FLOTATION CHEMISTRY FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE COURSE

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Explain the fundamental principles underpinning flotation chemistry in a way that is accessible and relevant to metallurgists in industry
• Provide guidance to understanding your ore body and how it will impact the choice of reagents, with particular focus on:
• Sulphide minerals
• Oxide minerals
• Outline the available options for flotation reagents and explain how they work
• Cement knowledge with the use of real-life case studies
• Briefly go over reagent testing methods

VIDEOS:

JKTech - JK Webinar: Flotation Pulp Chemistry – October 2020

COURSE CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION
• OBJETIVES
• UNDERSTANDING SURFACE FORCES
• UNDERSTANDING YOUR ORE SYSTEM
• UNDERSTANDING REAGENTS
• SULPHIDE MINERALS
• OXIDE MINERALS
• FROTHERS
• SELECTING YOUR REAGENT SUITE
• MORE ON TESTING YOUR REAGENT SUITE
• CASE STUDIES – INDUSTRIAL REAGENT TRIALS
• RECOMMENDED READING

The course will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.

BSc.Eng, PhD Eng. LIZA FORBES

A/Prof Liza Forbes specialises in mineral flotation, with specific focus on flotation reagent chemistry, mineral surface chemistry and base-metal sulphide electrochemistry. Her main interest lies in integrating fundamental and applied aspects of flotation research, to develop new and improved processing technologies.

Liza graduated with a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 2007. Since then, she has worked at the N.B.Keevil Mining Institute, University of British Columbia; the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne; and CSIRO Mineral Resources.

Liza has previously worked at a metallurgist at the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine, Anglo Platinum in South Africa. She has since been involved with a number of industry research projects with companies such as Kennecott Copper Co, Zijin Mining, Newmont, Newcrest, Sytec Technology Solutions and Anglo Coal.