A review of reagents applied to rare-earth mineral flotation

Alkaline rock-type rare-earth (RE) ores have significant utilisation value. However, the exploitation of such resources faces great challenges owing to the complex mineral and element assemblages.

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Determination of surface chemistry and flotation properties of rare

DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2018.11.044 Corpus ID: 104433745; Determination of surface chemistry and flotation properties of rare earth mineral allanite @article{Kursun2019DeterminationOS, title={Determination of surface chemistry and flotation properties of rare earth mineral allanite}, author={Ilgin Kursun and Mert Terzi …

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Staged magnetic concentration of complex rare earth ores …

By implementing this approach, it is anticipated that the Balzhe rare earth deposit can be effectively processed, overcoming the challenge of low-grade valuable minerals. This would contribute to improved economic viability and operational efficiency in the extraction of rare earth elements, niobium, and zirconium from the deposit.

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Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements …

The demand for rare earth elements (REE) has increased significantly over the last decade, with global rare earth oxide (REO) production increasing markedly over the last 2 years from 132,000 t in 2017 to 210,000 t in 2019.1 This production increase is drive by the need for REE in high-technology equipment, particularly in the low-carbon energy …

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Extraction of rare earth elements from upgraded phosphate flotation …

Phosphate rock contains traces of rare earth elements (REEs) and can be a secondary source of these critical materials as large tonnages of phosphate rock are mined annually. Attention has mostly focused on the extraction of REEs from phosphogypsum, which contains more than 70 percent of the REEs reporting to phosphate concentrate, …

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Wet gravity separation and froth floatation techniques for …

This study investigated the elemental and mineralogical composition of a Bulk sample and its potential for rare earth elements (REEs) beneficiation through Wet …

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A review on complex utilization of mine tailings: Recovery of rare …

Chemicals used in flotation, leaching agents, solvent extractants, and other additives, ... In response to this challenge, the Critical Raw Materials Act, enacted in 2023, outlines ongoing initiatives to enhance the collection and recycling of waste containing critical raw materials. ... Rare earth minerals like carbonates and phosphates have ...

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A review of the beneficiation of rare earth element bearing minerals

The challenge of the REE supply due to the scarcity of mineral deposits is aggravated by the fact that the elements are never found in an equal or even predictable distribution (Gupta and Krishnamurthy, 1992). ... Flotation of rare earth minerals from silicate–hematite ore using tall oil fatty acid collector. Minerals Engineering, Volume 89 ...

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Rare Earth Ore Flotation Principles and Kinetics

Another example of industrial REM flotation is at Mountain Pass per Fig. 4.3.In this case, after comminuting the ore to a size initially below 150 microns, resulting slurries are heated to 180 °F and conditioned for approximately 10 minutes with three main reagents: soda ash as pH modifier, lignin sulfonate as depressant, and fatty acid as …

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Rare Earth Flotation Fundamentals: A Review

differences result in very difficult challenges in the selective concentration and final separation of each rare earth. (Anderson, 2015, Kronholm, Anderson, Taylor, 2013) ... both the past and present methodologies used commonly in rare earth flotation of bastnasite, monazite and xenotime. Bastnasite Flotation

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Rare Earth Flotation Fundamentals: A Review

This paper will outline the fundamentals and literature of rare earth mineral flotation, review its industrial applications and provide some recent research updates.

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Flotation of rare earth minerals from silicate–hematite ore using …

The flotation of rare earth (RE) minerals (i.e. xenotime, monazite-(Nd), RE carbonate mineral) from an ore consisting mainly of silicate minerals (i.e. primary silicate minerals and nontronite ...

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Separation of Radioactive Elements from Rare Earth Element …

Rare earth elements (REE), originally found in various low-grade deposits in the form of different minerals, are associated with gangues that have similar physicochemical properties. However, the production of REE is attractive due to their numerous applications in advanced materials and new technologies. The presence of the radioactive elements, …

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The influence of temperature on rare earth flotation with …

Introduction. The Bayan Obo iron–rare earth (RE)–niobium deposit, located in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China, is the largest RE body in the world. 1 The principal industrial RE minerals in the deposit are bastnaesite and monazite, which are present in ratios of 1:1 or 9:1. 2 In most flotation processes, bastnaesite and monazite …

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Mineral Processing of Rare Earth Ores | SpringerLink

The flotation of rare earth minerals is broadly classified into two categories, such as carbonate mineral (bastnaesite) flotation and phosphate mineral …

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A review of reagents applied to rare-earth mineral flotation

Rare-earth mineral (REM) flotation is reviewed. • Surface chemical properties of various REM are presented. • Collectors, depressants and activators …

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Separation of Iron and Rare Earths from Low‐Intensity …

In this regard, Qiu et al. 14 studied the magnetic separation preconcentration technology of Yannuping rare earth ore, demonstrating that the grade of rare earth concentrate can be enhanced from 1.52 % to 7.40 %. Consequently, it is a challenge to separate hematite and rare earth minerals using high-intensity magnetic separation due …

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Fine particles flotation : Application to mine tailings containing rare

Request PDF | Fine particles flotation : Application to mine tailings containing rare earth bearing minerals | The flotation of fine particles is a technical challenge that the mining industry ...

