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  • IMPC
    Opportunities For Improvements In Alumina Production: Balancing Incremental And Breakthrough Innovation

    By Robin J. Batterham

    Alumina demand is steadily climbing around the world and is likely to continue to do so for many years. In such a commodity industry, the question arises as to what effort should be expended on innova

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Study Of The Separation Features Of Fine Coal Cleaning In Kelsey Centrifugal Jig

    By Ranjeet K. Singh

    Kelsey Centrifugal Jig was found to be promising for the beneficiation of fine coal particles. The present study was aimed at in-depth understanding of the separation features of Kelsey Jig through de

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Modeling And Simulation Of Ultra-Fine Grinding Of Alumina In A Planetary Ball Mill

    By V. Buddhiraju

    Liberation of valuable minerals from low-grade ores is an important challenge faced by the minerals industry. It is necessary to grind the ore to extremely fine size in order to liberate the mineral f

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Crystal Chemistry Analysis On Flotation Behaviors Difference Of Two Carbonate Minerals

    By Song Z. Guo

    Calcite and magnesite are both carbonate minerals and their crystals belong to trigonal system. Flotation tests were carried out to investigate the flotation behaviors of calcite and magnesite. The te

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Agglomeration Behaviour Of Siliceous Goethite Nickel Laterite: Effect Of Binder Formulation And Feed Particle Size

    By Ataollah Nosrati

    Agglomeration of fine mineral particles is an important step in heap leaching processes employed for a cost-effective hydrometallurgical extraction of value metals from low-grade ores. In this study,

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Recovery Of Gold And Titanium Dioxide

    By V. I. Lakshmanan

    The growing concerns on process efficiency, escalating operating and capital costs along with environmental and social concerns of using conventional technology for extracting gold and titanium dioxid

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Mill Liner Optimization With Multi-Physics Tools

    By R. Paturi

    Mill liners play an important role in the operation of a mineral concentrator influencing the throughput, availability, power drawn and the efficiency of the mill in the plant. Liners protect the shel

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Ore For The Optimization Of The Flotation Strategy

    The present study investigates the nature of gold mineralogical distribution and association in a Cu-Au flotation circuit (1.6 g/t Au, feed head grade). The approach used in this study involves a comb

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Skills Gap For The Minerals Industry- A Case For Zambia

    By J. Masinja

    The mining industry is known to be a potential major contributor to the industrial development of any economy. Large-scale mining has been going on in Zambia for the last 100 years. The impact of mini

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Two Dimensional Discrete Element Simulation Of Granular Mixing And Segregation Of Dissimilar Materials In A Rotating Cylinder

    By V. Hema

    Granular materials are widely used in process industries, such as chemical, pharmaceutical, cement, food, detergents, and fertilizers. Mixing, blending, calcining, reduction, heating, and granulation

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Biohydrometallurgy: The Key To Unlock Mineral Resources Value

    The status of utilization of copper ore resources, and the application and development of biohydrometallury technology in the world is reviewed. Based on the characterization of Zambia?s copper resour

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Concentration Of Scheelite In Rio Grande Do Norte (Brazil) ? Present And Future (XXVI INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS (IMPC) 2012 PROCEEDINGS)

    By J. Leite

    In a small-scale mining in Brazil?s northeast, scheelite were exploited since 1940?s using a traditional gravity concentration flowchart (composed by jigs and shacking tables) that operates with low e

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Developing Solutions To Complex Flotation Problems (INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS (IMPC) 2012 PROCEEDINGS / NEW DELHI, INDIA)

    By B. K. Gorain

    Mining of low grade deposits along with the necessity to design and operate flotation plants with high throughput presents unique metallurgical and environmental challenges that need to be addressed t

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Study On Crushing Flowsheet And Equipment Of Steel Slag's Recycling

    By Fangming Liu

    The key problems of current flowsheets and equipments are analyzed. A new steel slag's crushing flowsheet whose key equipments are the improved inertia cone crusher and inertia vibrating jaw crus

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IMPC
    Flotation Separation Of Barite From Leach Tailings Of A Deposit In Turkey

    By A. Gülmez

    The complex ore deposit containing fluorite, barite and bastnaesite minerals is located in Beylikova Region of Sivrihisar town of Eskisehir Province of Turkey. The ore contains 40.80% CaF2; 35.35% BaS

    Sep 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling for Grinding Pilot Plant Test - The Effect of Size Distribution Variability

    By S Brochot

    During the development of a mining project, samples are taken for metallurgical tests. The sample can be a composite sample made of material coming from a selection of various drilling products or a s

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Defining a Sampling Strategy for a Continuous Flow Supported by Geostatistical Simulations

    By D M. Marques, J F. C L Costa

    The estimation of process plant head grade is not trivial and is a source of constant dispute within the mining industry. Grade estimates informed by the short term mine planning are frequently not re

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    A New Method for Sampling from High Capacity Screens

    By B W. Atkinson

    Full-stream mechanised sampling apparatus, that collect a full cross-sectional increment from the complete screen discharge, will always be the preferred option for sampling screen overflows. However,

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling of a æTrue-Belt SamplerÆ - A New Device for Sampling from a Conveyor Belt

    By R Steinhaus, D M. Frantois-Bongarton, P W. Cleary, G K. Robinson, M D. Sinnott

    Multotec Process Equipment and Dominique Frantois-Bongarton have a patent for a mineral sampling device, which they call a æTrue-Belt SamplerÆ. This uses a plough, which is rotated about an axis paral

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Bit to Bag - The Importance of a Total Coordinated System in Reverse Circulation Drilling

    By M Goers, M Almond

    "The use of reverse circulation (RC) drilling for grade control sample collection was selected by the Pueblo Viejo Mine Geology department at the recommencement of the operation in 2010. This method w

    Aug 21, 2012