- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Minerals
- 1.2 Abundance of Minerals
- 1.3 Deposits and Ores
- 1.4 Metallic and Nonmetallic Ores
- 1.5 The Need for Mineral Processing
- 1.6 Liberation
- 1.7 Concentration
- 1.8 Representing Mineral Processing Systems: The Flowsheet
- 1.9 Measures of Separation
- 1.10 Economic Considerations
- 1.11 Sustainability
- References
- Chapter 2. Ore Handling
- Chapter 3. Sampling, Control, and Mass Balancing
- Chapter 4. Particle Size Analysis
- Chapter 5. Comminution
- Chapter 6. Crushers
- Chapter 7. Grinding Mills
- Chapter 8. Industrial Screening
- Chapter 9. Classification
- Chapter 10. Gravity Concentration
- Chapter 11. Dense Medium Separation (DMS)
- Chapter 12. Froth Flotation
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Principles of Flotation
- 12.3 Classification of Minerals
- 12.4 Collectors
- 12.5 Frothers
- 12.6 Regulators
- 12.7 The Importance of pH
- 12.8 The Importance of Pulp Potential
- 12.9 Flotation Kinetics
- 12.10 The Role of Particle Size and Liberation
- 12.11 Cells, Banks, and Circuits
- 12.12 Flotation Testing
- 12.13 Flotation Machines
- 12.14 Flotation Cell and Gas Dispersion Characterization
- 12.15 Control of Flotation Plants
- 12.16 Reagent Addition and Conditioning
- 12.17 Flotation Flowsheets and Plant Practice
- 12.18 Other Surface Chemistry and Flotation-Based Separation Systems
- References
- Chapter 13. Magnetic and Electrical Separation
- Chapter 14. Sensor-based Ore Sorting
- Chapter 15. Dewatering
- Chapter 16. Tailings Disposal
- Chapter 17. Modeling and Characterization
- Appendix I. Metallic Ore Minerals
- Appendix II. Common Nonmetallic Ores
- Appendix III. Technical Separation Efficiency: Definition and Derivation
- Appendix IV. Data Used in Figure 4.7
- Appendix V. Derivation of Fully Mixed Recovery Equation (Chapter 12, Equation 12.28)
- Appendix VI. Data and Computations to Determine Time Corresponding to Maximum Separation Efficiency (Figure 12.58), and to Determine Flotation Rate Constant (Figure 12.59)
- Index
Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology
An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery
Eighth Edition
Barry A. Wills
Senior Partner, MEI, UK
James A. Finch, FRSC, FCIM, P.Eng.
Gerald G. Hatch Chair in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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