Roughing Conditions Research to Recover a Nickel Ore

The ore from Jingping contains 0.634% nickel, 0.329% copper, 0.047% cobalt, 30.18% SiO2 and 19.72% MgO. In order to obtain satisfying beneficiation results, a lot of tests were taken out before, and this article main focus on roughing flotation conditions. Finally find that when the sodium carbonate dosage is 2000g/t, carboxy-methyl cellulose (CMC) dosage is 200g/t, sodium silicate dosage is 100g/t, the combinational effect can depressing the gangue minerals as well as the slime. The final concentration contains 3.03% nickel, 2.01% copper and 2.40% cobalt, the recovery of the nickel, copper and cobalt is 73.03%, 92.58%, 77.62% respectively.