Mineral Processing Service

  Barite, also known as baryte, is a naturally occurring mineral composed of barium sulfate (BaSO4). It is commonly used in the oil and gas industry as a weighting agent for drilling fluids, as well as in other industries such as paints, plastics, and rubber.      The beneficiation process of barite mainly includes crushing, screening, washing, and flotation. The crushing stage usually uses jaw crushers and impact crushers. After crushing, the barite ore is screened and classified according to particle size. The coarse-grained materials are washed with water to remove impurities, and the fine-grained materials are subjected to flotation to obtain high-quality barite concentrate.      The selection of flotation agents is crucial in the flotation process of barite. The commonly used flotation agents for barite are collectors such as fatty acids, sulfonates, and carboxylates, as well as modifiers such as inorganic and organic substances. Collectors: Fatty acids: The commonly used fatty ac

 Bauxite beneficiation refers to the process of extracting valuable aluminum, silicon, iron, copper and other metals from bauxite and removing other impurities. The beneficiation process includes crushing and homogenization, pulp grinding, pulp flotation, concentrate tailings slurry concentration, concentrate tailings dehydration and other steps. crushing and homogenization The crushing and homogenization of bauxite is the first step in beneficiation. The ore is crushed to below -50mm and homogenized into -25mm particles. The homogenized ore has a uniform particle size, which is beneficial to the subsequent beneficiation process. pulp grinding The crushed bauxite is sent to a wet ball mill for grinding to make the particle size reach -50mm. The speed of the ball mill and the material of the liner have a great influence on the grinding effect of bauxite. Slurry flotation The ground bauxite is sent to Guangyida integrated flotation system for separation to obtain concentrate and tailing