SME mineral processing & extractive metallurgy handbook : volume one and two / editors, S. Komar Kawatra & Courtney A. Young.

Contents

Part 1: Mineral characterization and analysis
1.1 Mineral properties and processing
1.2 Analytical testing
1.3 Automated mineralogy
1.4 Ore liberation analysis
1.5 Surface chemical control in flotation and leaching
Etc.

Part 2: Management and reporting
2.1 Health and safety
2.2 Community and social issues
2.3 Mill reports
2.4 Metal accounting
2.5 Modeling and simulation
Etc

Part 3: Comminution
3.1 Mine-to-mill optimization
3.2 Rock blasting
3.3 Jaw and impact crushers
3.4 Gyratory and cone crushers
3.5 Sizers and roll crushers
Etc.

Part 4: Classification and washing
4.1 Screens
4.2 Cyclones
4.3 Fluidized-bed classifiers
4.4 Mechanical classifiers
4.5 Ore washing
Etc.

Part 5: Transport and storage
5.1 Solids storage
5.2 Belt conveyors
5.3 Pumps

Part 6: Physical separations
6.1 Mineral sorting
6.2 Gravity concentration
6.3 Dense medium separation
6.4 Magnetic separation
6.5 Electrostatic separation
Etc.

Part 7: Flotation
7.1 Mechanical flotation
7.2 Column flotation
7.3 Pneumatic flotation
7.4 Flotation chemicals and chemistry
Etc.

Part 8: Solid and liquid separation
8.1 Sedimentation Equipment
8.2 Filtration
8.3 Continuous drying techniques

Part 9: Disposal
9.1 Tailings disposal and management
9.2 Water balance
9.3 Treatment of effluent wast

Part 10: Hydrometallurgy
10.1 Agglomeration pre-treatment
10.2 Solution mining and in Situ leaching
10.3 Heap and dump leaching
10.4 Vat leaching
10.5 Tank leaching
Etc.

Part 11: Pyrometallurgy
11.1 Pre-treatment for pyrometallurgy
11.2 Molten salt electrolysis
11.3 Calcination
11.4 Vapor-phase extraction
11.5 Smelting
Etc.

Part 12: Processing of selected metals, minerals, and materials.
12.1 Alumina
12.2 Aluminum extraction
12.3 Antimony production and commodities
12.4 Arsenic production, commodities and fixation
12.5 Beryllium
Etc.

Includes bibliographical references p. 1174-1176 and index i-1 to i-22

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