Wills' Mineral Processing Technology

An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery

7th Edition - August 17, 2006
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
Author: Barry A. Wills
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 4 4 5 0 - 1
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 9 4 7 - 7

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Wills' Mineral Processing Technology provides practising engineers and students of mineral processing, metallurgy and mining with a review of all of the common ore-processing techniques utilized in modern processing installations. Now in its Seventh Edition, this renowned book is a standard reference for the mineral processing industry. Chapters deal with each of the major processing techniques, and coverage includes the latest technical developments in the processing of increasingly complex refractory ores, new equipment and process routes. This new edition has been prepared by the prestigious J K Minerals Research Centre of Australia, which contributes its world-class expertise and ensures that this will continue to be the book of choice for professionals and students in this field.This latest edition highlights the developments and the challenges facing the mineral processor, particularly with regard to the environmental problems posed in improving the efficiency of the existing processes and also in dealing with the waste created. The work is fully indexed and referenced.

Preface to 7th Edition
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Publisher Summary
- Minerals and ores
- Mineral processing methods
- Efficiency of mineral processing operations
- Concentration
- Economics of tin processing
- Economics of copper processing
- Economic efficiency
Chapter 2: Ore handling
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- The removal of harmful materials
- Ore transportation
- Ore storage
- Feeding
Chapter 3: Metallurgical accounting, control and simulation
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Sampling and weighing the ore
- Slurry streams
- Automatic control in mineral processing
- Neural networks
- Circuit design and optimisation by computer simulation
- Mass balancing methods
- Introduction to mass balances on complex circuits
- Design of experiments and plant trials
Chapter 4: Particle size analysis
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Particle size and shape
- Sieve analysis
- Sub-sieve techniques
Chapter 5: Comminution
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Principles of comminution
- Comminution theory
- Grindability
- Simulation of comminution processes and circuits
Chapter 6: Crushers
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Primary crushers
- Secondary crushers
- Crushing circuits and control
Chapter 7: Grinding mills
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- The motion of the charge in a tumbling mill
- Tumbling mills
- Grinding circuits
Chapter 8: Industrial screening
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Performance of screens
- Factors affecting screen performance
- Screen types
Chapter 9: Classification
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Principles of classification
- Types of classifier
Chapter 10: Gravity concentration
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Principles of gravity concentration
- Gravity separators
- Jigs
- Pinched sluices and cones
- Spirals
- Shaking tables
- Pneumatic tables
- Duplex concentrator
- Mozley Laboratory Separator
- Centrifugal concentrators
- Gold ore concentrators
Chapter 11: Dense medium separation (DMS)
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- The dense medium
- Centrifugal separators
- DMS circuits
- Typical dense medium separations
- Laboratory heavy liquid tests
- Efficiency of dense medium separation
- Construction of partition curves
- Organic efficiency
Chapter 12: Froth flotation
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Principles of flotation
- Classification of minerals
- Collectors
- Frothers
- Regulators
- The importance of pH
- The importance of pulp potential
- The role of bubble generation and froth performance
- Entrainment
- The engineering of flotation
- Electroflotation
- Agglomeration-skin flotation
- Flotation plant practice
- Reagents and conditioning
- Control of flotation plants
- Typical flotation separations
- Flotation of copper ores
- Oxidised copper ores
Chapter 13: Magnetic and electrical separation
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Magnetic separation
Chapter 14: Ore sorting
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Electronic sorting principles
- Examples
Chapter 15: Dewatering
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Sedimentation
- Chemical formula
- Filtration
- Drying
Chapter 16: Tailings disposal
- Publisher Summary
- Introduction
- Methods of disposal of tailings
Appendix I: Metallic ore minerals
Appendix II: Common non-metallic ores
Appendix III: Excel Spreadsheets for formulae in chapter 3
Index

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