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tool kit for designing a plant involving a circuit installed
with both mechanical and various emerging non-mechan-
ical flotation cells such as the Jameson, Woodgrove and
Hydroflot cells.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge all mining com-
panies and operations for their full support and input in
various phases of the work presented in this paper. Also
many thanks to different centres-of-excellence, commercial
laboratories, engineering companies, equipment vendors,
reagent suppliers and consultants on many projects and
would like to thank them all for their support, discussion,
partnerships and collaboration.
REFERENCES
Agar, G.E. and Stratton-Crawley, R., 1982. Bench-scale
simulation of flotation plant performance, CIM
Bulletin, December. Vol 75, #848, pp 93–98.
Arbiter, N., Hobsbawn, P.B., Mahoney, J.F. and Harris,
C.C., 1980. “Conceptual design of flotation circuits,”
in Mineral Processing Plant Design, 2nd edition, Ed:
Mular and Bhappu.
Coleman, R.G., Franzidis, J.P and Manlapig, E.V., 2004.
Using the Floatability Characterisation Test Rig for
Industrial Flotation Plant Design, MetPlant 2004,
Perth, WA, 6–7 September, 135–149.
Coleman, R.G., Urtubia, H.E., and Alexander, D.J., 2006.
A comparison of BHP-Billiton’s Minera Escondida
Flotation Concentrators. In Proceedings of the 38th
Annual Canadian Mill Operators Conference, Ottawa,
Canada, January.
Collins, D.A., Schwarz, S. and Alexander, D., 2009.
Designing modern flotation circuits using JKFIT and
JKSimFloat. In Proceedings of the Mineral Processing
Plant Design Conference, Tucson, Arizona, September.
Glatthaar, J., Lane, G., Phillips, M and T Hayward,
T., 2007. Design of a Large-Scale Concentrator for
Treatment of a Copper Skarn Orebody, Ninth Mill
Operators’ Conference Fremantle, WA, 19–21 March,
pp 201–210.
Gorain, B.K. and Stradling, A.W. (2002). An integrated
approach to modelling, design and optimisation of
the flotation plant at the Red Dog concentrator, in
the Proceedings of the 34th Canadian Mineral Processors
Conference, Ottawa, pp 279–296.
Gorain, B.K., Oravainen, H., Allenius, H., Peaker, R.,
Weber, A. and Tracyzk, F. (2007), Mechanical froth
flotation cells, In Froth Flotation-A century of innova-
tion, SME publication, pp 637–680.
Grönstrand, S., Niitti, T. and Bourke, P., 2011. Optimising
Flotation Innovations and the Role of Plant Testwork,
In Proceedings of the XXVI IMPC, Santiago, Chile., pp
2305–2313.
Harbort, G and Quan, K., 2017. Concentrator Design—
Standard Engineering Practice versus Geometallurgy
and Simulation, Metallurgical Plant Design and
Operating Strategies—World’s Best Practice (MetPlant
2017), 11–12 September 2017, Perth WA, pp 195–206.
Herbst, J.A. and Harris, M. (2007). Modeling and sim-
ulation of industrial flotation processes, In Froth
Flotation-A century of innovation, SME publication,
pp 757–777.
Klohn, S. and David Stephenson, D. and Granados, H.,
2016. Constancia project process plant design and
start-up, In 48th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors
Operators Conference, Ottawa, January, pp 100–112.
Lane, G., Brindley, S., Green, S. and McLeod, D. (2005).
Design and Engineering of Flotation Circuits in
Australia, AusIMM, In Centenary of Flotation Symposium
Proceedings, Brisbane, 6–9 June, pp. 127–140.
Sandoval, G., Amelunxen, R., Barrigo, D., Berrios, P. and
Amelunxen, P., 2014. Review of flotation batch test
procedures and scale-up—implications of entrainment,
In Proceedings of the XXVII IMPC, Santiago, Chile.
Schwarz, S. and Richardson, J.M., 2013. Modelling
and simulation of mineral processing circuits using
JKSimMet and JKSimFloat, In SME Annual Meeting,
Feb. 24–27, 2013, Denver, CO, Preprints 13‑120.
Stange, W., Bye, A., Beaton, N., Groutsch, J. and Manlapig,
E., 2014. A road map for simulation, In Proceedings of
the XXVII IMPC, Santiago, Chile.
