Patent ID: 8991612
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B03C

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining non-magnetic ores from a suspension containing ore particle-magnetic particle agglomerates, comprising: allowing the agglomerates to precipitate from the suspension; performing a splitting process to split the agglomerates that precipitated from the suspension, the agglomerates being split to form a mixture of ore particles and magnetic particles which are present together but separately; performing a separating process to separate the mixture to form a first mass flow containing magnetic particles together with ore particle impurities and a second mass flow containing ore particles together with magnetic particle impurities; determining purity information, the purity information relating to at least one of a content of ore particle impurities in the first mass flow and/or a content of magnetic particle impurities in the second mass flow; and using the purity information to determine an efficiency of at least one of the splitting process and the separating process.