THIS invention relates a method for processing a sulphide ore containing metal values comprising the integration of a sand heap leach (10) and a flotation process (12), providing a method which is suited to processing ores with significant quantities of leachable sulphides. The method includes a comminution step (14), and the classification of the comminuted ore into an oversize coarse fraction (16), a fine fraction (18) suitable for fine flotation and optionally an intermediate fraction (20) suitable for coarse flotation. A concentrate (30) containing iron sulphides from a fine flotation step (22) and optionally a concentrate (36) from a coarse flotation step (34) are blended with the oversize coarse fraction (16), to obtain a blended ore (39) is stacked and subjected to a heap leach process (40).

A process for the depression of iron sulphides and other disposable elements in the mineral concentration by flotation and electrochemical reactor. The proposed invention represents a method based on the action of electrodes on the mineral, which can replace, compliment or minimise the consumption of chemical reagents, as well as improving the effect thereof.

A flotation process for treating coal slime in which coal slime, a collecting agent and a frothing agent are fed into an ore slurry pretreater, and salt-containing waste water of coal chemical industry discharged from a coal chemical enterprise is fed as dilution water into the ore slurry pretreater and mixed together to complete mineralization; the mineralized ore slurry is subjected to a rough separation operation, the products obtained in the rough separation operation are subjected to a fine separation operation, and the ash content of the fine separation tailings is tested with an ash analyzer; the tailings are returned into the ore slurry pretreater for separation again if the ash content of the fine separation tailings is greater than 20%; otherwise the tailings are discharged as fine separation tailing products if the ash content of the fine separation tailings is smaller than 20%; the fine separation tailing products discharged through a pipeline enter into a pressure filter for dehydration, and filter cakes are discharged as a finally accepted concentrate product after the dehydration in the pressure filter.

What is provided is a washing treatment system (1) for contaminated soil, including: a classifier (10) that is configured to obtain a sand fraction (S4) having a particle size within a predetermined range and a fine-grained fraction (S3) having a particle size smaller than the predetermined range, from contaminated soil (S0) containing one or more contaminants selected from dioxins and agricultural chemicals; a detaching/washing unit (20) that is configured to detach a contaminant particle containing the contaminant from a surface of the sand fraction (S4); a removal unit (30) that is configured to generate air bubbles in a presence of water containing a flotation chemical, allows the detached contaminant-bearing particles to attach to the air bubbles to form froth (F1), and removes the froth (F1) to obtain a first slurry (S6) containing primary purified soil; and an up-flow washing unit (40) that is provided downstream of the removal unit (30), and is configured to supply the first slurry (S6) into up-flow water (W2) to purify the primary purified soil.

A process is described for manufacturing white pigment containing products. The white pigment containing products are obtained from at least one white pigment and impurities containing material via froth flotation.

A washing treatment system for contaminated soil, including: a classifier that is configured to obtain a sand fraction having a particle size within a predetermined range and a fine-grained fraction having a particle size smaller than the predetermined range, from contaminated soil containing one or more contaminants selected from dioxins and agricultural chemicals; a detaching/washing unit that is configured to detach a contaminant particle containing the from a surface of the sand fraction; a removal unit that is configured to generate air bubbles in a presence of water containing a flotation chemical, allows the detached contaminant-bearing particles to attach to the air bubbles to form froth, and removes the froth to obtain a first slurry containing primary purified soil; and an up-flow washing unit that is provided downstream of the removal unit, and is configured to supply the first slurry into up-flow water to purify the primary purified soil.

A flotation slurry conditioning method based on controlling interfacial micro-nano bubbles includes steps of adding slurry and flotation reagents into a stirring equipment to make minerals evenly dispersed and fully interact with the flotation reagents; and conveying slurry mixture obtained into a flotation cell for flotation; during a conveying process of the slurry mixture, adjusting a fluid pressure in different conveying sections to make surfaces of minerals in the slurry mixture generating interfacial micro-nano bubbles. A flow velocity of the slurry mixture is increased by changing inner diameters of the different conveying sections to reduce the fluid pressure. Sizes and contact angles of the interfacial micro-nano bubbles generated on surfaces of the minerals are controlled by the change of flow velocity of the slurry mixture, so floatability of the minerals is selectively improved, and hydrophobic agglomeration of fine-grained minerals is promoted.

A method of recovering gold and copper from a sulfide ore includes (a) removing valuable fines from a product stream from a comminution circuit, such as a crushing and milling circuit, for run of mine ore and producing a valuable fines concentrate stream and (b) processing the remaining comminution product stream after valuable fines removal and producing a valuable coarse concentrate stream.

Disclosed is high-ash fine coal slime separation equipment and method, applicable to the field of coal washing. The high-ash fine coal slime separation equipment includes a feeding system (1), a mineralization system (2), a separation system (3) and a pulsating water flow control system (4). A coal slime mineralization region is isolated from a separation region; and a damping block and a pulsating water flow device are arranged in a mineral separation system. A flotation feeding is fed into the feeding system (1), slurry mixing operation is completed, coal slime enters the mineralization system after pulp mixing to generate turbulent collision to form mineralized bubbles, the mineralized bubbles enters the separation system (3) after passing through a turbulent-flow dissipation pipe (12), and meanwhile, pulsating water flow with a certain frequency and waveform is fed into the separation system (3) by the pulsating water flow control system (4).

A method of recovering gold and copper from a sulfide ore includes (a) removing valuable fines from a product stream from a comminution circuit, such as a crushing and milling circuit, for run of mine ore and producing a valuable fines concentrate stream and (b) processing the remaining comminution product stream after valuable fines removal and producing a valuable coarse concentrate stream.