paper. In this method, the …

(PDF) Grinding media

Recently it was revealed that H 2 O 2 formation take place during wet grinding of complex sulphide ore (Ikumapayi et al., 2012) and that pyrite (FeS 2 ), the most common metal sulphide mineral ...

Research on the Selective Grinding of Zn and Sn in …

When cassiterite polymetallic sulfide ore is being ground in the ball mill, the contradiction between over grinding of cassiterite and under grinding of sulfide ore is inevitable due to their mechanical property differences. In this paper, a selective grinding characterization method is proposed to optimize the grinding of cassiterite polymetallic …

Exploring the effect of pulp aeration and lime-aid grinding …

Flotation is one of the most important technologies to recover sulfide minerals [5], [6]. In commercial flotation production, pyrrhotite is an important sulfide gangue for pyrrhotite-rich type copper sulfide ore, and it can pose significant negative impact on the enrichment of chalcopyrite [7].

Copper Mining and Processing: Processing Copper Ores

Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore (less than 1% copper) and ends with sheets of 99.99% pure copper called cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday use.The most common types of ore, copper oxide and copper sulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and …

Complex sulphide ore flotation: Effect of depressants addition …

The addition of collector and depressant during sulphide ore grinding increases the formation H 2 O 2 in pulp liquid and metal suphides grade and recovery significantly improved. 4. The use of reagents during grinding has beneficial effects on flotation grade and recovery of metal sulphides.

Study on Grinding Additives in …

To attempt a new approach to improve the grinding of cassiterite–polymetallic sulfide ores while simultaneously reducing cassiterite overgrinding and sulfide undergrinding, this article looked into …

Reduction of Mineral Overgrinding in Sulfide Ore Dressing …

The calculated data on final performance of sulfide copper ore flotation by the developed modeling procedure of flotation regimes with regard to flotation classifier in the closed grinding circuit ...

Study on Grinding Additives in Cassiterite–Polymetallic …

Study on Grinding Additives in Cassiterite–Polymetallic Sulfide Ore Grinding Jinlin Yang 1,2, Shaojian Ma 1,2,*, Wentao Zhou 3 and Pengyan Zhu 1 1 College of Resources, Environmentand Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China; jlyang523@126 (J.Y.); @163 (P.Z.)

Minerals | Free Full-Text | Characterization of a …

Additional grinding might be necessary for the former to fully liberate pentlandite–pyrrhotite composite particles in the sample. However, it is imperative to acknowledge that such measures may …

Research on Grinding Law and Grinding Parameters …

Therefore, in the grinding production of polymetallic complex ore concentrator, while improving the grinding technical efficiency of sulfide ore, the generation of fine cassiterite should be reduced as far as possible to improve the contradiction between the overgrinding of cassiterite and the undergrinding of sulfide …

Recovery of gold from sulfide refractory gold ore: Oxidation …

Recovering gold from sulfide refractory gold ore has been an important guarantee for the sustainable development of gold industry, while there are many challenges in the treatment of sulfide ...

A fresh approach to sulfide ores

The traditional route for extracting copper from sulfide ores is smelting. Yet there is a growing case for leaching sulfides from lower grade ore bodies and especially for those ore bodies containing problematic elements like arsenic, which make smelting less economical. ... Attempts dating back to the 1970s have involved energy-intensive ultra ...

Current Status of Copper-Ore Processing: A Review

Keywords: copper ores, processing, flowsheet, equipment, ore processing, grinding, flotation, reagent mode, ore processing plant, copper concentrate DOI: 10.3103/S1067821221040027 INTRODUCTION ... For oxide copper ore and some sulfide ores, a com-bined flotation–hydrometallurgy technology is applied to produce copper …

Flotation of a complex sulphide ore. II. : Influence of grinding

DOI: 10.1016/0301-7516(95)00095-X Corpus ID: 96119395; Flotation of a complex sulphide ore. II. : Influence of grinding environments on Cu/Fe sulphide selectivity and pulp chemistry

Mechanochemical sulfidization of a mixed oxide-sulphide …

Mechanochemical sulfidization as a novel process for treatment of a sulphide-oxide copper ore was studied by co-grinding with sulfur and additives including iron and …

Study on flotation recovery of typical carbon-bearing lead …

Study on flotation recovery of typical carbon-bearing lead-zinc sulphide ore in Guizhou with pre-decarbonization. Author links open overlay panel ... and when the grinding time is 13 min, the content of −74 μm has reached 88 %. As grinding time increases, the ore's particle size gradually reduces due to the grinding and impact …

(PDF) Flotation and Tailing Discarding of Copper Cobalt Sulfide …

The consideration of sulfide aggregates instead of singeral minerals mineralogy characters in primary grinding and primary flotation provides an effective theoretical guide for the sorting of ...

Lime use and functionality in sulphide mineral flotation: A …

Primary grinding – Lime is often added into the semi-autogenous (SAG) mill together with the ore feed and process water. Sulfide minerals are, by nature, acid to varying degrees causing the milled pulp to have a pH ranging from 4 to 8 depending on the sulphide and gangue mineral composition of the ore.

Gold and Silver Minerals in Sulfide Ore | Geology of Ore …

Identification of mineral (micro-, nano-) forms of gold and silver in sulfide ores is necessary for developing and improving rational dressing schemes.

Gold Ore Roasting Plant

To achieve optimum gold recovery from the certain sulfide ore body, the ore must be finely ground to achieve proper oxidation and mineral separation. The ore is separated into stockpiles after it has been mined. ... The ore passes through crushing and grinding circuits to the Roaster circuit then to the Carbon and Leach circuit at a …

Sulfide Mineral

An understanding of the genesis of sulphide-ore deposits has developed through systematic geological, petrographic, compositional, and isotopic studies of ores and host rocks. ... Marcona Mine was able to overcome these difficulties by minimizing the time between grinding and flotation and using a coarse grind, a strong collector, and an ...

Characterization of Discarded Lead–Zinc Sulfide Ore Tailings …

The lead–zinc ore is a typical low-grade complex polymetallic sulphide ore. Its typical mineralogy is characterized by a high content of cryptocrystalline graphite, low content of lead, zinc, and copper, and fine grain size. However, the aggregation size of sulfide mineral aggregations is coarse, and the symbiotic relationship is relatively …

Sulphide Gold Ore Treatment by Leaching and Flotation Process

Problem with gold recovery from sulphide ore: How may a mill get the maximum recovery of gold from a sulphide ore, at the least capital cost and at the same time obtain the highest net return.This latter point is most important. In many cases a gold mill using an all-cyanide flowsheet with fine grinding of all the ore will report very low …

Crushing, Grinding and Concentration of the Ore

Extraction of Elements. Most of the elements do not occur in the free state in nature but these occur in the combined states. In the combined states, metals are usually found in the oxidised form (e.g., Fe …

Complex Sulphide Ores: Processing Options | SpringerLink

Complex sulphide ores represent considerable reserves and resources in base non ferrous metals, in precious metals, and in sulphur. Some of their essential characteristics, which …

Copper Sulfide Flotation

Copper Ore Grinding Circuit. ... Summary of the copper sulphide ore recovery process. It is essential to have flexibility in any mill circuit, but particularly in large-tonnage operations such as this. …