The second case study was perform ed with a highly mineralized IOCG ore f rom the ... case of the presence of cobalt-rich p yrite, the pyrite flotation becomes a desirable process feature. 4 ...
The second route was flotation of the slags, roasting of the flotation tailings with pyrite and leaching. ... On the other hand, copper and cobalt that remained in the flotation tailings was ...
The various copper-cobalt ores mined by Gecamines, together with typical plant applications and results, are briefly described. Intensive laboratory investigations have been undertaken in recent years to improve the metallurgical performances of the various concentrators. As a result of these tests, it was shown that the flotation of the siliceous …
Flotation. This is an overview of setting up and conducting a flotation rate test. The test is a means of determining the flotation characteristics of an ore. It is conducted in a laboratory scale cell usually with a volume of two point five litres. The intention is to generate relationships of cumulative recovery, mass pull and grade versus ...
This study aimed to recover cobalt using tailings of the Küre flotation plant, which were determined to contain 0.17% Co. Flotation tests were conducted on samples …
NICKEL AND COBALT ORES : FLOTATION. Most of the world's nickel is extracted from the mineral pentlandite, (Ni, Fe)9S8, which frequently occurs in ores containing predominantly pyrrhotite and various non-sulRdes, some of which contain magnesium (Table 1). The nickel content in such sulRde ores is generally low (0.2}3%) and varies …
The adsorption mechanism of flotation collector methyl xanthate on the pure and Co-doped FeS 2 (100) crystal plane was investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculation. For the purpose of comprehensive calculation, the top sites on the two nearest neighbor Fe atoms (T Fe-Fe-I) of the FeS 2 (100) crystal plane, and on the one Co atom …
The mineral composition of copper–cobalt ores is more complex than that of copper sulfides, and it is also difficult to discard tailing efficiently in primary flotation for the fine-grained ...
This second option, referred to as differential flotation, is achieved in two steps. The first step is bulk copper-cobalt flotation, followed in a second step in which the flotation of the cobalt minerals is suppressed.
As a second review topic, it delves into efficient processing for cobalt recovery, which is generally carried out by flotation, acid leaching, in addition to its recovery from secondary sources ...
The second disadvantage is the limitation of the volume of the sample solution investigated at approximately 0.5 l and consequently an achievement of a lower enrichment factor. These inconveniences can be overcome by replacement of filtration or centrifugation by flotation. ... The influence of iron mass on cobalt and copper flotation ...
This study aimed to recover cobalt using tailings of the Küre flotation plant, which were determined to contain 0.17% Co. Flotation tests were conducted on samples taken from the tailings to ...
More than half of the global cobalt supply from primary sources is currently produced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from ores containing copper-cobalt oxides or copper-cobalt sulphides. Where oxide and sulphide cobalt-bearing copper minerals occur together, efficient recovery of copper and cobalt is known to be extremely difficult. This …
for the flotation of copper-cobalt ores [5]-[7]. They are also ... 1RC and 2RC: first and second rougher concentrates 1SC, 2SC and 3SC: first, second and third scavenger
The refined cobalt metal can be used directly for a variety of applications or converted into other cobalt compounds (e.g. cobalt salts and oxides) that are used in numerous …
The flotation tests were carried out on the ground mixed ore sample using a conventional Agitair LA-500 stainless steel flotation cell (1.75 L), specifically designed to avoid particle settling and entrainment (Filippov et al., 2016).For each experiment, a pulp sample of 90 g dry mixed ore sample was mixed into the cell with water at 800 rpm to …
Sulphidising flotation of oxide copper–cobalt ores with sodium hydrosulphide used as sulphidising agent is common practice in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. From laboratory investigations, sodium hydrosulphide proved to enhance flotation selectivity of copper and cobalt towards the gangue minerals, while …
Recovery of copper, nickel and cobalt from the acidic pressure leaching solutions of Jinbaoshan (YN Province, PRC) low-grade sulfide flotation concentrates was investigated. The proposed technique includes four major steps: (1) the acidity adjustment of the acidic pressure leaching solutions; (2) solvent extraction (SX) …
the pH of the slurry. the flow of the slurry. the temperature of the slurry. This step will help you to narrow the spectrum of flotation reagents and conditions. Then you need to conduct testing of your sample. It is only by testing that you can really conclude on the validity of your options of recovery from mineral bearing ore.
The second route was flotation of the slags, roasting of the flotation tailings with pyrite and leaching. The second route was found to be suitable for the treatment of the copper slag studied. In the flotation step, a copper concentrate containing approximately 11% Cu was produced with a 77% recovery while 93% of the cobalt stayed in the tailings.
Flotation of mixed oxide sulphide copper-cobalt minerals using xanthate, dithiophosphate, thiocarbamate and blended collectors ... In the second stage, oxides are activated using controlled ...
Cobalt is a valuable by-product obtained from processing of nickel–copper sulphide ores. From the nickel and cobalt assays of flotation products, cumulative recoveries of respective metals were estimated and plotted against each other in Fig. 2. As can be seen, all data points fall on the same line showing a 1:1 ratio between recoveries …
Typical flotation recoveries are about 85% for copper and 75% for cobalt from sulphide ores, and recovery of 75% of copper and only 45% of cobalt from oxide …
A summary of flotation data relating to cobalt minerals is presented in Table 7, while an overview of zeta potentials of the main cobalt minerals is given in Fig. 3. The …
In this study, flotation of oxidised ores rich in copper and cobalt from Mupine deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been investigated. This ore contains 4.85% copper, 0.16% cobalt.
The beneficiation of high talc-containing copper–cobalt flotation tailings was studied by centrifugal gravity concentration. ... and retransferring these to a second aqueous solution (solvent ...
Cobalt recovery by flotation is typically poor, generally below 60%, and in many cases well below this value. For cobalt associated with sulfides, the flotation …
For each flotation test, one kg of the crushed ore has been subjected to wet grinding in ball mill for obtaining granulometry of d 80 of 74 μm and flotation pulp with specific gravity of 1200 g/L. The ore has been initially subjected to talc pre-flotation during 3 min followed by copper–cobalt bulk rougher for 30 min.The talc pre-flotation has been …
The ancient flotation tailings from Lefke, Cyprus, have a potential for non-ferrous metals such as cobalt and copper from more than 9.5 million tons of reserves containing 0.38% Cu, 0.032% Co, and 22.6% Fe. Recovery of cobalt and copper from these tailings can provide great benefits from economic and environmental perspectives.
Abstract: The mineral composition of copper–cobalt ores is more complex than that of copper sul-fides, and it is also difficult to discard tailing efficiently in primary flotation for the fine-grained disseminated of ore. In this work, a mineral liberation analyzer (MLA) was employed to study the characteristics of minerals.