This new book, by Saeed Chehreh Chelgani, of the Luleå University of Technology, Sweden and Ali Asimi Neisiani of Yazd University, Iran, introduces and explains all existing dry processing methods, drawing from larges studies on these techniques in both the academia and industrial sectors.
Reducing water consumption and pollution in all industrial sectors is an essential issue globally and is one of the critical issues in the mining industry. Mineral processing plants are highly dependent on water, and water scarcity poses a significant risk to the industry.
In selecting dry or wet processing, an in-depth understanding of the various possible methods is required and this book should be of interest to professionals and researchers.
Reading the title itself made me so happy--compliments to the authors--need of the present is dry processing--but we may have to break particles to micron size for complete liberation to liberate values such as rare-erth, critical minerals and elements.
ReplyDelete. Hope we get an opportunity to access the introduction part of the book.
Dry mineral processing – this is the future especially if dry separation processes are developed that have similar (or better) separation efficiency as current wet flotation processes. Increased efficiency and decreased wear (especially corrosive wear) will be accompanied by increased efforts for dust mitigation. Having stated that I believe that wet processing will still have an important role, especially at the fine end of the mineral size spectrum, in increasing overall recovery.
ReplyDeleteThank you this very important work!
Peter Radziszewski, Rampart Detection Systems Ltd, Canada (Via Minerals Engineers)
Completely true Peter, definitely dry mineral processing methods are in their initial steps. From the starting point, dry grinding consumes 2 to 5 times more energy than wet conditions.
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Saeed Chelgani, LTU, Sweden