Study on Efficient Flotation Separation of a High-sulfur Lead-zinc Mine in Yunnan
A high sulfur lead-zinc ore in Yunnan,China was taken as the object,the lead and zinc grades were 6.90%and 22.44%.Under the grinding fineness-0.074 mm account for 67%,and the technical process of"Pb/S bulk flotation-Pb/S separation-Zn flotation"was adopted for flotation separation,the combination of lime and PDJ was used as pyrite depressant,and and SPC was used as sphalerite collector.The lead concentrate with lead grade of 62.86%,zinc content of 5.73%,and lead recovery of 86.11%,and the total zinc concentrate with zinc grade of 54.81%,lead content of 1.16%and zinc recovery of 89.97%were obtained.The combination of PDJ and lime reduced 4 000 g/t lime and reduced the Ca2+content in recycling water,avoiding the depressing effect of Ca2+in recycling water on the flotation of pyrite in Pb/S bulk flotation stage.Compared with butyl xanthate,when SPC is adopted,the amount of CuSO4 is reduced by 100 g/t,and the Zn flotation rate was largely increased.