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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360656 | Method to improve the cleaner froth flotation process The present invention provides a method to improve the cleaner froth flotation process for the selective separation of ore values including, for example, copper, zinc, molybdenum, iron and mixtures there of, in existing flotation plants comprising the step of adding... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7314139 | Process for sulphide concentration The present invention relates to a gravity/flotation circuit where a mineral stream, such as a flotation rougher or cleaner concentrate, undergoes a two stage size separation wherein: i) the screen of the first stage provides a coa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299930 | Collecting agent comprising ammoniated compounds (primary, secondary, tertiary amines), for use in the process of grinding and/or floating copper, molybdenum, zinc, and other contained mineral ores The present invention provides a ammoniated collector (amine, azepine, etc.) alone or in combination with other thiol-type collecting reactants, as well as sodium, iron, magnesium, and/or manganese sulfates, sulfurs, oxides, and hydroxides, acrylic acid polymers and... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267291 | Additive for increasing the density of an oil-based fluid and fluid comprising such additive A wellbore fluid having an oleaginous phase and an additive for increasing the density of the wellbore fluid. The additive comprises solid colloidal particles coated with a dispersant during the comminution process of forming the particles. Exemplary starting materi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255795 | Process for selectively removing molybdenum from liquid mixtures containing it together with vanadium Process for selectively removing molybdenum from liquid mixtures containing it, in a quantity greater than (200) mg/l, together with vanadium characterized in that it comprises the following steps: bringing the liquid mixture to a pH of less than (3); adding a solut... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7219804 | Flotation processing including recovery of soluble nonferrous base metal values A method of flotation processing ores and other mineral materials containing soluble nonferrous base metal and sulfide minerals involves dissolving the soluble nonferrous base metal and precipitating the soluble nonferrous base metal in the form of a floatable preci... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7165680 | Selective flotation agent and flotation method A new reagent for the application in the preparation of mineral raw materials, mainly sulphide and oxyde mono- and polymetallic ores of non-ferrous metals, which are used as a corrosion inhibitor of the equipment and grinding bodies and as a selective collector of t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166290 | Methods for producing oocysts The present invention provides improved methods and compositions for producing oocysts. The oocysts produced according to the invention find use in the manufacture of vaccines. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152741 | Use of ozone to increase the flotation efficiency of sulfide minerals The use of ozone during certain stages of metal separation by flotation degrades certain collectors that are absorbed on the particle surface, as well as the collectors and frothers in the liquid slurry. As a result, the mineral particle has a fresh surface and new ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7059233 | Tungsten-containing articles and methods for forming the same Tungsten-containing articles and manufacturing processes for tungsten-containing articles. The articles may include firearms projectiles, such as shot, shot slugs, bullets, big game bullets, lead-equivalent bullets, black powder bullets, etc.; radiation shields; and... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028845 | PH adjustment in the flotation of sulphide minerals The present invention relates generally to a process for flotation of sulphide minerals where a flotation pulp is separated into a coarse stream and a fine stream, preferably containing particles coarser than about 30 micron and particles finer than about 30 micron,... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014048 | Composition formed of mercaptans which can be used in a process for the flotation of ores Composition intended for the flotation of ores, comprising: from 70 to 95% of a combination (A) of n-dodecyl mercaptan (or NDM) and of tert-dodecyl mercaptan (or TDM), the NDM/TDM ratio by weight of which is between 0.5 and 1.5, an... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004326 | Arsenide depression in flotation of multi-sulfide minerals A mineral separation process includes wet-grinding the ore to liberation of minerals, oxidizing the slurry using air, hydrogen peroxide or other oxidants and floating the valuable minerals at a pH between about 9.0 and 10.0 with a xanthate as collector, and a combin... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988623 | Beneficiation of sulfide minerals Froth flotation processes, useful for beneficiating base metal mineral values from metal sulfide ore, utilize a collector comprising N-butoxycarbonyl-O-butylthionocarbamate. ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6959815 | Selective reactive oily bubble carriers in flotation processes and methods of generation and uses thereof The present invention provides for a reactive oily bubble carrier comprising: (a) a gas bubble having an oil-coating; and (b) a collector dissolved within the oil-coating. The present invention also provides for the use a reactive oily bubble carrier in a flotation ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953120 | Method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof in a slurry and tailings obtained from said method A method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof from a slurry is described. The method involves magnetically separating at least a portion of any magnetic impurities from the slurry and then leaching or dissolving at least a portion of any remaining magnetic impur... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945407 | Flotation of sulphide minerals The present invention relates generally to a process and an apparatus for flotation of sulphide minerals, such as sulphide minerals hosted in ores rich in magnesium minerals. The process involves grinding of the nickel ore rich in magnesium minerals and thereafter s... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6905028 | Method of separation by altering molecular structures Method of separation that uses at least one organic chemical reaction to alter the molecular structure of a substance or substances (102) so that a mechanical method of separation can be used to cause the separation of one or more substances from one or a gro... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874640 | Process for separation of bastnaesite from weathered bastnaesite barite fluorite ores The present invention provides a process for the recovery of bastnaesite and other minerals containing rate earth oxide from complex, weathered ores containing barite, borite, fluorites and/or barite, fluorites, silicates and iron oxides, and comprises reverse barit... