Mineral Processing of Rare Earth Ores | SpringerLink
In many instances, rare earth minerals are found in association with various gangue minerals. The recovery of rare earth values from the lean-grade ores requires several stages of mineral beneficiation and hydrometallurgical unit operations. ... are well-known carbonatite reserves for the extraction of REMs. Bastnaesite, allanite, …
Gangue Mineral
Preparation and application of alkali-activated materials based on waste glass and coal gangue: A review. Mohamad Jamali Moghadam, ... Alborz Hajiannia, in Construction and Building Materials, 2019. 4 Coal gangue (CG). CG is a complex solid waste left in the process of coal mining which produces one of the largest amounts of industrial wastes in …
Minerals | Free Full-Text | Apatite–Calcite Flotation
Froth flotation is a commonly utilized beneficiation technique for effectively separating apatite from other gangue minerals, such as calcite. It is difficult to achieve …
Review of the reagents used in the direct flotation of …
However, the recovery of apatite from gangue minerals does not only rely on the selection of flotation reagents, but also the adsorption mechanism all together with solution …
The genetic link between iron oxide-apatite and iron skarn
Request PDF | The genetic link between iron oxide-apatite and iron skarn mineralization in the Beizhan deposit, Western Tianshan, NW China: Evidence from magnetite and gangue mineral geochemistry ...
Flotation separation depressants for scheelite and …
Calcium-bearing minerals associated with scheelite (Ca-WO4) mainly include apatite (Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)), calcite (CaCO3), and fluorite (CaF2) [13]. The main reason for the difficulty in separating scheelite from calcium-containing gangue is the complex behavior of these calcium-bearing minerals in the pulp (including interactions between various
Review of the reagents used in the direct flotation of phosphate ores
However, the recovery of apatite from gangue minerals does not only rely on the selection of flotation reagents, but also the adsorption mechanism all together with solution chemistry. Accordingly, the current paper reviews the froth flotation studies conducted on phosphate ores, with highlighting the crucial role and optimization of collector ...
Surface tension of flotation solution and its …
This work presents and discusses the influence of the surface tension (γLV) of methanol/water mixtures on the flotation response of apatite versus gangue minerals conditioned with flotation ...
Minerals | Free Full-Text | Apatite–Calcite Flotation …
Froth flotation is a commonly utilized beneficiation technique for effectively separating apatite from other gangue minerals, such as calcite. It is difficult to achieve good separation with fatty acid collectors due to their similar interactions with apatite and calcite. In this work, sodium N-lauroyl sarcosinate (SNLS) was used as the collector for …
The Effects of Phosphate Gangue on the Leaching of …
Brannerite, UTi 2 O 6, is the most common of the refractory uranium minerals and requires leaching under intense conditions to effectively extract the uranium contained within.Brannerite is often found together with apatite in metasomatic uranium deposits. Apatite and other phosphate gangue minerals can inhibit uranium leaching …
Minerals | Free Full-Text | Review of the Main Factors …
There are also colloidal phosphate ores, sedimentary ores containing, in general, a very small grain sized apatite (cryptocrystal). The beneficiation of these ores is challenging. It requires fine grinding and the use of selective reagents since apatite is incorporated with gangue minerals, forming "collophanite".
Leaching of brannerite in the ferric sulphate system. Part 3: …
Brannerite, UTi 2 O 6, is one of the most common refractory uranium minerals and it requires aggressive leaching conditions for efficient uranium extraction.It is often associated with apatite and fluorite, which affect the leaching process by formation of iron-phosphate and iron-fluoride complexes, respectively. While the effects of these …
Floatability of apatites and gangue minerals of an igneous …
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2008.04.012 Corpus ID: 94644850; Floatability of apatites and gangue minerals of an igneous phosphate ore @article{Barros2008FloatabilityOA, …
Research Progress in Surface Chemistry of Flotation for Apatite …
Phosphate ore is a strategic key mineral resource. China's phosphate ore reserves rank second in the world, mainly consisting of sedimentary phosphate rocks. Due to the fact that phosphate rock is an accumulation formed by exogenesis, composed of cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline apatite and other gangue minerals, and the surface wettability, surface …
Two-stage reverse flotation process for removal of …
Phosphate rock contains various gangue minerals including silicates and carbonates which need to be reduced in content in order to meet the requirements of the phosphate industry. Froth flotation has become an integral part of phosphate concentration process. In this study, double reverse flotation was applied to recover apatite from …
Surface tension of flotation solution and its influence on …
eral (apatite). This way, the P 20 S content in a sample can be used to calculate its content of apatite. Furthermore, the Si02 content in a sample can indicate the presence of Si-bearing gangue minerals in it. According to results shown in Table 1, because there are three Ca-bearing minerals (apatite, calcite and dolomite) in the
The genetic link between iron oxide-apatite and iron skarn
The mineralization ages represented by the gangue minerals (such as garnet, pyrite and muscovite) in iron ores are broadly in the range of 320–300 Ma (Duan et al., 2017, Yan et al., 2019), which is in accordance with the …
Recent process developments in beneficiation and …
The specific gravity of RE minerals is relatively high (2.9–7.2), while the density of gangue minerals (mainly silicate) is low. Therefore, gravity separation is an important technique for concentrating RE minerals. 51, 52 Extensively used gravity separation devices include shaking tables, conical separators, and spiral concentrators.
