The present invention is related to a process for increasing copper or metal recovery in flotation processes, specially of minerals that are dissolved during the grinding stage, by the use of any sulfidizing agent or ionizing sulfide such as, but not limited to, sodium hydrogen sulfide, sodium sulfide, potassium hydrogen sulfide, potassium sulfide, ammonium hydrogen sulfide or ammonium sulfide, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), polysulfides of potassium, calcium, magnesium or ammonium to precipitate during the grinding stage or immediately after the grinding stage, metals that have been dissolved prior or during the milling or grinding stage prior to normal flotation.

A stabilization process for an arsenic solution comprising thiosulfates, the process comprising: acidifying the arsenic solution to decompose the thiosulfates, to yield an acidified solution; oxidizing the acidified solution to oxidize residual As.sup.3+ to As.sup.5+ and reduced sulfur species to sulfates, to yield a slurry comprising elemental sulfur; separating elemental sulfur from the slurry to yield a liquid; oxidizing the liquid to oxidize residual reduced sulfur species, to yield an oxidized solution; and forming a stable arsenic compound from the oxidized solution.

A stabilization process for an arsenic solution comprising thiosulfates, the process comprising: acidifying the arsenic solution to decompose the thiosulfates, to yield an acidified solution; oxidizing the acidified solution to oxidize residual As.sup.3+ to As.sup.5+ and reduced sulfur species to sulfates, to yield a slurry comprising elemental sulfur; separating elemental sulfur from the slurry to yield a liquid; oxidizing the liquid to oxidize residual reduced sulfur species, to yield an oxidized solution; and forming a stable arsenic compound from the oxidized solution.

The present invention relates to flotation of sulfidic copper-molybdenum- and gold-containing minerals. More specifically, the invention relates to sulfoxy reagent-assisted floatation for separating of sulfides of copper, molybdenum and gold from pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, and other gangue minerals following aerating by an oxidizing gas and contacting by a sulfoxy reagent. To promote collection and flotation the feed mineral materials are preferably not contacted with an externally generated non-oxidizing gas to lower the dissolved molecular oxygen content prior to flotation.

The present invention relates to flotation of sulfidic copper-molybdenum- and gold-containing minerals. More specifically, the invention relates to sulfoxy reagent-assisted floatation for separating of sulfides of copper, molybdenum and gold from pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, and other gangue minerals following aerating by an oxidizing gas and contacting by a sulfoxy reagent. To promote collection and flotation the feed mineral materials are preferably not contacted with an externally generated non-oxidizing gas to lower the dissolved molecular oxygen content prior to flotation.

A method for preparing xanthate by a slurry method includes steps of: adding a mixture of dichloromethane and carbon disulfide as a reaction solvent in a slurry reactor, and then adding alcohol and caustic alkali to react with carbon disulfide under less than 1 atm to remove heat released by the reaction by evaporating the solvent; performing vacuum distillation after the reaction to remove the solvent and water, so as to obtain the xanthate; transporting the xanthate to a granulation equipment for granulating, and then drying in a drying equipment to obtain a product. The method is performed in a system formed by a reaction equipment, a solvent recovery equipment, the granulation equipment, and the drying equipment, wherein a main equipment of the reaction system is a slurry reactor. The method has advantages of high efficiency, low energy consumption, good safety, environmental friendliness, convenient operation and the like.

A method for preparing xanthate by a slurry method includes steps of: adding a mixture of dichloromethane and carbon disulfide as a reaction solvent in a slurry reactor, and then adding alcohol and caustic alkali to react with carbon disulfide under less than 1 atm to remove heat released by the reaction by evaporating the solvent; performing vacuum distillation after the reaction to remove the solvent and water, so as to obtain the xanthate; transporting the xanthate to a granulation equipment for granulating, and then drying in a drying equipment to obtain a product. The method is performed in a system formed by a reaction equipment, a solvent recovery equipment, the granulation equipment, and the drying equipment, wherein a main equipment of the reaction system is a slurry reactor. The method has advantages of high efficiency, low energy consumption, good safety, environmental friendliness, convenient operation and the like.

The present invention discloses mining collector compositions containing sodium metabisulfite and a thiocarbonate compound. Flotation processes for recovering molybdenum from a copper-molybdenum concentrate using the collector compositions also are disclosed.

The present invention discloses mining collector compositions containing sodium metabisulfite and a thiocarbonate compound. Flotation processes for recovering molybdenum from a copper-molybdenum concentrate using the collector compositions also are disclosed.

Described herein is a method for the recovery of two major valuable lithium minerals (amblygonite and spodumene), a cesium mineral (pollucite) and quartz. The method comprises a series of direct flotation processes combined with reverse flotation processes that were designed to recover these lithium and cesium concentrates.