Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 MINERALS
1.2 ABUNDANCE OF MINERALS
1.3 DEPOSITS AND ORES
1.4 METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC ORES
1.5 THE NEED FOR MINERAL PROCESSING
1.6 LIBERATION
1.7 CONCENTRATION
1.8 REPRESENTING MINERAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS： THE FLOWSHEET
1.9 MEASURES OF SEPARATION
1.9.1 Grade
1.9.2 Recovery
1.9.3 Grade-Recovery Relationship
1.9.4 A Measure of Technical Separation Efficiency
1.10 ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
1.10.1 Contained Value
1.10.2 Processing Costs
1.10.3 Milling Costs
1.10.4 Tailings Reprocessing and Recycling
1.10.5 Net Smelter Return and Economic Efficiency
1.10.6 Case Study： Economics of Tin Processing
1.10.7 Case Study： Economics of Copper Processing
1.10.8 Economic Efficiency
1.11 SUSTAINABILITY
REFERENCES
Chapter 2 Ore Handling
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 THE REMOVAL OF HARMFUL
2.3 ORE TRANSPORTATION
2.4 ORE STORAGE
2.5 FEEDING
2.6 SELF-HEATING OF SULFIDE MINERALS
REFERENCES
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Chapter 3 Classification
Chapter 4 Gravity Concentration
Chapter 5 Dense Medium Separation
Chapter 6 Magnetic and Electrical Separation
Chapter 7 Dewatering
Vocabulary

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