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An Investigation into Pre-concentration of Low-Grade Silica-Rich Malanjkhand Copper Ore by Wilfley Table

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Pre-concentration stages are generally employed to process base and precious metals where the feed grades are inferior. The pre-concentration could remove major gangue minerals and enrich the desired metal content. Further, it improves the efficiency of subsequent concentration stages. In the present investigation, pre-concentration studies were carried out on the mixed copper ore from Malanjkhand, India, containing 0.48% Cu and 74.12% SiO2 contents. Mineralogical characterization revealed that chalcopyrite is the major copper contributing mineral along with a minor amount of malachite. The major gangue minerals present in the ore are quartz, feldspar and mica. Liberation studies of the feed material indicate that around 75% of gangue minerals (mainly quartz) are liberated at 150 µm. Pre-concentration studies were carried out using a Wilfley shaking table, wherein deck angle and wash water rate were varied to achieve the maximum recovery and grade. Optimum results were achieved at a wash water rate of 3.5 lpm and deck angle of 4.9°, wherein the silica rejection and separation efficiency of 52.19% and 53.68% were achieved. The final product assays 2.79% Cu grade and 66.32% copper recovery. The investigation results indicate that the shaking table could be used to pre-concentrate Malanjkhand copper ore.

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The author is greatly thankful to Central Research Facility, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Indian Bureau of Mines-Nagpur and Material Research Centre-MNIT, Jaipur, for characterization studies. My sincere acknowledgement to Director, CSIR-IMMT for his permission to do experimental work. I also acknowledge the help of Dr. P. K. Sahu [Department of Applied geology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad]. The help of Ms. Monisha Mondal and Miss. Aryasuta Nayak is highly appreciated. The author also gratefully acknowledge the reviewer, for his detailed review and comments, which ultimately helped in considerably improvement of this manuscript.

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Jena, S.S., Angadi, S.I., Mandre, N.R. et al. An Investigation into Pre-concentration of Low-Grade Silica-Rich Malanjkhand Copper Ore by Wilfley Table. Trans Indian Inst Met 74, 571–581 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-020-02160-y

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