Polymetallic copper-lead-zinc ores flotation process transforming based on MLA
 
 
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Institute of Multi-purpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, GACS
 
 
Publication date: 2025-06-07
 
 
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Hongwei Ying   

Institute of Multi-purpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, GACS
 
 
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2025;61(4):206006
 
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Sulfide copper ores are commonly accompanied by pyrite, galena, and sphalerite, which creates a substantial difficulty in achieving selective separation during the flotation process. Even with the progress made in flotation techniques, there is an ongoing critical demand for efficient approaches that can reduce the impurity levels in the concentrate. The concentrates obtained from the Xinyuan mine facility were analyzed using AMICS, revealing that the unliberated impurities predominantly con-tribute to the elevated impurity content in the concentrates, with the similar surface properties of minerals like chalcopyrite, bornite, galena, and sphalerite being of secondary importance. To decrease the presence of liberated or unliberated impurities, the new flotation process includes regrinding and more selective reagents. This new flotation process has effectively increased the recovery rate of copper from 83.33% to 90.32%, while reducing the recovery rates of lead and zinc to 4.72% from 10.56% and to 3.14% from 4.51%, respectively, in copper concentrate. Additionally, it has resulted in an improvement in both the grade and recovery of lead, increasing from 55.57% to 61.14% and from 74.37% to 84.95%, respectively. Likewise, the grade and recovery of zinc have seen an increase, reaching from 52.60% to 55.47% and from 83.73% to 88.16%, respectively.
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