COMBINATION OF CARRIER-MAGNETIC-SEPARATION AND A FURTHER SEPARATION FOR MINERAL PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20210316316A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US17268160

    申请日:2019-08-06

    Applicant: BASF SE

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for concentrating desired particles comprising a carrier-magnetic-separation comprising the following steps a) providing a feedstock which contains the desired particles and an undesired material; b) adding hydrophobic magnetic particles to the feedstock which results in a loaded feedstock containing agglomerates of the magnetic particles and the desired particles or of the magnetic particles and the undesired material; c) separating the agglomerates from the loaded feedstock by a separation method which results in isolated agglomerates, where the separation method is selected from sorting, electric separation, magnetic separation, screening, classification, gravity concentration, and flotation; d) breaking up the isolated agglomerates to obtain a suspension comprising the magnetic particles in desagglomerated form; and e) separating the magnetic particles from the suspension obtained in step d) by a separation method selected from sorting, electric separation, magnetic separation, screening, classification, gravity concentration, and flotation.

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