Flotación / Ayudantia

IMET 501
Nahir Tapia
Marco A Vera
marco.verar@usm.cl
22 abril 2020
 A B
f 1.00 99.00
c 20.00 80.00
t 0.10 99.90

MR 4.5 4.5

R 90.45 3.65
 Cálculo de la recuperación – DOS PRODUCTOS

Recuperación
del mineral de Recuperación en peso, MR
interés
 
𝒄 (𝒇 −𝒕)
𝑹=
𝒇 ( )[
∙
(𝒄 −𝒕 ) ]
Razón de Enriquecimiento
f = ley de cabeza
c = ley del concentrado
t = ley del relave
Ejercicio 1
 
The feed to a flotation plant assays 0.8% copper. The concentrate
produced assays 25% Cu, and the tailings 0.15% Cu. Calculate the
recovery of copper to the concentrate, ratio of concentration, and the
enrichment ratio.
 
In order to achieve 90% Cu recovery, how much copper do you need to
have in the tailings?
Ejercicio 2
A copper concentrate is milling 15,000 tonnes per day of a chalcopyrite ore
assaying 1.15% of copper. The concentrate and tailings produced average 32.7%
and 0.18% copper. Calculate mass recovery (MR), enrichment ratio, and copper
recovery for this process. Use the two product formula to carry out estimates.
Ejercicio 3
Coal flotation requires ash
content determination in
order to estimate carbon
content
(i.e., %C=100-%Ash).
 
Determine (see enclosed
figure) the overall mass
recovery, overall carbon
recovery, size-by-size
recovery, and carbon
distribution in the concentrate
stream. Discuss your results
briefly.