1st Edition

Mineral Beneficiation A Concise Basic Course

By D.V. Subba Rao Copyright 2011
204 Pages
by CRC Press

204 Pages
by CRC Press

204 Pages
by CRC Press

Mineral Beneficiation or ore dressing of run-of-mine ore is an upgrading process to achieve uniform quality, size and maximum tenor ore through the removal of less valuable material. Beneficiation benefits the costs of freight, handling, and extraction (smelting) reduce, and the loss of metal through slag. Usually carried out at the mine site, it saves time and costs and allows selective,... Read more

Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Ore formation, identification and analysis
3. Sampling
4. Size
5. Screening
6. Liberation
7. Comminution
8. Crushing
9. Grinding
10. Separation operations
11. Density
12. Settling of solids in fluids
13. Classification
14. Beneficiation operations
15. Gravity concentration
16. Froth flotation
17. Magnetic separation
18. Electrical separation
19. Dewatering
20. Materials handling
21. Beneficiation of minerals
22. Applications

Biography

Subba Rao\, D.V.