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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073It should be added that segregation of laterite ores prior the flotation process has shown some improvement in upgrading nickel. The segregation process relies on the addition of calcium chloride or sodium chloride and carbon allowing the formation of nickel and iron chlorides at temperatures between 900 and 1150 °C. Iwasaki et al., …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Pentlandite is an iron-nickel sulphide mineral, a critical source of the metal, and is often finely disseminated within another low nickel bearing matrix, pyrrhotite. Flotation is generally effective in extracting the sulphide mineral, despite its relatively poor flotation kinetics (Allison and O'Connor, 2011).
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073To support the transformation to clean low carbon technologies, there is a demand for critical metals such as nickel. Awaruite is a less common nickel-bearing mineral with unique properties and responses to mineral separation. This paper presents the findings of a flotation study to recover awaruite from the Baptiste ultramafic deposit, …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073In the flotation test of the actual copper-nickel sulfide ore, 1 kg of pre-crushed ore (under 4 mm) was wet ground using an XMQ-240*90 mm ball mill at a pulp density of 65 %, with 70 % passing a 74 μm sieve. The laboratory-scale closed-circuit flotation test was conducted using an XFD-63 flotation cell, with a 3.0 L cell for rougher flotation ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073A flotation testing program on nickel ore with an important degree of oxidation should evaluate the effect of sulphidization. The typical reagent is NaHS. The collector is a xanthate, Potassium Amyl Xanthate (PAX) is a strong collector. MIBC or Dowfroth 250 can be evaluate as frother. The pH should be around 8.5 and sodium carbonate can be used ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073For example, thiosulfate reduced the activating effect of calcium in nickel flotation but increased it in copper flotation, in region where galvanic interaction with mill iron was effective. In addition, calcium seems to have prevented the "activating" effect of thiosulfate on pyrrhotite in the end of the test.
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