dewatering-of-alumina-tailings operating test column and sampling points
Environment & Tailings

Sand Bed Dewatering

Table of ContentsApparatusMaterialsProcedureResultsDiscussion and Conclusions In 1979, as part of its minerals environmental technology research, the Bureau of Mines began a study of mine waste

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Blog

Mineral Wool Furnace Refractories

Table of ContentsRefractoriesCup TestsDescriptionDiscussion of ResultsRotary TestsDescriptionDiscussion of Results A slag formulation conforming to that used by a commercial mineral wool producer was used throughout

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Mining

Porphyry Copper Blasting

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTest SiteGeologyLaboratory Leaching TestsPhysical Properties of the Quartz Monzonite PorphyryPreblast Field OperationsTopographic MappingCore Drilling OperationsBlasting ProceduresHole Loading and Delay IntervalsBlast VibrationsBlast Damage AnalysisTopographic

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Electrometallurgy

Nickel Electrowinning

Table of ContentsExperimentalChannel CellEquipmentPreparation of SolutionsSynthetic ElectrolyteLeach ElectrolyteDeposit EvaluationResultsSynthetic ElectrolyteElectrochemical StudiesDeposit Evaluation5 g/l Ni²+ Electrolyte1 g/l Ni²+ ElectrolyteLeach ElectrolyteLeachingPurificationNickel Electrowinning Increasing the relative motion of

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Hydrometallurgy

Chalcopyrite Nitrogen Roast & Leaching Electrowinning

Table of ContentsSamplesExperimental Results and Discussion RoastingHydrochloric Acid Leach To Remove IronDissolution of Copper in Oxygenated Spent ElectrolyteElectrowinning CopperRecovery of SulfurGold, Silver, and Molybdenum Present copper

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Laboratory Procedures

Rock Failure Tilt Precursors

Table of ContentsExperimental ProcedureExperimental DataDiscussion A scale-invariant theory of rock failure has been proposed that predicts precursor effects prior to failure, such as anomalous VP/VS

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Hydrometallurgy

How to Separate & Recover Molybdenum & Rhenium

Table of ContentsMaterials Equipment and ProcedureResults and DiscussionPreliminary Carbon Adsorption StudiesSolvent Extraction Studies on As-Received Elox SolutionReduction of ClO3- With SO2Molybdenum and Rhenium Extraction and

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chalcopyrite-concentrate kiln
Pyrometallurgy

Leach Chalcopyrite using Lime Roasting Process

Table of ContentsBench-Scale Rotary Kiln TestsRoasting TemperatureParticle SizeAir FlowRoasting TimeLeachingLarge-Scale Rotary Kiln TestsLime RoastAcid LeachMolybdenum RecoveryCopper RecoveryAcid RegenerationFluidized Bed Tests Most copper is now produced

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Electrometallurgy

Copper Electrowinning from Chloride Solutions

Table of ContentsExperimental EquipmentExperimental ProceduresExperimental ResultsProduct CharacteristicsConclusions The object of this research was to investigate procedures for recovering copper from chloride solutions as part of

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