Flotation of iron ore processing plant tailings

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Abstract

In Sivas-Divriǧi Iron Ore Concentrator 600,000 tons of tailings is discarded annually. There are already one million tons of tailings deposited in the ponds from the previous production activities. The presence of Co, Ni and Cu in the tailings makes the beneficiation of those tailings attractive. In the experimental work, sulphide concentrates were produced from these two types of tailings by flotation. Under the optimum flotation conditions, a bulk sulphide concentrate assaying 0.376% Co, 0.721% Ni, 0.403% Cu, was obtained with 83.1% Co, 57.7% Ni and 59.0% Cu recoveries from the old tailings. On the other hand, another concentrate containing 0.384% Co, 0.687% Ni, 0.393% Cu was produced under the same flotation conditions with 94.7% Co, 84.6% Ni, and 76.8% Cu recoveries from the new process tailings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages2225-2229
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event23rd International Mineral Processing Congress, IMPC 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 3 Sept 20068 Sept 2006

Conference

Conference23rd International Mineral Processing Congress, IMPC 2006
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period3/09/068/09/06

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