Investigation of the effect of different frother blends on the flotation of selected PGM bearing ores

Concentrators processing platinum group mineral (PGM) bearing ores use polysaccharide depressants to reduce the recovery of the naturally floatable gangue minerals (mainly silicates) present in the ores. Recent work has shown that high depressant dosage can completely depress the naturally floatable...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ngoroma, Faustine
Other Authors: Franzidis, Jean-Paul
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13752