Processing of Metal Sulfides in Seawater and Other High Ionic Strength Aqueous Media: Theory and Practice
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (18 November 2021) | Viewed by 5542
Special Issue Editors
2. Principal Researcher of the Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining CRHIAM (ANID/FONDAP/15130015), Victoria 1295, Barrio Universitario, Concepción, Chile
Interests: surface chemistry; froth flotation; rheology of mineral suspensions; geometallurgy; clay minerals in flotation; seawater in mineral processing; sensors development
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2. Center for Research in Mathematical Engineering CI2MA, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
3. Center for Agriculture and Mining CRHIAM (ANID/FONDAP/15130015), Victoria 1295, Barrio Universitario, Concepción, Chile
Interests: thickening; filtration; mechanical classification; flocculation; mathematical modelling
2. Academic Collaborator of the Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining CRHIAM (ANID/FONDAP/15130015), Victoria 1295, Barrio Universitario, Concepción, Chile
Interests: conminution, particle classification, CFD
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of non-conventional sources of water such as seawater and other high ionic strength aqueous media to process metal-sulfides-bearing ores has become a more common practice in the mineral processing industry. The presence of inorganic and in some cases organic compounds strongly modifies the surface properties of particles of the metal sulfides and gangue minerals dispersed in water. As a result, the efficiency of the different stages of the processing plants of metal sulfide ores is strongly affected. One example is the use of seawater in concentrators located in some dry mining areas, which causes important changes in the physicochemical conditions of the mineral suspensions, affecting the efficiency of the whole processing chain (i.e., grinding, froth flotation, and solid–liquid separation).
We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Processing of Metal Sulfides in Seawater and Other High Ionic Strength Aqueous Media: Theory and Practice”. Papers from academia and industry are welcome.
Dr. Leopoldo Gutierrez
Prof. Dr. Fernando Betancourt
Dr. Dennis Vega
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seawater
- grinding
- classification
- froth flotation
- solid–liquid separation
- heology of mineral suspensions
- clays
- sulfides
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