LIBERASI MINERAL Agus Prasetya, PhD.

KULIAH (1): OVERVIEW Dept. of Chemical

Engineering, FT UGM.
PEMROSESAN MINERAL
SIMPLE FLOWSHEET OF MINPROC
SIMPLE FLOWSHEET OF MINPROC
PEMROSESAN MINERAL
4 general types of unit
operation:
• Comminution – particle
size reduction;
• Sizing/classification –
size separation by
screening or classification;
• Concentration - physical
and manipulation of
surface chemical
properties;
• Dewatering – solid/liquid
separation.
• Many choices of
methods/techniques and
equipment/unit operations.
• Economics of the processes,
determined by:
- grade, and
- recovery
of the final valuable product
The amount liberated,
determined by:
- Mineralogy,
- Size – surface area
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• Complete separation  each particle contains only one mineral.
• Two minerals in the same particle  can never be separated using
physical separation methods alone.
• Separating minerals at the particulate level is called liberation
since the individual minerals are liberated from each other in a
physical way.
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BATUAN/ORE
MINERAL LIBERATION – MINERAL ANALYZER OF ROCK
 Native Gold on Quartz Gold Porphyry

Native Cooper Bornite - CuFeS Pyrite - FeS

MINERAL LIBERATION
MINERAL LIBERATION
MINERALOGI BATUAN/ORE
LIBERASI MINERAL:
DEGREE OF MINERAL ASSOCIATION
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Unit Liberasi dan Pengayaan Mineral
MINERAL SEPARATION
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