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Optimization of High-grade Fluorspar Recovery from Rare Earth …

Fluorite (calcium fluoride—CaF2), also known as fluorspar, is an industrial mineral used in metallurgy, hydrofluoric acid production, and ceramics manufacturing. Based on the results from a previous study, a low-grade fluorspar by-product (20.0% CaF2) originating from the exploitation of a rare earth carbonatite deposit can be improved to …

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Processing the ores of rare-earth elements | MRS Bulletin

Rare-earth elements (REEs) are required for use in modern high-tech applications and demand has increased significantly over the last decade. 1 However, processing of REE ores poses potential hazards to human health and the environment due to challenges in the management of thorium (Th) and uranium (U) in waste products. 2 …

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The ultimate mineral processing challenge: Recovery of rare …

Phosphate beneficiation in Florida generates more than one tonne of phosphatic clay, or slime, per tonne of phosphate rock produced. Since the start of the practice of large-scale washing and desliming for phosphate beneficiation, more than 2 Gt of slime has accumulated, containing approximately 600 Mt of phosphate rock, 600 kt of …

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A Review of Rare-Earth Elements Extraction with Emphasis …

This paper reviews the methods and applications of rare-earth elements (REEs) extraction from coal, iron ore, apatite, and phosphate byproducts. It also …

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Surface chemistry considerations in the flotation of rare-earth …

The flotation reagents play a vital role in the development of rare earth beneficiation technology, and hydroxamate collectors have been successfully applied to the flotation of rare earth ...

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Minerals | Free Full-Text | A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth …

However, many recent studies have addressed this challenge using advanced characterization tools, such as X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES), micro-X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure ... M. Rare earth elements in flotation products of coals from East Kootenay coalfields, British Columbia. J. Rare Earths 2019.

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A review of flotation reagents for bastnäsite-(Ce) rare earth ore

The study showed that the dosage and ratio of water glass and sodium fluorosilicate could be adjusted, and hydroxamic acid could be used as a collector to obtain high-quality rare earth concentrates and substantially improve the rare earth recovery.

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A review of rare earth minerals flotation: Monazite and xenotime

This paper reviews rare earth minerals (monazite and xenotime) separation by flotation. A wide range of monazite and xenotime flotation test results are summarized including: reasons of variation in the point of zero charges on these minerals, the effects of various flotation conditions on zeta potential of monazite and xenotime, …

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A study of selective flotation recovery of rare earth oxides …

Monazite is a major rare earth elements (REE)-bearing phosphate mineral predominantly found in association with hematite and quartz in some Australian rare earth deposits. The flotation of rare ...

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Review of Flotation and Physical Separation of Rare …

Abaka-Wood, G. B., Addai-Mensah J. and Skinner W. (2016), "Review of Flotation and Physical Separation of Rare Earth Element Minerals", 4th UMaT Biennial International Mining and Mineral ...

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Recovery of rare earth elements minerals from iron oxide–silicate rich

This work is part of an ongoing investigation being conducted to recover and upgrade rare earth elements (REE) minerals from iron oxide and silicate rich tailings generated at a South Australian ...

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Wet gravity separation and froth floatation techniques for rare earth …

The demand for extracting Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from their deposits is growing significantly around the world since they are essential in many mature and growing industries. This study investigated the elemental and mineralogical composition of a Bulk sample and its potential for rare earth elements (REEs) beneficiation through Wet …

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Investigating the use of an ionic liquid for rare earth mineral flotation

DOI: 10.1016/J.JRE.2020.09.003 Corpus ID: 225225718; Investigating the use of an ionic liquid for rare earth mineral flotation @article{Li2020InvestigatingTU, title={Investigating the use of an ionic liquid for rare earth mineral flotation}, author={Ronghao Li and Christopher Marion and E.R.L. Espiritu and Ravinder S. Multani and Xiaoqi Sun and …

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Wet gravity separation and froth floatation techniques for rare earth …

The flotation process is considered one of the most important techniques to separate rare earth minerals from associate minerals and is commonly applied to the beneficiation of rare earth ores. It is worth mentioning that this separation method is used to separate minerals by exploiting the differences in their surface wettability [12, 24]. The ...

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Determination of surface chemistry and flotation properties of rare

Request PDF | On Mar 1, 2019, Ilgin Kursun and others published Determination of surface chemistry and flotation properties of rare earth mineral allanite | Find, read and cite all the research ...

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Minerals | Free Full-Text | Composite Collectors for the …

A lot of research achievements have been accumulated in terms of collectors and flotation mechanism for the major and industrially utilised rare-earth minerals in …

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Two-Liquid Flotation for Separating Mixtures of Ultra-Fine Rare Earth …

This paper reviews two separation methods applying two-step two-liquid flotation for recovering ultra-fine rare earth fluorescent powders (i.e., red, green, and blue). The paper aims to extract the science behind separation by two-liquid flotation, and to provide resulting engineering tips for material recycling. Two-liquid flotation, also called liquid …

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