The article describes the experiment on the upward percolating mass transfer by water solution according to the natural mechanism of movement of solutions toward ground surface with water evaporation ...in atmosphere. Useful components settle out from the solutions and concentrate on the evaporation barrier. The experiment simulates a complete cycle of processes for flotation tailings of complex ore: feed of solutions in boreholes from surface to bottom of a tailings body; spreading of the solutions in the tailings body; capillary ascent to the surface; settling out and concentration of useful salts on the evaporation barrier. The usability of this approach and some parameters of the mass transfer process can be found from the relevant research.
The results of the studies on the use of collector reagents in the form of a reverse microemulsion (RME) of the water-in-oil type (i.e., water droplets are suspended in the oil phase) for the ...flotation extraction of lead and zinc minerals are presented. Lead and zinc concentrates and a lead–zinc ore are used as the initial samples for flotation. The concentration of galena in the lead concentrate is 74.7%, and the concentration of sphalerite in the zinc concentrate is 78.7%. Basic collector reagents in the composition of the RME are potassium butyl xanthate (PBX) and kerosene. A nonionic surfactant (NSA) is used to stabilize the RME. Casein is used as additives to the main reagents to eliminate the negative effect of osmotic pressure upon preparing the RME. The transformation of casein to the active soluble form is carried out using sodium sulfide. The particle size in the reverse microemulsion is 12.38 nm. The following options for supplying reagents to the flotation pulp are studied in flotation tests: RME, RME + foaming agent, and potassium butyl xanthate + foaming agent. A T-92 reagent is used as the foaming agent. The consumption of PBX in the composition of the RME and in the classical supply is 26 g/t. The results of laboratory tests show that the method of supplying flotation reagents in the form of an RME leads to an increase both in the flotation rate of lead and zinc sulfides and in their recovery into a foam product. Tests with the use of an RME in the collective flotation cycle of a lead–zinc ore show an increase in the extraction of lead into the total concentrate by 10.8% and zinc by 38.5% in comparison with the classical supply of reagents (collector + foaming agent) in addition to an increase in the flotation rate. An increased selectivity of the action of an RME in relation to zinc sulfides in comparison with lead sulfides is noted. The flotation rate coefficient of sphalerite is 7.8-fold higher when compared to galena. The gain in the extraction into the total zinc concentrate is also higher and is 16.78%, while the gain into the lead concentrate is 1.9% under the same conditions.
This paper proposes a method for quickly estimating the average flotation capacity of minerals according to the kinetic experiment without finding the flotation spectrum at which the first moments of ...distribution are calculated by the coefficients of the polynomial approximation of the logarithmic form of the kinetics. Using the example of copper-nickel ore, it is shown that the application of this method is effective in the multiparameter problem of comparative assessment of reagents. The ten parameters assessed included the average floatability of the target minerals (chalcopyrite and pentlandite), pyrrhotite and rock; the flotation selectivity coefficients of target minerals relative to pyrrhotite and rock; and the levels of copper and nickel losses from bulk flotation tailings. A visual representation of the interdependencies of parameters is achieved using diagrams showing the effect of flotation reagents on groups of parameters: average flotation, selectivity coefficients, metal losses, and selectivity relative to rock. The influence of butyl xanthate, Aeroflot, diesel fuel, and waste rock depressants—carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and acidified water glass (with a total consumption of 130 g/t collectors, 5–10 g/t diesel fuel, 200 g/t CMC, acidified water glass—500 g/t)—on the estimated parameters under conditions of collective flotation is determined. It is found that the addition of Aeroflot and diesel fuel to the main reagent collector xanthate increases the selectivity of pentlandite and chalcopyrite flotation relative to pyrrhotite and rock-forming component. The introduction of acidified liquid glass into the reagent mode increases the selectivity of the flotation of nickel and copper sulfides relative to the rock. CMC additives impair the selectivity of copper flotation. The quantitative effects of each individual parameter are taken into account in the integral rating assessment of the prospects of using reagent combinations for copper-nickel ore in terms of a set of ten parameters. The proposed method can be further used for a mass comparative evaluation of flotation reagents.
The particle size distribution and the material constitution of samples taken from old milltailings of sulfide and oxidized ore are studied. It is shown that more than 50% of gold occurs in fine size ...grade of −0.044 mm. The method of gas adsorption reveals large specific area in the samples, which is important for re-entrainment and migration of gold and associate components. It is found that gold correlates with iron-bearing species, which is useful for the magnetic separation of gold. The differential scanning calorimetry shows that the samples of the milltailings lack significant quantity of carbon black capable to adsorb gold. It is found that it is possible to generate insoluble residuum of iron cyanoferrates in the tailings, and microne size particles of mobile gold will self-settle on them.
Lumpy ore after semi-autogenous milling in Copper–Nickel ore processing at the Talnakh factory is studied. The lumpy ore is mainly presented by sizes −80+40 and −40+20 mm. The X-ray radiometric ...separation tests of the lumpy ore prove their efficiency in production of concentrate and tailings. The strength characteristics and the Bond work index of the concentrate are determined. The results of flotation of the X-ray radiometric concentrate are described.
Sequential leaching of gold-bearing ore of the residuum is described. The interconnection between rare earth elements and their mineral matrix is defined. The mobility of REE in the initial ore and ...during hypergenesis is assessed. Two kinds of REE are revealed: fine monazite cerium–neodymium crusts in iron-bearing minerals and dense monazite pockets in titanium-bearing minerals. The five-stage sequential leaching procedure allows more detailed distribution of elements in the rebellious matrix while the threestage procedure focuses on mobile forms.
The results of the mineralogical examination of old sulphide and oxidized gold ore tailings of a mining and processing plant in the Krasnoyarsk Territory are presented. Secondary mineral forms of ...antimony, namely, antimony bloom Sb
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, as well as iron are found. Gypsum in the waste is a newly formed phase, undetected in the initial ore, revealed in sulphide and mixed ore tailings and is absent in oxidized ore tailings. The key valuable component is gold represented by fine accretions in arsenopyrite, free gold size is not more than a few first microns.
The article describes the studies on the material constitution of two lead–zinc ore samples from the Gorevka deposit. The samples are difficult ore because of fine dissemination of galena and its ...complex intergrowth with sphalerite; feature partial replacement of lead sulfide by anglesite and cerussite; contain colloform galena. The initial ore samples underwent the X-ray phase, chemical and grain-size analyses, with sizing of target elements. The tests of selective flotation of the samples, with variation of size grade in the lead circuit, in different reagent regimes and with the subsequent electron microscopy of the products proved the processing difficulty of the test ore.
The article describes studies into morphology of gold in the initial ore and mining-generated silt in the weathered crust of the Yenisei Range using the methods of optical and electron microscopy. ...The authors have determined sizes and shapes of gold grains, nature of intergrowth of gold, ore and rock-forming minerals, and microadmixtures characteristic to free gold particles discovered in the initial ore and in old tailings pond.
The results of examinations were studied in 76 reproductive-aged patients with benign breast nodules (BBNs). The determination of the leukocyte common antigen CD45 in the trephine biopsy specimens, ...as well as proteinase activity in the solid tumor homogenates and in the cyst puncture samples in the preoperative stage or the postpuncture period can identify groups of patients with BBNs in relation to a tissue inflammatory response. BBNs with a tissue inflammatory response showed increases in the level of nonspecific proteinases and in the expression of the leukocyte common antigen CD45, which was accompanied enhanced proliferative activity (Ki-67) and elevated levels of apoptosis proteins (p53 and Bcl-2), and estrogen and prolactin receptors.
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