Differential flotation of mixed copper sulphide minerals

摘要

#$%^&*AU2008201799B220120405.pdf#####- 21 ABSTRACT A method of separating copper-containing minerals in an ore that contains two or more than two different 5 copper-containing sulphide minerals is disclosed. The method includes processing a slurry of the ore in a series of flotation stages and controlling the flotation stages to separate the minerals in the ore selectively based on the mineral type. The method takes advantage of different 10 inherent flotabilities of copper-containing minerals, such as chalcopyrite and chalcocite, to separate the minerals from a mixed sulphide mineral ore that contains the minerals. N:MelbourneCasesPatent71000-71999P71419.AU.1SpecisDifferential Flotation.doc