The radial system simplifies and improves control and supervision to a very considerable extent and can lead to a form of continuous plant operation with
The design of slurry launders has usually been based on strictly empirical concepts. An examination of the most common procedures reveals that they do not
Stringent environmental regulations, which have limited the use of sludge ponds, coupled with the economic incentive to clean more coal or to add fine coal
A laboratory method for the simulation of in-situ leaching of uranium was developed under contract to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Mines. Simulation tests using
Terms such as in situ mining, in situ leaching, solution mining, borehole mining, and slurry mining have been used in different ways to describe a
In many multiple-sulphide ore flotation processes, it is desirable to concentrate each of the various valuable minerals into separate products. Although there are a variety
Dump leaching and in-situ solution mining have received considerable attention during the past few years due to their apparent economic viability and minimal environmental impact.
High-intensity wet magnetic separators have been successfully introduced into, the mineral processing field over the past ten to fifteen years, due largely to rapid advancements
Conventional practice is to add flocculant as a dilute solution to the feed slurry in a launder or feed pipe, possibly using staged addition so
Union Carbide began looking seriously at heap leaching in 1971- At that time some 1.6 million tons of mineral averaging 0.040% U3O8 were stockpiled at