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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2004
Zongfu Dai, Mississauga, CA;
Julie-ann Arlene Garritsen, Burlington, CA;
Peter Frederic Wells, Oakville, CA;
Manqiu Xu, Mississauga, CA;
Zongfu Dai, Mississauga, CA;
Julie-Ann Arlene Garritsen, Burlington, CA;
Peter Frederic Wells, Oakville, CA;
Manqiu Xu, Mississauga, CA;
Inco Limited, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A mineral separation process includes wet-grinding the ore to liberation of minerals, oxidizing the slurry using air, hydrogen peroxide or other oxidants and floating the valuable minerals at a pH between about 9.0 and 10.0 with a xanthate as collector, and a combination of a polyamine and a sulfur containing species as depressants for arsenide minerals. This depressant suite effectively depresses the flotation of arsenide minerals with no effect on the flotation of the valuable minerals.