Apparatus and process for improved ore recovery

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12162023
APP PUB NO 20210316314A1
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17263998

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In a flotation recovery circuit which includes the steps of: a grinding stage wherein a predetermined quantity of ore is ground to a predetermined size while irrigating the ore with water including recovered process water thereby to form a ground ore portion; conveying the ground ore portion mixed with the recovered process water to a flotation recovery stage; applying flotation recovery to the ground ore portion thereby to extract a recovered metal portion from a mix of the recovered process water and the ground ore portion; returning at least a portion of the recovered process water to the grinding stage; a method of increasing recovery of the metal portion from the predetermined quantity of ore; the method comprising applying a magnetic field to the ground ore portion in a magnetic conditioning stage while it is contained in the recovered process water subsequent to the grinding stage.

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AUSMETEC PTY LTDCROMER NSW 2099

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lumsden, Barry Graham Clontarf, AU 2 5

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