serpentine flotation concentrate

Awaruite, a New Large Nickel Resource: Flotation under …

To support the transformation to clean low carbon technologies, there is a demand for critical metals such as nickel. Awaruite is a less common nickel-bearing mineral with unique properties and responses to mineral separation. This paper presents the findings of a flotation study to recover awaruite from the Baptiste ultramafic deposit, …


Leaching and ion exchange based recovery of nickel and

The mineralogy showed that kaolinite-serpentine group is the main mineral present and magnesite represents about 7%, hydrotaclite 5% and dolomite and brucite about 2% each of the tested samples. ... Assessing a two stage heap leaching process for Platreef flotation concentrate. Hydrometallurgy, 129–130 (2012), pp. 74-81. View PDF …


The flotation separation of pyrite from serpentine using …

For the serpentine in laterite nickel mine, the cobalt bearing concentrate with Co grade of 0.17% and recovery rate of 23.17% can be obtained by positive and reverse flotation process.


The flotation separation of pyrite from serpentine using …

In the process of flotation, serpentine is easy to get into the concentrate together … Expand. 6. Highly Influenced. 5 Excerpts; Save. Using oxalic acid to eliminate the slime coatings of serpentine in pyrite flotation ... A novel method to limit the adverse effect of fine serpentine on the flotation of pyrite was investigated in this paper ...


Synergistic mechanism of acidified water glass and

Coating of serpentine slime on the sulfide surfaces depresses sulfide flotation and reduces the concentrate recovery and flotation rate. This slime coating can be regulated using dispersants that preferentially adsorb onto the slime, thus reversing and/or increasing the surface charge, and preventing electrostatic attraction (Feng et al., …


Utilization of tetrasodium iminodisuccinate to eliminate the …

In the process of flotation, serpentine is easy to get into the concentrate together … Expand. 6. Highly Influenced. 8 Excerpts; Save. New insights into the aggregation and disaggregation between serpentine and pyrite in the xanthate flotation system. Guangsheng Zeng Wei Chen Sheng Liu Guangyi Liu.


NICKEL AND COBALT ORES: FLOTATION

Most of the world's nickel is extracted from the mineral pentlandite, (Ni, Fe)9S8, which frequently oc-curs in ores containing predominantly pyrrhotite and various non-sulRdes, some of which contain magne-sium (Table 1). The nickel content in such sul Rde ores is generally low (0.2}3%) and varies from place to place in the same deposit.


Effect of a novel phosphate on the flotation of serpentine …

In the flotation process of Yanbian copper-nickel ore, serpentine slimes coating significantly reduce the Cu-Ni/MgO separation efficiency resulting in high MgO grade in the concentrate. The application of sodium phytate significantly improved the flotation performance and for MgO control in flotation of Yanbian ore.


The Effect of Sodium Alginate on Chlorite and Serpentine in …

The flotation results showed that sodium alginate could simultaneously depress the flotation of chlorite and serpentine effectively, but seldom influenced the floatability of chalcopyrite at pH 9. In the ternary mixture flotation, a concentrate with a Cu grade of 31% could be achieved at Cu recovery of 90%.


New insights into the flotation responses of …

Be-cause graphene oxide contains multiple oxygen-containing functional groups, it can be selectively adsorbed onto the ser-pentine surface, thereby inhibiting its floatability and …


SEM images of (a) chromite and (b) serpentine.

However, especially, Na-Oleate flotation of a chromite ore containing serpentine instead of olivine is very difficult because both minerals exhibit almost similar surface properties with chromite ...


The flotation separation of galena and pyrite using serpentine …

Selective Flotation of Pyrite from Galena Using Chitosan with Different Molecular Weights. Pyrite is a major gangue mineral associated with galena and other valuable minerals, and it is necessary to selectively remove pyrite to upgrade the lead concentrate by froth flotation. In this….


Effect of Nanobubbles on the Flotation Behavior of …

When selecting nickel sulfide ore, scholars often faced with mudded and irrepressible serpentine, which seriously affects the quality of the concentrate. This mudded serpentine mineral often enters products with bubbles. In this study, the role of nanobubbles in the flotation behavior of hydrophilic serpentine was examined.


