Solid material comminution or disintegration – Processes – With classifying or separating of material
Patent
1979-09-07
1981-08-11
Halper, Robert
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Processes
With classifying or separating of material
209167, B02C 2318
Patent
active
042830176
ABSTRACT:
A process for beneficiating a finely ground ore containing sulfide minerals of copper and nickel by selective flotation to produce a copper concentrate and a copper-nickel concentrate comprises pulping the ore with water to form a slurry, conditioning the slurry with an aqueous solution of SO.sub.2 (H.sub.2 SO.sub.3) equivalent to from about 2 to about 4.5 pounds of SO.sub.2 per ton of dry ore for a time sufficiently long to maximize depression of the nickel minerals while maximizing activation of the copper minerals, wherein the conditioned slurry contains about 30 wt. % to about 35 wt. % solids, adding a collector and a frother to the conditioned slurry, subjecting the conditioned material to a rougher flotation stage to produce a rougher copper concentrate and a rougher tailings, conditioning the rougher tailings with additional collector and with Ca(OH).sub.2 to activate unfloated nickel and copper minerals and subjecting the conditioned rougher tailings to froth flotation to produce a rougher copper-nickel concentrate. After regrinding, the rougher copper concentrate is conditioned with H.sub.2 SO.sub.3, and subjected to one or more cleaner flotation stages to recover a final concentrate containing at least about 80% of the copper and less than about 5% of the nickel in the feed material.
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Coale Robert D.
Sarbutt Keith W.
Smith Derrick B.
Amax Inc.
Black Donald T.
Ciomek Michael A.
Halper Robert
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