Coal gold agglomeration House, I; Townsend, I; Veal, C [BP Research Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames (UK)] 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COAL; AGGLOMERATION; GOLD; RECOVERY; ASHES; GOLD ORES; OILS; PARTICLES; PILOT PLANTS; SLURRIES; SMELTING; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; MATERIALS; METALS; MIXTURES; ORES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESIDUES; SUSPENSIONS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; 360101* - Metals & Alloys- Preparation & Fabrication; 010500 - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Products & By-Products The British oil and minerals company, BP, is developing a new gold recovery process which offers commercial advantages for low grade ores, avoids cyanidation and is environmentally acceptable. Hydrophobic gold particles are recovered from ore slurries into agglomerates formed from coal and oil. The agglomerates are recycled to increase gold loading, then separated from the slurry, burnt, and the resultant ash smelted to produce gold bullion. The process has been laboratory tested on many gold ores and has operated successfully at pilot plant (1 tph) scale. Coal gold agglomeration has many technical and cost advantages over existing technology, BP's work has indicated. 4 figs. United Kingdom 1988-09-01 English Journal Article Journal Name: International Mining; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 5:9 Medium: X; Size: Pages: 17-19 https://doi.org/ [] 5:9 Journal ID: CODEN: INMIE CLA; CLA-91-090252; EDB-91-117363 2010-12-29 5644887