Introduction Flotation is a selective separation process by attaching water-repelling of hydrophobic particles to rising air bubbles to form a particle-rich froth on the suspension surface, which flows over the lip of the cell (Nguyen, 2007). For almost a century, flotation has ...

How do you still make this mistake? Most beginner geologists or students make this mistake. It is estimated that 90% of them do. But what is it fundamentally about? Indeed, many find it difficult to distinguish between mining sampling and ...

At the recent Workshop “Challenges in Fragmentation and Environmental Control in Blasting”, held in the historic city of Ouro Preto, Brazil, Víctor Hugo Paredes, Software Manager at Nextdet, presented Quamtum, the revolutionary software that is transforming the mining industry, optimizing ...

The V, V1, and V2 patterns are significantly better than row delays. Because of the lower hole loads, wider spacing at the moment of hole initiation, and inflight collisions of shattered rock during its movement, these lead to superior fragmentation. ...

Even in the realm of diamonds, technology continues to advance. Diamonds are becoming more and more desirable since they can now be created in a lab. Because the developing process replicates the carbon-atom structures created by Mother Nature, lab-grown diamonds ...