Sponsors
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Research Providers
Assoc. Professor Daniel Fornasiero |
| Value : AUD $2,574,000.00 | Duration : 4 years |
| Commenced : 24 May 2010 | AMIRA : Mr Terry Braden |
| The P260F Project is a 4 year project with the following objectives: 1.Increase recovery of value minerals in coarse, composite particles in sponsor flotation plants and ores. 2.Increase recovery of value minerals in fine particles in sponsor flotation plants and ores. 3.Improve selectivity in sponsor flotation plants and ores by increasing rejection of gangue minerals, including minerals containing penalty element such arsenic, antimony, fluorine, mercury and bismuth in base metal concentrates. 4.Increase recovery of gold in sponsor flotation plants and ores. 5.Assess the impact of reducing water consumption in flotation, and develop strategies to mitigate against negative impacts. 6.Improve the concentrate quality of key non-base metal concentrates such as iron ore and phosphate concentrates with our research collaborators. 7.Develop characterisation tools, methods and protocols for use by sponsors. 8.Technology and information transfer to sponsors operations. This is accomplished through three separate but integrated modules: 1.Technology Transfer Module. 2.Sulphide Mineral Technical Challenges Module including Tools and Methodologies. 3.Non-Sulphide Mineral Technical Challenges Module. The Technology Transfer Module includes the following three themes: 1.Technology Transfer from Previous Phases of the P260 Project. 2.Follow up Investigations from the Preceding P260 Projects. 3.Technology Transfer from the P260F Project. Each theme will include information transfer packages, follow-up investigations, workshops, biannual meetings, 1:1 briefings and demonstarations of the P260F toolbox. The Sulphide Mineral Technical Challenges Module including Tools and Methodologies includes the following themes: Theme 1 - Coarse and Composite Particle Flotation Recovery Theme 2 - Fine Particle Flotation Recovery and Particle Interactions Theme 3 - Rejection of Iron Sulphide and Penalty Minerals in Sulphide Flotation Theme 4 - Reducing Water Consumption and Water Treatment Options Theme 5 - Increasing Gold Recovery in Flotation Theme 6 - Tools and Methodologies The Non-Sulphide Mineral Technical Challenges Module includes the following themes: Theme 1- Iron Ore Flotation- Selectivity Issues in the Rejection of Silica Theme 2- Phosphate Beneficiation - Selectivity Issues in the Rejection of Dolomite Theme 3- Potash Flotation - Interactions of Magnesium Salts in Flotation of Sylvite- Coarse Sylvite Recovery Methods The Project Team is comprised of key researchers from the Ian Wark Research Institute including:Prof Daniel Fornasiero (Project Leader), Prof Bill Skinner and Prof Max Zanin. The team has identified the following researchers and their institutions as collaborators with the P260F project: Prof. Laurindo Leal Filho (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) Prof. Zhenghe Xu (University of Alberta, Canada) WARK Consultants within the P260F project: George Levay (Levay and Co. Environmental Services), Ahmed Bouajila (COREM), Prof. Juan Yianatos (Santa Maria University, Chile), Prof. Alan Pring (Adelaide Museum), Prof. Ron Woods (Griffith University), and Dr Sue Vink (Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Qld). There are four levels of sponsorship of the P260F project offered to prospective sponsors. 1. Supplier Sponsorship 2. Sulphide Mineral Technical Challenges Sponsorship 3. Non-Sulphide Mineral Technical Challenges Sponsorship 4. Case Study Sponsorship | |
