Increasing yield on Tungsten and Tantalum ore production by means of advanced and flexible control on crushing, milling and separation process

Project Information

OptimOre

Grant agreement ID: 642201

DOI

10.3030/642201

Project closed

EC signature date 28 November 2014

Start date 1 December 2014

End date 28 February 2018

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost

€ 5 084 468,75

EU contribution

€ 5 084 468,75

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Spain

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project Website

Documents, reports (3)

Technology watch

with a yearly periodicity, this deliverable will content all existing available technologies related to the OptimOre objectives, including new machinery types, models, control, etc…(online, yearly).

Workshops plan and execution

workshops plan is designed (Month 16) and executed (Months 24 and 36). Conclusions are adequately reported.

European CRM perspective and technology selection

European sociological perspective on CRMs and the different technologies selected for its use during project Execution (including analysis and sensing) will be selected (Month 5).

Publications

Conference proceedings (16)

European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme: OptimOre Project

Author(s): Yousef Ghorbani and Rob Fitzpatrick
Published in: Issue Thursday 26th May 2016, 2016
Publisher: Minerals Engineering Society

Low grade tantalum ores: mineral liberation analysis

Author(s): . Hamid, E. Guasch, H. Anticoi, J. Oliva, P. Alfonso
Published in: XXVIII International Mineral Processing Conference, Issue September 11-15, 2016, 2016
Publisher: IMPC

High pressure grinding rolls modelling with population balance models applied to tantalum ore

Author(s): E. Guasch, H. Anticoi, S. Hamid, J. Oliva, P. Alfonso
Published in: XXVIII International Mineral Processing Conference, Issue September 11-15, 2016, 2016
Publisher: IMPC

Optimization of the tantalum ore production by control the milling process

Author(s): P. Alfonso, J. Oliva, B, Álvarez, J. Jorge, L. Sanmiquel, D. Parcerisa, O. Tomasa, D. Calvo, E. Guasch, JJ. De Felipe, H. Anticoi, M. Garcia-Valles
Published in: 2nd International Conference on Mining, Material and Metallurgical Engineering, Issue July 20-21, 2015, 2016
Publisher: Avestia

A process mineralogy approach to gravity concentration of Tantalum bearing minerals

Author(s): Yousef Ghorbani, Rob Fitzpatrick, Melanie Kinchington and Gavyn Rollinson
Published in: Issue October 26 - 28, 2016, 2016
Publisher: Minerals Engineering Society

New approach to ball mill modelling as a piston flow process

Author(s): E. Guasch, H. Anticoi, S. Hamid, J. Oliva, P. Alfonso, T. Escobet, L. Sanmiquel, M. Bascompta
Published in: Comminution 2016, Issue April 11-14, 2016, 2016
Publisher: Minerals Engineering

Ball mill Bond work index study as a function of grinding size in different tungsten ores

Author(s): G. González García, J.M. Menéndez Aguado
Published in: XII Jornadas Argentinas de Tratamiento de Minerales (JATRAMI), 2016
Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

High pressure grinding rolls modelling with population balance models applied to tantalum and tungsten ores

Author(s): H. Anticoi, E. Guasch, S. Hamid, J. Oliva, P. Alfonso, T. Escobet, L. Sanmiquel, M. Bascompta
Published in: Comminution 2016, Issue April 11-14, 2016, 2016
Publisher: Minerals Engineering

QUANTITATIVE MINERALOGY FOR IMPROVED MODELLING OF SHAKING TABLES

Author(s): R. S. Fitzpatrick, Y. Ghorbani, P. Hegarty, and G. Rollinson
Published in: XXVIII International Mineral Processing Congress, Issue September 11-15, 2016, 2016
Publisher: IMPC

Influence of mineralogy on spiral performance of Tungsten ore

Author(s): Yousef Ghorbani, Patrick, Hegarty, Rob Fitzpatrick, Phil Hingston and Gavyn Rollinson
Published in: Process Mineralogy ’17, Issue March 20-22, 2017, 2017
Publisher: MEI

Size Reduction and Liberation Analysis for Tantalum Ore

Author(s): Guldris et al.
Published in: Comminution 2016, 2016, Page(s) 1-15
Publisher: Elsevier

A Continuum based Numerical Modelling Approach for the Simulation of WHIMS

Author(s): Raheel Rasool, Prof. Dr. Holger Lieberwirth
Published in: MEI Conference - Computational Modelling ʹ2017, 2017
Publisher: MEI

New results in magnetic separation of tantalum ore

Author(s): Filipp Zolotarev; Prof. Dr. Holger Lieber-wirth
Published in: MEI Conference - Physical Separation 2017, 2017
Publisher: MEI

Recovery of fine tungsten-bearing minerals from waste streams using modified Multi-Gravity Separator

Author(s): Robert Fitzpatrick, Patrick Hegarty, Keith Fergusson, Gavyn Rollinson, Yousef Ghorbani and Treve Mildren
Published in: Physical Separation ’17, Issue June 15-16, 2017, 2017
Publisher: MEI