(PDF) Floatability of apatites and gangue minerals …
It is a pyroxene-apatite mixed particle. Cations Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ in alcaline pH add positive surface charges to apatite and gangue minerals (quartz and pyroxene) [12]. It means that the presence ...
Formation of iron oxide–apatite deposits
New contributions to the understanding of Kiruna-type iron oxide–apatite deposits revealed by magnetite ore and gangue mineral geochemistry at the El …
(PDF) ENRICHMENT OF APATITE-BEARING IRON ORE BY …
The gangue minerals consist of the silicate minerals such as pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase and some secondary minerals. The analysis of apatite by EDX showed the presence of fluor-apatite in the ore.
New contributions to the understanding of Kiruna-type iron …
Request PDF | New contributions to the understanding of Kiruna-type iron oxide-apatite deposits revealed by magnetite ore and gangue mineral geochemistry at the El Romeral deposit, Chile | Iron ...
Research Progress in Surface Chemistry of Flotation for Apatite …
Phosphate ore is a strategic key mineral resource. China's phosphate ore reserves rank second in the world, mainly consisting of sedimentary phosphate rocks. Due to the fact that phosphate rock is an accumulation formed by exogenesis, composed of cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline apatite and other gangue minerals, and the surface …
Flotation Behavior and Interface Characteristics of …
The valuable mineral in the sedimentary calcium magne-sium phosphate ore is apatite, while the gangue minerals are mainly dolomite, calcite, etc. The reverse flotation process is often used to enrich apatite in practice because, under acidic conditions, apatite can be depressed while dolomite presents a good floatability [10,11].
(PDF) Surface Chemistry and Flotation Behavior of Monazite, Apatite
However, the flotation response of monazite was very similar to its associated gangue minerals like apatite, ilmenite, quartz, rutile, and zircon when octanohydroxamic acid was used [74]. Organo ...
Apatite and fluorite control the transport of tungsten in …
Minerals associated with ores (gangue minerals) record the physicochemical conditions of ore-forming fluids. Whether and/or how they affect the solubility of ore minerals, however, is rarely evaluated.Here, we present results of an experimental study of the solubility of scheelite (responsible for >70% of the global supply of tungsten). They …
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Froth flotation is a commonly utilized beneficiation technique for effectively separating apatite from other gangue minerals, such as calcite. It is difficult to achieve good separation with fatty acid collectors …
New contributions to the understanding of Kiruna-type …
In this contribution we present and discuss new mineral chemistry data for magnetite and associated sulfide and gangue minerals (i.e., pyrite, amphibole, pyroxene, biotite, and apatite) from El Romeral deposit in Chile that supports the model of Knipping et al., 2015a, Knipping et al., 2015b, pointing to a combination of efficient magmatic and …
Solved Given ore type: Rare earth element (REE) ore
Note that the above assay does not include all elements which are present in the ore. Assignment Question. a. Based on the mineral beneficiation and separation methods you learnt in this unit (i.e., excluding hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy), explain in detail what unit operations and processing routes you think are suitable to produce high-grade …
Trace Element Content and Partition in Apatite Group …
Apatite supergroup is a term referring to a series of hexagonal and monoclinic phosphates having the general chemical formula IX M1 4 VII M2 6 (IV TO 4) …