Application of Electrohydraulic Effect to Reduce Losses of Standard-Quality Ferrosilicon in Dense Medium Separation Tailings
A. S. Timofeev1, I. Zh. Bunin1, G. P. Dvoichenkova1,2
1Academician Melnikov Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources-IPKON, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2Polytechnical Institute-Division of the Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Mirny, Russia
Keywords: Kimberlite, ferrosilicon, clay, electrohydraulic treatment, dense medium separation
Abstract
Aiming to separate ferrosilicon and products of dense medium separation of diamond-bearing kimberlites, and to reduce the loss of the expensive densifier-ferrosilicon, electrohydraulic treatment of ferrosilicon suspension is used. The method of conditioning of dense medium separation tailings of diamond-bearing kimberlites is developed and experimentally tested, which allows the improved quality of skimming of ferrosilicon and its loss reduction.
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