Mineral processing of heavy mineral sands from Malawi and Malaysia

Mitchell, C.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-5668. 1992 Mineral processing of heavy mineral sands from Malawi and Malaysia. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 44pp. (WG/92/035) (Unpublished)

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Abstract/Summary

Processing of heavy mineral sands involves many techniques including gravity, magnetic and electrostatic separation. As part of a laboratory programme to develop effective mineral processing techniques, two mineral sands from Malawi and Malaysia were processed using the standard techniques, with emphasis placed on the Carpco electrostatic separator. These sands were initially characterised mineralogically by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron microprobe analysis (EPMA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The same techniques were also used at a later stage to characterize the mineral concentrates. Mineral processing involved screening (to size the sands), gravity separation (to remove the less dense, or 'light', minerals), and magnetic and electrostatic separation (to produce concentrates of ilmenite, zircon, rutile and monazite).

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > Economic Minerals
Funders/Sponsors:	Overseas Development Administration
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This item has been internally reviewed but not externally peer-reviewed. Report made open by author November 2012
Date made live:	29 Nov 2012 14:12 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20648

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