Oil agglomeration of mineral tailings in mixed-surfactant systems

In this paper the results of spherical oil agglomeration of mineral tailings were presented. Tailings from nickel recovery (the Szklary heap, Lower Silesia, Poland) were used in these investigations. Agglomeration experiments have been carried out in water suspension of mineral particles in the presence of cationic and anionic surfactants and kerosene as bridging oil.