Tabosa, E., Vianna, S., Valery, W., Duffy, K., Holtham, P.,
Pyle, L. and Andrade, B., 2020. Modelling pneumatic
flotation cells for circuit design and optimization,
In Proceedings of the XXX IMPC, Cape Town, South
Africa, 18–22 Oct, pp 3081–3091.
tool kit for designing a plant involving a circuit installed
with both mechanical and various emerging non-mechan-
ical flotation cells such as the Jameson, Woodgrove and
Hydroflot cells.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge all mining com-
panies and operations for their full support and input in
various phases of the work presented in this paper. Also
many thanks to different centres-of-excellence, commercial
laboratories, engineering companies, equipment vendors,
reagent suppliers and consultants on many projects and
would like to thank them all for their support, discussion,
partnerships and collaboration.
REFERENCES
Agar, G.E. and Stratton-Crawley, R., 1982. Bench-scale
simulation of flotation plant performance, CIM
Bulletin, December. Vol 75, #848, pp 93–98.
Arbiter, N., Hobsbawn, P.B., Mahoney, J.F. and Harris,
C.C., 1980. “Conceptual design of flotation circuits,”
in Mineral Processing Plant Design, 2nd edition, Ed:
Mular and Bhappu.
Coleman, R.G., Franzidis, J.P and Manlapig, E.V., 2004.
Using the Floatability Characterisation Test Rig for
Industrial Flotation Plant Design, MetPlant 2004,
Perth, WA, 6–7 September, 135–149.
Coleman, R.G., Urtubia, H.E., and Alexander, D.J., 2006.
A comparison of BHP-Billiton’s Minera Escondida
Flotation Concentrators. In Proceedings of the 38th
Annual Canadian Mill Operators Conference, Ottawa,
Canada, January.
Collins, D.A., Schwarz, S. and Alexander, D., 2009.
Designing modern flotation circuits using JKFIT and
JKSimFloat. In Proceedings of the Mineral Processing
Plant Design Conference, Tucson, Arizona, September.
Glatthaar, J., Lane, G., Phillips, M and T Hayward,
T., 2007. Design of a Large-Scale Concentrator for
Treatment of a Copper Skarn Orebody, Ninth Mill
Operators’ Conference Fremantle, WA, 19–21 March,
pp 201–210.
Gorain, B.K. and Stradling, A.W. (2002). An integrated
approach to modelling, design and optimisation of
the flotation plant at the Red Dog concentrator, in
the Proceedings of the 34th Canadian Mineral Processors
Conference, Ottawa, pp 279–296.
Gorain, B.K., Oravainen, H., Allenius, H., Peaker, R.,
Weber, A. and Tracyzk, F. (2007), Mechanical froth
flotation cells, In Froth Flotation-A century of innova-
tion, SME publication, pp 637–680.
Grönstrand, S., Niitti, T. and Bourke, P., 2011. Optimising
Flotation Innovations and the Role of Plant Testwork,
In Proceedings of the XXVI IMPC, Santiago, Chile., pp
2305–2313.
Harbort, G and Quan, K., 2017. Concentrator Design—
Standard Engineering Practice versus Geometallurgy
and Simulation, Metallurgical Plant Design and
Operating Strategies—World’s Best Practice (MetPlant
2017), 11–12 September 2017, Perth WA, pp 195–206.
Herbst, J.A. and Harris, M. (2007). Modeling and sim-
ulation of industrial flotation processes, In Froth
Flotation-A century of innovation, SME publication,
pp 757–777.
Klohn, S. and David Stephenson, D. and Granados, H.,
2016. Constancia project process plant design and
start-up, In 48th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors
Operators Conference, Ottawa, January, pp 100–112.
Lane, G., Brindley, S., Green, S. and McLeod, D. (2005).
Design and Engineering of Flotation Circuits in
Australia, AusIMM, In Centenary of Flotation Symposium
Proceedings, Brisbane, 6–9 June, pp. 127–140.
Sandoval, G., Amelunxen, R., Barrigo, D., Berrios, P. and
Amelunxen, P., 2014. Review of flotation batch test
procedures and scale-up—implications of entrainment,
In Proceedings of the XXVII IMPC, Santiago, Chile.
Schwarz, S. and Richardson, J.M., 2013. Modelling
and simulation of mineral processing circuits using
JKSimMet and JKSimFloat, In SME Annual Meeting,
Feb. 24–27, 2013, Denver, CO, Preprints 13‑120.
Stange, W., Bye, A., Beaton, N., Groutsch, J. and Manlapig,
E., 2014. A road map for simulation, In Proceedings of
the XXVII IMPC, Santiago, Chile.
Tabosa, E., Vianna, S., Valery, W., Duffy, K., Holtham, P.,
Pyle, L. and Andrade, B., 2020. Modelling pneumatic
flotation cells for circuit design and optimization,
In Proceedings of the XXX IMPC, Cape Town, South
Africa, 18–22 Oct, pp 3081–3091.