Xiao Lin Zhang

Application of Intensifying Secondary Concentration Technology in Reverse Flotation of Bauxite

In order to resolve the problem of fine particle flotation in the reverse flotation of bauxite. a new method of intensifying secondary concentration technology was firstly advanced, and author applied it to ore, achieved eximious experimentation index. The reverse flotation tests of intensifying secondary concentration aiming at bauxite from Guizhou province were studied. The results show that diaspore concentrate directly used in the Bayer-mineral processing method can be obtained by using the intensifying secondary concentration technology without pre—desliming. The average A/S of the concentrate is 10.28 with a recovery rate of 85.41%.

Impact of Pre-Desliming on Flotation of Low-Grade Zinc Oxide Ore from Lanping

Zinc oxide ore from Lanping contained large amount of fine slime which badly deteriorated flotation performance, and it complexly intergrowed with plenty of alkaline gangues with calcium and magnesium. In order to investigate the impact of pre-desliming on flotation, experiments of direct flotation and pre-desliming flotation were carried out in the work. Finally, a zinc recovery of 88.73% with a Zn grade of 13.93% was obtained in direct flotation test, and a higher zinc recovery of 95.25% with a Zn grade of 13.56% was achieved by pre-desliming flotation. Pre-desliming flotation test was superior to direct flotation test, because of an increase of nearly 7% in zinc recovery under the condition of similar Zn grade. At the same time, dosage of sulfurization agent used in pre-desliming flotation was lower by 46.67% than that in direct flotation, which obviously improved the availability of sulfurization agent. So both product index and economic benefit were enhanced after pre-desliming.

The Present Situation and Progress of Zinc Oxide Flotation

This paper introduces the zinc oxide ore flotation process and flotation reagents; analyses the reasons why zinc oxide ore is difficult to concentrate; introduces new techniques of zinc oxide ore dressing; prospects the development trend of zinc oxide ore dressing.

Overview of Bauxite Selective Dissociation in China

This paper introduces the survey of bauxite resources in China, analyses the basal principle of selective dissociation, then details dissociation process flow and selective grinding, finally prospects the future development of bauxite selective dissociation.

Study on Beneficiation Methods of Gold Ore in Vietnam

This ore from Vietnam contains a lot of slime, disseminated extent of valuable mineral is fine, and the gold grade of raw ore is low; therefore, this ore is hard to concentrate. Through the study can be found that qualified indices are not able to be obtained through single gravity separation or single flotation. Based on the analysis of test data, and taking the nature of the ore into account, proposed a united process of gravity separation and flotation. The test results show that the process has achieved qualified results.

MCGS Software of Industry Control and its Automation Application

The composition construction and characteristics of MCGS configuration software of industry control are introduced，the process of configuration with MCGS and main functions of the system is also described in details through the project study on grinding and classification system in mineral processing plant．Plant experiences show that the system has the advantages of high stability, high automation，convenient operating，and the system has widely the value of application and promotion．

Study on Flotation of Leaching Residue from Zinc Oxide Ore

Flotation behavior on ammonia leaching residue of alkaline zinc oxide ore from Lanping has been studied in traditional flotation, and the performance of bulk flotation showed that residue has a better floatability than raw ore when they are in the same process and same conditions, an operation recovery of lead and zinc can reach to 49.34% and 57.03% respectively in 3minutes. The followed verification test showed that phase recovery of zinc sulfide reach up to 76.5 in rough concentrates that from bulk flotation, the dissolution and activation affect of ammonia leaching residue is evidently.

Application of New Collector RTB in Ilmenite Flotation

The flotation experiment of ilmenite from magnetic tailings in Panzhihua with the new collector(RTB) is investigated．The satisfactory result is obtained in once roughing-once cleaning-once scavenging circuit batch testing of flotation by using RTB as a collector，CMC as a depressant，and sulfuric acid as pH regulator. The TiO2 grade of titanium concentrate is 46.87 percent，and the recovery is 50.77 percent with the TiO2 grade 11.81 percent. Compared with collect(MOS) which are used in production，RTB has obviously not only advantages of selecting and collecting capability, but also advantages of costs.

Sulfidisation Promotion Effect of Ammonium Sulfate on Flotation of Copper Oxide Ore

This paper presents the sulfidisation promotion effect of ammonium sulfate on the sulfidisation flotation of both malachite and copper oxide ores. Copper oxide ores are commonly difficult-to-float due to its molecular structure, and adding sodium sulfide as activator is necessary; however, its dosage to the flotation pulp must be strictly controlled, as it is also a powerful depressant for copper sulfide minerals, and will, if in excess, depress the activated copper oxide minerals. This depression will be alleviated while ammonium sulfate is added, as it accelerates the speed of sulfidisation, and alleviates excessive sulfide ions on the depression of copper oxide minerals. Ammonium sulfate, therefore, may be a sulfidisation promoter, and plays a role of sulfidisation promotion effect; it makes the coating of sodium sulfide on the ore surface more dense and stable, which is ready for xanthate adsorption on the surface of copper oxide minerals. The results of experiments show that the flotation recovery is increased 12.28% while ammonium sulfate is added in the presence of excessive sodium sulfide in the pulp, and the highest recovery is obtainable when the ammonium sulfate and sodium sulfide are in the same dosages. The sulfidisation promotion effect of ammonium sulfate is confirmed by pure copper oxide mineral flotation test and copper oxide ores flotation test, as well as by SEM images of floated malachite.

Recovery of Ultrafine Copper Oxide Mineral with Vacuum Flotation

Tangdan copper oxide ore deposit, located in the northeast Yunnan province of China, is the largest independent copper oxide deposit in China. The ore from the deposit is characterized by low grade, high oxidation ratio and fine-grained dissemination, which results in the poor flotation recovery. The analysis of plant flotation data reveals that the loss of copper minerals into tailings is mainly with coarse size fraction, due to its insufficient liberation and finer size, especially for the size fraction below 10 microns, which are very difficult to be floated with conventional flotation methods. In order to improve the flotation performance of the ore, laboratory tests include Hallimond flotation and vacuum flotation were respectively conducted with pure malachite, the dominant copper oxide mineral in the deposit; and the results indicate that a finer grinding fineness up to -325 mesh even -400 mesh is required to decrease the copper loss in the coarse size fraction, and vacuum flotation provides a promising way for the recovery of ultrafine malachites.