Ore mineral characteristics as rate-limiting factors in sphalerite flotation: Comparison of the mineral chemistry (iron and manganese content), grain size, and liberation

A sphalerite deportment study using QEMSCAN® was conducted to understand the distribution of the sphalerite grains with varying iron and manganese content during a multi-stage Zn-Pb-Cu flotation of a complex ore. In addition, the study aims to understand the effect of sphalerite chemistry in relatio...

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Main Authors: Bolin, N.-J (Author), Ghorbani, Y. (Author), Jansson, N. (Author), Tiu, G. (Author), Wanhainen, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
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245 1 0 |a Ore mineral characteristics as rate-limiting factors in sphalerite flotation: Comparison of the mineral chemistry (iron and manganese content), grain size, and liberation 
260 0 |b Elsevier Ltd  |c 2022 
856 |z View Fulltext in Publisher  |u https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107705 
520 3 |a A sphalerite deportment study using QEMSCAN® was conducted to understand the distribution of the sphalerite grains with varying iron and manganese content during a multi-stage Zn-Pb-Cu flotation of a complex ore. In addition, the study aims to understand the effect of sphalerite chemistry in relation to grain size and liberation. Mineral chemistry, grain size, and degree of liberation were extracted for 497,704 sphalerite grains, composed of approximately 31 million energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) analysis points. Bulk chemical assay and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) were used to validate the extracted sphalerite chemistry data from QEMSCAN®. Sphalerite recovery in the final zinc concentrate improved with increasing iron and manganese content for sphalerite grains containing up to 9% Fe and 2% Mn. At higher iron and manganese content, sphalerite recovery decreased or plateaued. Conversely, an opposite trend was observed for losses to the copper-lead concentrate. The obtained results indicated that considering the ore mineral characteristics, physical factors such as grain size and liberation have a more significant effect on sphalerite flotation than the presence of iron and manganese. © 2022 The Authors 
650 0 4 |a Automated mineralogies 
650 0 4 |a Automated mineralogy 
650 0 4 |a Copper compounds 
650 0 4 |a Electron probe microanalysis 
650 0 4 |a Flotation 
650 0 4 |a Froth flotation 
650 0 4 |a Garpenberg mine 
650 0 4 |a Grain size and shape 
650 0 4 |a Grainsize 
650 0 4 |a Iron 
650 0 4 |a Iron content 
650 0 4 |a Lappberget 
650 0 4 |a Manganese content 
650 0 4 |a Metal recovery 
650 0 4 |a Ore minerals 
650 0 4 |a Ore treatment 
650 0 4 |a Ores 
650 0 4 |a QemSCAN 
650 0 4 |a QEMSCAN® 
650 0 4 |a Spectrometers 
650 0 4 |a Sphalerite 
650 0 4 |a Zinc sulfide 
700 1 |a Bolin, N.-J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Ghorbani, Y.  |e author 
700 1 |a Jansson, N.  |e author 
700 1 |a Tiu, G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Wanhainen, C.  |e author 
773 |t Minerals Engineering