Comparing existing froth flotation models in a case study of a scheelite ore

Author(s): Kupka N. and Rudolph M
Published in: FIA Tagung, Issue November 2017, 2017
Publisher: FIA

Back-calculating froth flotation rates of scheelite by size fractions and liberation classes

Author(s): Sterbik N. and Rudolph M
Published in: IMPC 2016, 2016
Publisher: IMPC

Thesis and dissertations (3)

A lab scale froth flotation study of tungsten bearing tailings of the Barruecopardo mine (Spain) within the EU Horizon2020 OptimOre Project

Author(s): Reinol Josef Compañero
Published in: Issue August 3rd, 2016, 2016
Publisher: TUBAF / HZDR

the extractability of tantalum from the tailings material at the historic Penouta Mine, northwest Spain, using gravity separation methods

Author(s): Melanie Kinchington
Published in: 2016
Publisher: Exeter University

Application of a Multi-Gravity Separator to waste streams from Low Intensity Magnetic Separation processing

Author(s): Keith Fergusson
Published in: 2018
Publisher: University of Exeter

Peer reviewed articles (12)

QUANTITATIVE MINERALOGY FOR IMPROVED MODELLING OF SHAKING TABLES

Author(s): R. S. Fitzpatrick, Y. Ghorbani, P. Hegarty, and G. Rollinson
Published in: Minerals Engineering, 2018, ISSN 0892-6875
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Quantitative Mineralogical Comparison between HPGR and Ball Mill Products of a Sn-Ta Ore

Author(s): Sarbast Hamid, Pura Alfonso, Hernan Anticoi, Eduard Guasch, Josep Oliva, Marek Dosbaba, Maite Garcia-Valles, Marina Chugunova
Published in: Minerals, Issue 8/4, 2018, Page(s) 151, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min8040151

Frequency domain characterization of torque in tumbling ball mills using DEM modelling: Application to filling level monitoring

Author(s): Francisco Pedrayes, Joaquín G. Norniella, Manuel G. Melero, Juan M. Menéndez-Aguado, Juan J. del Coz-Díaz
Published in: Powder Technology, Issue 323, 2018, Page(s) 433-444, ISSN 0032-5910
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2017.10.026

Optimisation of tungsten recovery using a multi-gravity separator with novel modifications

Author(s): Robert Fitzpatrick, Patrick Hegarty, Keith Fergusson, Gavyn Rollinson, Weiguo Xie and Treve Mildren
Published in: Minerals, 2018, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI

A continuum based numerical modelling approach for the simulation of WHIMS

Author(s): Raheel Rasool, Holger Lieberwirth
Published in: Minerals Engineering, Issue 118, 2018, Page(s) 97-105, ISSN 0892-6875
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.12.020

A Process Mineralogy Approach to Gravity Concentration of Tantalum Bearing Minerals

Author(s): Yousef Ghorbani, Rob Fitzpatrick, Melanie Kinchington, Gavyn Rollinson, Patrick Hegarty
Published in: Minerals, Issue 7/10, 2017, Page(s) 194, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min7100194

New results in magnetic separation of tantalum ore

Author(s): Lieberwirth, H Filipp Zolotarev, Tim Hühner-fürst
Published in: Minerlas Engineering, 2018, ISSN 0892-6875
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Breakage function for HPGR: Mineral and mechanical characterization of tantalum and tungsten ores

Author(s): Hernan Anticoi, Eduard Guasch, Sarbast Ahmad, Pura Alfonso, Josep Oliva, Marc Bascompta, Lluis Sanmiquel, Antoni Escobet, Rosa Argelaguet, Teresa Escobet, Jose Juan De Felipe, David Parcerisa, Esteban Peña, Maite Garcia-Valles
Published in: Minerals, 2018, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI

Performance of acidified water glass in scheelite flotation against calcite

Author(s): Kupka N. Babel B., Chinbat D. and Rudolph M.
Published in: Minerals Engineering, 2018, ISSN 0892-6875
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Froth flotation of scheelite – A review

Author(s): Nathalie Kupka, Martin Rudolph
Published in: International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2017, ISSN 2095-2686
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmst.2017.12.001

Chemistry of scheelite flotation: impact of pH modifier and interaction with depressant

Author(s): Kupka N. and Rudolph M.
Published in: Minerals, 2018, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI

Textural and mineral-chemistry constraints regarding the columbite-group minerals in the Penouta deposit: evidences of magmatic and fluid-related processes

Author(s): P. Alfonso, S. A. Hamid, M. Garcia-Valles, T. Llorens, F. J. López Moro, O. Tomasa, D. Calvo, E. Guasch, H. Anticoi, J. Oliva, D. Parcerisa, F. García Polonio
Published in: Mineralogical Magazine, 2018, Page(s) 1-41, ISSN 0026-461X
Publisher: Mineralogical Society
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2017.081.107