New perceptions into the detrimental influences of …

This study offered some new insights into the adverse effect of serpentine on sulfide flotation, and the employment of stir medium such as garnet, might be a …


Investigating the reasons for the improvement in flotation …

Past research found that sodium silicate could improve BMS recovery in a flotation system containing serpentine slimes (Edwards et al., 1980; ... Mineral masses from the first batch flotation concentrate from the 215 g/t and 2000 g/t sodium silicate tests are illustrated in Fig. 7. A lower talc mass reported to the concentrate when using 2000 …


Enhanced flotation separation pyrrhotite from …

A new method to separate pyrrhotite from serpentine was revealed through fluid force field reaction and BX adsorption. • Effects of baffle number, impeller type, …


The effect of lizardite surface characteristics on pyrite flotation

In sulfide ore processing, serpentine may report to flotation concentrate through attachment to the valuable minerals as "slime coatings" [1], [2], [3]. As a kind of magnesium silicate gangue mineral, large quantities of serpentine in flotation concentrates can cause problems during smelting, often resulting in the imposition of smelter ...


Investigating the reasons for the improvement in …

The zeta potential of serpentine with 2000 g/t sodium silicate is similar in charge and magnitude to that of chalcopyrite (-43.3 mV for serpentine and −46.7 mV for …


Flotation of chromite and serpentine

Chromite–serpentine separation was performed applying the froth flotation method, in which chromite was concentrated in the concentrate and serpentine was enriched in the tailings. In preliminary tests, it was found that the modifier should be first added and the pulp conditioned, followed by the collector addition and new conditioning; …


The flotation separation of pyrite from serpentine using …

The hydrophilic serpentine slimes can reduce the adsorption of collector and decrease the hydrophobicity of sulfide minerals [8,9]. In addition, the serpentine entrained in flotation concentrate will also lower the grade of valuable minerals and cause problems in further smelting process [10,11].


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When selecting nickel sulfide ore, scholars often faced with mudded and irrepressible serpentine, which seriously affects the quality of the concentrate. This …


Using oxalic acid to eliminate the slime coatings of serpentine …

In the process of flotation, serpentine is easy to get into the concentrate together … Expand. 6. Highly Influenced. 4 Excerpts; Save. New insights into the aggregation and disaggregation between serpentine and pyrite in the xanthate flotation system. Guangsheng Zeng Wei Chen Sheng Liu Guangyi Liu.


Application of hydroxyethylidene diphosphonic acid as a

As a result, it is essential to evaluate serpentine concentration in flotation systems. Serpentine with particle sizes of −10 um (less than 10 um) was used in the micro-flotation studies. Fig. 3 (c) depicts the trend of serpentine concentration with a particle size of −10 um on pyrite flotation behavior. The results reveal that when ...


Enhancing flotation separation of chalcopyrite and …

In the flotation process of Copper-Nickel Sulfide Ores, reducing the content of MgO in the concentrate is a technical goal of ore beneficiation. Magnesium silicate …


Depression Mechanism of a Novel Depressant on Serpentine …

In the process of flotation, serpentine is easy to get into the concentrate together with useful minerals, which seriously affects the quality of concentrate products. In this study, galactomannan (GM) was introduced for effectively separating chalcopyrite from serpentine with sodium butyl xanthate used as the collector. Its depression ...


Enhancing flotation separation of chalcopyrite and …

The micro-flotation experiments and zeta potential measurements showed that combined depressant consisting of PAAS and GA could efficiently reduce the …


Regulation role of calcium lignosulfonate on the

The entrainment behavior of fine serpentine seriously deteriorates the recycling efficiency of brucite. In this paper, the effect of calcium lignosulfonate (CLS) on the flotation separation of brucite and serpentine was creatively investigated using a self-made Hallimond apparatus. The experiments revealed that the entrainment rate of fine …


Enhanced flotation separation pyrrhotite from serpentine …

The strengthening effect of fluid force field on the flotation of pyrrhotite from serpentine was revealed through XPS measurements, ICP measurements, zeta potential measurements, turbidity analyses, microscope observation, adsorption capacity measurements and flotation kinetics methods.The results showed that fluid force field …


The Effect of Sodium Alginate on Chlorite and …

In the ternary mixture flotation, a concentrate with a Cu grade of 31% could be achieved at Cu recovery of 90%. The selective depression of chlorite ... simultaneously depress chlorite and serpentine in copper sulfide flotation. Chalcopyrite was chosen to be a representative of copper sulfide minerals. Micro-flotation tests of single mineral and


Dispersion mechanism of CMC on flotation system of serpentine and pyrite

The flotation results showed that coarser serpentine possessed a weaker depression effect on the pyrite flotation process, and the use of KAl(SO4)2·12H2O could efficiently limit the detrimental ...