Processing of mature copper tailings from concentration plant using a composite reagent


Semushkina L.V. Tussupbayev N.K. Turysbekov D.K. Narbekova S.M. Musina М.М.
1 April 2022Faculty of Metallurgy

Metalurgija
2022#61Issue 2392 - 394 pp.

The research presents the results of laboratory studies on the flotation processing of mature copper tailings using KF2 composite reagent. KF2 flotation agent is a mixture of sodium butyl xanthate, thionocarbamate, and composite aerofloat at a ratio of 1:1:3. In the base regime, a rough copper concentrate obtained had a copper content of 10,9 % with a recovery of 74,91 %. The use of KF2 composite flotation reagent increases the extraction of copper into rough copper concentrate by 5,31 %. This made it possible to obtain a rough copper concentrate with a copper content of 13,0 % and a recovery of 80,22 %. Consumption of KF2 flotation reagent is halved compared to the basic sodium butyl xanthate collector.

Composite reagent , Copper concentrate , Flotation , Industrial waste , X-ray research

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Satbayev University, Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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