flotation platinum measurements

The use of electrochemical measurements in the flotation ...

2002-6-1 · The aim of this work was to use mineral potential measurements to gain an understanding of respective mineral flotation performance in the processing of a platinum group mineral (PGM) bearing ore, whilst manipulating the chemical conditions in the pulp.

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The use of electrochemical measurements in the flotation ...

The aim of this work was to use mineral potential measurements to gain an understanding of respective mineral flotation performance in the processing of a platinum group mineral (PGM) bearing ore ...

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Laboratory Flotation Testing – An Essential Tool for Ore ...

2016-11-22 · Flotation Plant Optimisation Spectrum Series 16 155 CHAPTER 9 Laboratory Flotation Testing – An Essential Tool for ... measurement techniques. She currently works for Minerals as a flotation specialist both consulting to ... platinum ore, for instance, may require 45 minutes to an hour to ...

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Frontiers | Flotation Separation of Diaspore and Kaolinite ...

2019-12-12 · Surface Tension Measurements. The surface tension was measured by the platinum ring detachment method with a BZY-2 automatic tensiometer. Before measurement, the platinum ring was cleaned with deionized water and alcohol and subsequently it was placed on the alcohol lamp flame to remove the remnants from the last measurement.

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A practical approach to plant-scale flotation optimization

2013-6-14 · A technique has been developed using the Anglo Platinum Bubble Sizer on an industrial flotation cell to determine the relationship between bubble size and frother concentration. This technique has been extended to measure the equivalent frother concentration or frothabilities of various streams on a rougher bank. A mass balance

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Flotation: The Past, Present and Future of Mineral ...

2020-4-8 · Dissecting the Flotation Process. ... lead at Hatch, has pioneered the use of model predictive control (MPC) on flotation plants worldwide. Work with Anglo Platinum, FQML and Glencore has demonstrated that the combination of linear models derived from plant testing, and feedback from machine vision applications and/or online grade measurements ...

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Flotation Process Metering of Concentrate, Slurry, Air

2018-7-31 · In this initial flotation pilot, a process metering fibre optic circuit was installed at Anglo American’s Mogalakwena North Concentrator, including a single flow measurement for each of the following: slurry feed, aeration, concentrate, and sump. All measurements were made simultaneously using a single length of optical fibre.

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The PGM flotation predictor: Predicting PGM ore

2015-5-18 · 3. Flotation predictor operation and data flow The PGM flotation predictor predicts PGM recovery by produc-ing an output based on the physical properties of all PGM-bearing particles detected in the sample. These properties include mode of occurrence

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1 Froth Flotation – Fundamental Principles

2009-8-27 · 1 Froth Flotation – Fundamental Principles Froth flotation is a highly versatile method for physically separating particles based on differences in the ability of air bubbles to selectively adhere to specific mineral surfaces in a mineral/water slurry. The particles with attached air bubbles are then carried to the surface and

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Flotation Reagents - Mineral Processing & Metallurgy

2016-6-8 · This data on chemicals, and mixtures of chemicals, commonly known as reagents, is presented for the purpose of acquainting those interested in froth flotation with some of the more common reagents and their various uses.. Flotation as a

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Flotation: The Past, Present and Future of Mineral ...

2020-4-8 · Dissecting the Flotation Process. ... lead at Hatch, has pioneered the use of model predictive control (MPC) on flotation plants worldwide. Work with Anglo Platinum, FQML and Glencore has demonstrated that the combination of linear models derived from plant testing, and feedback from machine vision applications and/or online grade measurements ...

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Frontiers | Flotation Separation of Diaspore and Kaolinite ...

2019-12-12 · Surface Tension Measurements. The surface tension was measured by the platinum ring detachment method with a BZY-2 automatic tensiometer. Before measurement, the platinum ring was cleaned with deionized water and alcohol and subsequently it was placed on the alcohol lamp flame to remove the remnants from the last measurement.

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Using Platinum Electrodes to Indicate Redox Potential

2019-6-13 · Platinum electrodes are not inert as originally thought to be. The reactivity of platinum electrodes can explain their erratic behavior in many electrochemical measurements of metallurgical interest, e.g., in flotation systems, streaming potential

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Flotation Process Metering Mining - Silixa DTS & DAS

2021-3-1 · Flotation Process Metering case study mining Challenge Non-intrusive, direct measurement of water, slurry, air, and concentrate flows in a flotation circuit. Solution Anglo American’s FutureSmart MiningTM and Anglo Platinum collaborated with Silixa to pioneer the use of non-intrusive distributed fibre optic sensing for mass pull control.

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Testing equipment - JKTech - University of Queensland

2020-7-30 · The Anglo Platinum Bubble Sizer is a portable device to measure both the bubble size distributions and the superficial gas velocity Jg directly within a flotation cell. With the mean bubble size db and Jg the bubble surface area flux Sb can be

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Some aspects of the electrochemistry of the flotation of ...

The iron sulfide mineral, pyrrhotite (Fe(1−x)S), has long been known to be more difficult to recover by flotation from alkaline slurries than many other base metal sulfide minerals. This paper summarizes the results of an electrochemical study of the surface reactions that occur during the flotation of nickeliferous pyrrhotite in the recovery of nickel and the platinum group metals. Mixed ...

