Flotation processes
CA 2116276 C · Owner: Hoecker, Walter · Inventors: Hoecker, Walter
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Disclosed is a process for the flotation of a mineral concentrate comprising thesteps of forming an aqueous slurry of a milled mineral ore containing particles of a desired mineral species and adding a flotation reagent which causes a desired variation in the flotation tendency of the desired mineral species present within the slurry so as to increase the efficiency of separation of that mineral species from the slurry relative to a situation where said flotation reagent is absent from the slurry. A stabilizing agent is introduced to the slurry in an amount which creates electrochemical conditions conducive to separation of the desired mineral from the slurry and causes the destruction of a …
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- Filed February 23, 1994 and granted July 13, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 2014.
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