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6536595 | Mineral ore flotation aid In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of improving the separation of mineral values from their associated gangue. The method itself involves the addition of an effective amount of a treatment reagent to the froth flotation p... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6484883 | Use of cupric chloride in zinc flotation A process for activating a zinc-containing ore for flotation in aqueous media, wherein an ammonium-free aqueous cupric chloride solution is added to the media.... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6427843 | Flotation separation of valuable minerals A process for separating minerals of different mineralogical character. A milled slurry or flotation concentrate is subjected to a first conditioning step (20) followed by a first flotation step (30) followed by a second conditioning step (50) followed by... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6170669 | Separation of minerals A process for floating fine particles containing metal values of an iron-bearing sulphide mineral ore including the steps of conditioning the aqueous pulp of ore at a pH of between about 7 and about 10 with a reducing agent which is preferably oxy-sulphur... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6138835 | Recovery of petalite from ores containing feldspar minerals A method for recovering petalite from a mixture comprising petalite and feldspar minerals comprises the steps of forming an aqueous slurry of the mixture and adding to the slurry a depressant selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal chlo... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6098810 | Flotation process for separating silica from feldspar to form a feed material for making glass A separation process is provided for treating a feed material comprising silica, feldspar, and metal impurities, including at least one of mica, iron impurities, or refractory heavy minerals, to form one or more products for use in making glass. In the proces... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092666 | Reduction of pH modifying agent in the flotation of copper minerals A method is provided for reducing the consumption of alkaline pH modifier in a mineral separation circuit which employs sulfoxy radical-containing reagents. The method comprises the addition of a non-oxidizing gas to the mineral separation circuit prior t... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6076682 | Process for froth flotation of silicate-containing iron ore The present invention relates to a process for enriching an iron mineral from a silicate-containing iron ore by carrying out, at a pH of 8-11, a froth flotation in the presence of a depressing agent for the iron mineral and a collecting agent containing a... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6044978 | Process for recovery of copper, nickel and platinum group metal bearing minerals The present invention provides a process for the recovery of base metal sulfides including chalcocite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite and platinum group metal bearing mineral ores. The process involves passing a slurry of the ore through a reagent conditioning... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6041941 | Reagent consumption in mineral separation circuits A method for reducing both reagent consumption and scale formation in a mineral separation circuit employing sulfoxy compounds as reagents. The method involves introducing into the mineral separation circuit a non-oxidizing gas in a quantity sufficient to... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036025 | Mineral flotation separation by deoxygenating slurries and mineral surfaces A process for the separation of minerals of different mineralogical character. The process involves conditioning a milled slurry or a slurry of a flotation concentrate which contains a mixture of valuable sulfidic minerals and non-sulfidic gangue material... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032805 | Enhanced effectiveness of sulfoxy compounds in flotation circuits A method of increasing both flotation selectivity and effectiveness of a sulfoxy radical-containing reagent added to a mineral separation circuit. The method involves adding a non-oxidizing gas to the mineral separation circuit prior to and/or simultaneou... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5992640 | Precious metals recovery from ores A process for recovery of a precious metals containing mineral from a non-sulphidic gangue mineral comprising: preparing a pulp of a material containing the precious metals containing and gangue minerals; conditioning the pulp with an oxidizing gas containing ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5925862 | Process for the recovery of cobalt from ores containing metal sulfides A process for the production of cobalt concentrate from an ore containing metal sulfides including sulfides of lead, zinc, and cobalt. The ore is crushed and subjected to a lead and cobalt flotation to separate the lead and cobalt from the zinc and produc... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5879542 | Flotation process Disclosed is a process for the flotation of a mineral concentrate comprising the steps of forming an aqueous slurry of a milled mineral ore containing particles of a desired mineral species and adding a flotation reagent which causes a desired variation i... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5855771 | Pyrite depressant useful in floation separation The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depressing of pyrite with from about 0.05 to 0.75 kilograms per ton of concentrate solids, using a pyrite depressan... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5855770 | Base metal mineral flotation processes A process for recovering a secondary base metal mineral from a material containing it involving treatment of a pulp of the material with surface modifying reagent such as a water soluble sulphide. The pulp is subjected to deaeration by introduction of a n... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5853571 | Pyrite depressant useful in flotation separation The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depressing of pyrite with from about 0.05 to 0.75 kilograms per ton of concentrate solids using a pyrite depressant... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5846407 | Pyrite depressant useful in flotation separation The present invention relates to a process for separating pyrite from sulfide ores and coal during flotation separation which comprises the depression of pyrite with from about 0.125 to 1.250 pounds per ton of 2-S thironium-ethane sulfonate (IESA) as a py... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5837210 | Method for processing gold-bearing sulfide ores involving preparation of a sulfide concentrate Provided is a method for processing a gold-bearing sulfide ore which involves maintaining the ore in a substantially oxygen free environment, preferably beginning with comminution of the ore and ending when a desired final concentrate, enriched in sulfide... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5795465 | Process for recovering copper from copper-containing material The present invention provides a process that employs both non-selective flotation and oxidative leaching of the resulting concentrates to recover an increased amount of copper from porphyry copper ores. The non-selective flotation step uses collectors an... | 08/18/1998 |