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(PDF) Iron Ore Slimes Flotation Tests Using Column and ...

Abstract and Figures. This work describes the concentration of iron ore slimes on a pilot scale by using a 500-mm diameter flotation column and a novel collector, which renders the use of a ...

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Extraction of Platinum Group Metals | IntechOpen

2018-2-21 · About 80% of the worlds’ reserves for platinum group metals (PGMs) are in South Africa’s Bushveld Igneous Complex. Processing of PGM involves comminution, flotation, smelting, converting, base metals refinery and precious metals refinery. Due to increasing chrome content in the feed and the challenges associated with operating high chrome feed, alternative routes to smelting of PGM are ...

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Minerals Engineering Conferences - Flotation 2000

2021-3-12 · Conference Report Dr. Stephen Grano, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide. Australia. The Flotation 2000 conference, part of the Minerals Engineering International Conference Series, was held at the Hilton Hotel, in Adelaide, capital of the state of South Australia and centre of Australia’s premier wine growing regions.

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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Adsorption

2012-4-17 · • Flotation processes • Gas mask filters • Lubrication phenomena • Optical coatings • corrosion-resistant coatings (Lotus effect) Practical relevance of adsorption processes. As we will see later, one distinguishes . chemical adsorption (chemisorption) and . physical adsorption (physisorption),

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Texture and Bubble Size Measurements for Modelling ...

2008-8-22 · • Sandy Lambert (Anglo Platinum) and Ray Shaw (Rio Tinto) for funding this project. • Bernard Oostendorp, Doug Hatfield and the staff at the Amandelbult UG2 concen-trator for their assistance during the platinum test work. • Sameer Morar, Howard Markham and the staff at the Kennecott Utah Copper Con-

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Flotation Process Metering Mining - Silixa DTS & DAS

2021-3-1 · Flotation Process Metering case study mining Challenge Non-intrusive, direct measurement of water, slurry, air, and concentrate flows in a flotation circuit. Solution Anglo American’s FutureSmart MiningTM and Anglo Platinum collaborated with Silixa to pioneer the use of non-intrusive distributed fibre optic sensing for mass pull control.

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(PDF) A review of pyrrhotite flotation chemistry in the ...

Effect of pyrite–pyrrhotite contact on use of electrochemical measurements in the flotation of a platinum their flotabilities. Miner. Metall. Process. 2 (4), 206–220. group minerals (PGM) bearing ore. Miner. Eng. 15 (March), 395– Nakazawa, H., Iwasaki, J., 1986. Galvanic contact between nickel 404.

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Frontiers | Flotation Separation of Diaspore and Kaolinite ...

2019-12-12 · Surface Tension Measurements. The surface tension was measured by the platinum ring detachment method with a BZY-2 automatic tensiometer. Before measurement, the platinum ring was cleaned with deionized water and alcohol and subsequently it was placed on the alcohol lamp flame to remove the remnants from the last measurement.

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The significance of grinding environment on the flotation ...

2009-8-26 · Third International Platinum Conference ‘Platinum in Transformation’, The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2008. The significance of grinding environment on the flotation of UG2 ores C.J. GREET Magotteaux Australia A large body of work exists discussing the impact of grinding media on mineral flotation.

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Extraction of Platinum Group Metals | IntechOpen

2018-2-21 · About 80% of the worlds’ reserves for platinum group metals (PGMs) are in South Africa’s Bushveld Igneous Complex. Processing of PGM involves comminution, flotation, smelting, converting, base metals refinery and precious metals refinery. Due to increasing chrome content in the feed and the challenges associated with operating high chrome feed, alternative routes to smelting of PGM are ...

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v118n10a11 The effect of nC12-trithiocarbonate on ...

2019-1-17 · Bench-scale flotation tests using mixtures of SiBX/DTP/nC12-TTC on a platinum group element (PGE)-bearing ore from the Bushveld Complex in South Africa confirm an improved metallurgical performance at very low substitutions (approx. 5 molar per cent) of SiBX. The improved recoveries for PGE, Cu, and Ni are correlated with improvements in the ...

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The PGM flotation predictor: Predicting PGM ore

2015-5-18 · 3. Flotation predictor operation and data flow The PGM flotation predictor predicts PGM recovery by produc-ing an output based on the physical properties of all PGM-bearing particles detected in the sample. These properties include mode of occurrence

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Minerals Engineering Conferences - Flotation 2000

2021-3-12 · Conference Report Dr. Stephen Grano, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide. Australia. The Flotation 2000 conference, part of the Minerals Engineering International Conference Series, was held at the Hilton Hotel, in Adelaide, capital of the state of South Australia and centre of Australia’s premier wine growing regions.

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Centenary of Flotation Symposium - AusIMM

The Centenary of Flotation Symposium Proceedings, initiated from the symposium held in 2005, celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the introduction of the froth flotation process in the minerals industry. The papers contained in these proceedings come from leading authorities on flotation from across the globe, who share their knowledge on the developments that have taken place since the ...

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