Flotation Optimisers and Depressants
Pionera® F-Range of biopolymers consists of selective depressants and flotation optimisers for a broad range of gangue minerals in mineral beneficiation processes.
They can offer a significant economic advantage in the flotation of minerals by reducing smelter penalties, increasing grades and recovery of mineral concentrates.
Key Benefits:
- Improved grade and recovery
- Depression of penalty elements
- Excellent EHS profile
- Non-toxic
- Sustainable products from renewable sources
Our flotation depressants are proven to be effective on a variety of gangue minerals:
- Sulfide minerals, like pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenic and bismuth sulfides
- Oxide minerals, like silicates, talc and calcite
- Clays and graphite
- Sulfate minerals, like baryte and gypsum
Flotation test and plant trial data
Pyrite depression case study: endeavor mine
Pionera f-250 improved the grade of lead, zinc and silver concentrates.
Pyrite depression case study: boliden tara mine
Pionera f-250 substitutes cyanide in zinc/lead flotation plant.
Silicate depression case study: mmg century mine
Pionera f-100 increases zinc recovery in a lead/zinc flotation process.
Pyrrhotite depression in nickel flotation
Pionera f-300 improves nickel grade by pyrrhotite depression.
Pyrite depression study in chalcopyrite flotation
Pionera f-255 improves copper cleaner flotation.
Arsenopyrite depression in chalcopyrite flotation
Pionera f-200 shows reduced arsenic recovery in chalcopyrite flotation.
Clay depression case study: telfer mine
Pionera f-100 provides increased gold recovery at telfer mine flotation.
Calcite depression in fluorite flotation
Pionera f-220 and f-100 reduce calcite recovery in fluorspar flotation.
Bismuth depression chalcopyrite flotation
Pionera f-200 shows reduced bismuth recovery in copper flotation compared with cyanide.
All you need to know about mineral processing
Mineral processing is the art and technology of treating ores from mining areas in order to separate the valuable minerals from waste rock. it includes processes to provide a more concentrated material for the procedures of the following extractive metallurgy. the three main processes to increase the concentration of minerals are leaching, flotation and gravity concentration. recently ore sorting by xrf-technology became increasingly relevant.