Process for the physical segregation of minerals

Title: Process for the physical segregation of minerals

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With highly heterogeneous groups or streams of minerals, physical segregation using online quality measurements is an economically important first stage of the mineral beneficiation process. Segregation enables high quality fractions of the stream to bypass processing, such as cleaning operations, thereby reducing the associated costs and avoiding the yield losses inherent in any downstream separation process. The present invention includes various methods for reliably segregating a mineral stream into at least one fraction meeting desired quality specifications while at the same time maximizing yield of that fraction.

Inventors:: Yingling, Jon C.; Ganguli, Rajive

Publication Date:: 2004-01-06

Research Org.:: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1174669

Patent Number(s):: 6,675,064

Application Number:: 09/669,076

Assignee:: University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, KY)

DOE Contract Number:: 4-33585

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES

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