Building upon this foundation, the study aimed to determine the optimal reagent scheme and process flow, leveraging the relationship between flotation performance and ore …
AH-70 base asphalt, which belongs to conventional petroleum asphalt and is classified as heavy-duty road asphalt, was selected as the base asphalt and its basic properties are listed in Table 1.Copper tailings were sourced from the tailings pond of Jiangxi province shown in Fig. 1.Firstly, CT was air-dried and subsequently dried at 105 …
This study is focused on the froth flotation reprocessing of a copper mineral from flotation tailings. The effects of flotation parameters including pulp density, collector dosage, frother dosage ...
The same effect was observed on copper grades. From results shown on Table 3, it follows that the collector dosage had the ... two-level factorial experimental design method was implemented to examine which factors had the greatest influence on copper recovery from a flotation tailing ore and to determine the optimum flotation …
In order to comprehensively utilize iron ore tailings (IOTs), the possibility of using IOTs as raw materials for the preparation of cementitious composites (IOTCCs) was investigated, and IOTCC was further applied to mine interface pollution control. The mechanical properties, hydration products, wind erosion resistance, and freeze–thaw …
Copper froth flotation tailings containing 1.19 and 0.97 wt% total and acid-soluble copper, respectively, from Chibuluma mines in the Copperbelt province of …
The index properties of the copper tailings are presented in Table 1. The liquid limit falls under the category of a silty soil since it is in between 30-40%. The plastic limit, when …
The possibility of selective Cu and Zn leaching from the sample of old pyrite tailings, which is one of the most widespread types of solid waste forming during non-ferrous metal production, using sulfuric acid solutions and water was studied. It was shown that water leaching provided selective extraction of Cu and Zn and comparatively low …
A process for concentration of Cu from a Cu mine tailing by flotation has been investigated in this study. The flotation studies were carried out under varying conditions of pH (3.5~12), flotation ...
As Table 3 shows, some mining operations have tailings production of more than 100,000 mtpd, led by the ndida Mine, which is the largest copper mining operation in the world, with an approximate production of 370,000 mtpd of mining tailings. The tailings storage facilities for operations using conventional tailings technology have …
The copper speciation in tailings from porphyry copper mining is highly dependent on the particle size. This was found investigating tailing from El Teniente copper mine near Rancagua, Chile. In the smallest particles of the tailing the dominating species of copper are carbonates and oxides—around 70% of the solids.
According to research by mineral processing firm , the quantity of tailings generated each year by the copper industry alone amounts to 2.9 billion …
Pre-concentration stages are generally employed to process base and precious metals where the feed grades are inferior. The pre-concentration could remove major gangue minerals and enrich the desired metal content. Further, it improves the efficiency of subsequent concentration stages. In the present investigation, pre …
The increasing use of copper and its allied materials across many industries is ramping up copper mining activities in many countries, and proper management and disposal of huge volumes of copper mine tailings arising thereof is a huge challenge. Sungun mine is the biggest open-cast copper mine in the northwest of Iran. …
The mine was closed in the middle of the sixties, when 500,000 tons of the ore were left unworked (Jankovic, 1990). Copper ore of energetic type was exploited by open pit mining in this mine. Copper ore mineralization was placed in hydrothermally altered hornblende-augite andesite and volcanic breccia.
2.1. Physico-Chemical Property of Copper Slag Tailing. Understanding the chemical, mineralogical, and textural properties of slag tailings is crucial in evaluating potential biological toxicity and the environmental stability of sensitive elements (such as As, Pb, and Zn), pivotal for appropriate slag disposal and utilization [29,30].Variation in …
Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore (less than 1% copper) and ends with sheets of 99.99% pure copper called cathodes, which will ultimately be made into products for everyday use.The most common types of ore, copper oxide and copper sulfide, undergo two different processes, hydrometallurgy and …
The Copper Mark considers the GISTM to be the main "internationally recognized standard" for the safe management of tailings. The Copper Mark expects its participants to …
Copper tailing is the waste rock remaining after ore has been processed to remove the copper. It is usually pulverized to the size of fine sand. It has relatively high specific gravity and primarily consists of silica in its composition.
Copper mining and refining generate a huge quantity of copper tailings and slags. The total copper slag produced between 1999 – 2019 is estimated to be 752 million tons (ICMM, 2019; Phiri et al., 2022). A large volume of copper tailing has potential hazards such as tailing pond failure (Kostaschuk et al., 2021).
Indexes of academic publications in areas of knowledge related to tailings in mining in the world between 1990 -2022. Data source: Scopus. …
The tailing has a copper concentration above 1500 mg/kg, which is considered high for residual waste because the tailing used came from an old deposit and was produced by less efficient processes of ore …
Nowadays, many major copper mining projects in desert areas with extremely dry climates, as in northern Chile and the southern coast of Peru, process sulfide ores at high production rates; in some cases over 100,000 metric tonnes per day (mtpd), generating large amounts of tailings, that are commonly managed and transported to …
The chemical composition of copper tailing is depicted in Table 2. The sample shows a high Fe, SiO 2, Al 2 O 3 and a critical F and Cl grades. The Cu/S mass ratio is 1.70 being an indicator of existing bornite (Cu 5 FeS 4 with Cu/S = 2.48) and chalcocite (Cu 2 S with Cu/S = 3.96) minerals in the composition together with …
The chemical and physical properties of tested copper ore tailing are given in Table No. 2.1.6 and Table No. 2.1.7 Water: Ordinary potable water free from organic content, turbidity and salts was used for mixing and for …
The analysis 16 reveals that together, copper tailings from the large (i.e., porphyry) and medium-size copper 17 deposits (i.e., volcanogenic massive sulfide and sediment …
1. Introduction. Characterized for its high ductility, malleability, thermal and electrical conductivity, and resistance to corrosion, copper is widely used in energy, electronics, and information industries (Li et al., 2017a).In addition to these industries, other fields such as building, construction, industrial, machinery, furniture, coinage, and …
The Zijinshan gold-copper mine, in spite of the low-grade nature of the ore, has become one of the largest production-scale and most profitable non-ferrous metal mines in China. The successful application of hydrometallurgy as well as proper engineering design are the key factors for large-scale development of the Zijinshan gold-copper …
The mineral composition of copper–cobalt ores is more complex than that of copper sulfides, and it is also difficult to discard tailing efficiently in primary flotation for the fine-grained ...
Copper Ore Tailing (COT), the glassy material, produced during Crushing, Separation, Milling, Floatation having the specific gravity 3.15 and it is considered as waste and disposed as landfill. However, it causes severe …