| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Willsâ€"!Mineral Processing Technology -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Minerals -- 1.2 Abundance of Minerals -- 1.3 Deposits And Ores -- 1.4 Metallic and Nonmetallic Ores -- 1.5 The Need for Mineral Processing -- 1.6 Liberation -- 1.7 Concentration -- 1.8 Representing Mineral Processing Systems: The Flowsheet -- 1.9 Measures of Separation -- 1.9.1 Grade -- 1.9.2 Recovery -- 1.9.3 Gradeâ€"Recovery Relationship -- 1.9.4 A Measure of Technical Separation Efficiency |
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1.10 Economic Considerations1.10.1 Contained Value -- 1.10.2 Processing Costs -- 1.10.3 Milling Costs -- 1.10.4 Tailings Reprocessing and Recycling -- 1.10.5 Net Smelter Return and Economic Efficiency -- 1.10.6 Case Study: Economics of Tin Processing -- 1.10.7 Case Study: Economics of Copper Processing -- 1.10.8 Economic Efficiency -- 1.11 Sustainability -- References -- 2 Ore Handling -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Removal of Harmful Materials -- 2.3 Ore Transportation -- 2.4 Ore Storage -- 2.5 Feeding -- 2.6 Self-Heating of Sulfide Minerals |
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3.3.2 On-stream Mineral Phase Analysis3.3.3 On-stream Ash Analysis -- 3.3.4 On-line Particle Size Analysis -- 3.3.5 Weighing the Ore -- 3.3.6 Mass Flowrate -- Magnetic Flowmeter -- Ultrasonic Flowmeters -- Array-based Flowmeters -- Slurry Density -- 3.4 Slurry Streams: Some Typical Calculations -- Volumetric Flowrate -- Slurry Density and % Solids -- 3.5 Automatic Control in Mineral Processing -- 3.5.1 Hierarchical Multilayer Control System -- 3.5.2 Instrumentation Layer -- 3.5.3 Regulatory Control Layer -- 3.5.4 Advanced Process Control Layer |
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Expert Systems3.5.5 Optimization Layer -- 3.5.6 The Control Room -- 3.6 Mass Balancing Methods -- 3.6.1 The n-product Formula -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Error Propagation -- Excess of Data -- More than One Process Unit -- No Correction of Measurement Errors -- 3.6.2 Node Imbalance Minimization -- Limitations -- 3.6.3 Two-step Least Squares Minimization -- Limitations -- 3.6.4 Generalized Least Squares Minimization -- 3.6.5 Mass Balance Models -- 3.6.6 Error Models -- 3.6.7 Sensitivity Analysis -- 3.6.8 Estimability and Redundancy Analysis |
| Summary |
Annotation Wills' Mineral Processing Technology provides practising engineers and students of mineral processing, metallurgy and mining with a review of the common ore-processing techniques utilized in modern processing installations. Now in its Seventh Edition, this renowned book is a standard reference for the mineral processing industry. Chapters deal with each of the major processing techniques, and coverage includes the latest technical developments in the processing of increasingly complex refractory ores, new equipment and process routes. This new edition has been prepared by the prestigious J K Minerals Research Centre of Australia, which contributes its world-class expertise and ensures that this will continue to be the book of choice for professionals in this field* The classic mineral processing text, revised and updated by a presitgious new team* New material covers the latest technology developments, plus new material on environmental and efficiency issues that are a major concern for the mineral processing sector* The only mineral processing book targeted at students of metallurgy, mineral processing, mining and materials science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed January 27, 2020) |
| Subject |
Ore-dressing.
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Ores.
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ore.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining.
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Ore-dressing.
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Ores.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Finch, James A., author
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Wills, B. A. (Barry Alan).
Mineral processing technology
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| ISBN |
9780080970547 |
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0080970540 |
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0080970532 |
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9780080970530 |
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