SME Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Handbook (2 Volumes)

Contents
Foreword • Michael G. Nelson
Preface
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Technical Reviewers
Part 1: Mineral Characterization and Analysis
	1.1 Mineral Propertiesand Processing
	1.2 Analytical Testing • Meg Dietrich LeVier
	1.3 Automated Mineralogy
	1.4 Ore Liberation Analysis
	1.5 Surface Chemical Control in Flotation and Leaching
	1.6 Laboratory Test Work and Equipment
	1.7 Laboratory Automation
	1.8 Sampling Practice and Considerations
	1.9 Viscosity and Rheology
	1.10 Geometallurgy
Part 2: Management and Reporting
	2.1 Health and Safety
	2.2 Community and Social Issues
	2.3 Mill Reports
	2.4 Metal Accounting
	2.5 Modeling and Simulation
	2.6 Process Control and Operational Intelligence
	2.7 Project Management
	2.8 Research and Development
Part 3: Comminution
	3.1 Mine-to-Mill Optimization
	3.2 Rock Blasting
	3.3 Jaw and Impact Crushers
	3.4 Gyratory and Cone Crushers
	3.5 Sizers and Roll Crushers
	3.6 Crusher Selection and Performance Optimization
	3.7 High-Pressure Grinding Roll Technology
	3.8 Grinding Circuit Design
	3.9 Grinding Circuit Flow Sheets
	3.10 Grinding Circuit Performance Optimization
	3.11 Grinding Technologies
	3.12 Testing and Calculations for Comminution Machines
Part 4: Classification and Washing
	4.1 Screens
	4.2 Cyclones
	4.3 Fluidized-Bed Classifiers
	4.4 Mechanical Classifiers
	4.5 Ore Washing
	4.6 Partition Curves
Part 5: Transport and Storage
	5.1 Solids Storage
	5.2 Belt Conveyors
	5.3 Pumps
Part 6: Physical Separations
	6.1 Mineral Sorting
	6.2 Gravity Concentration
	6.3 Dense Medium Separation
	6.4 Magnetic Separation
	6.5 Electrostatic Separation
	6.6 Methods for Recycling Applications
Part 7: Flotation
	7.1 Mechanical Flotation
	7.2 Column Flotation
	7.3 Pneumatic Flotation
	7.4 Froth Management
	7.5 Flotation Chemicals and Chemistry
	7.6 Entrainment in Flotation
	7.7 Sulfide Flotation Testing
	7.8 Non-Sulfide Flotation Testing
	7.9 Applied Flotation Modeling
Part 8: Solid and Liquid Separation
	8.1 Sedimentation Equipment
	8.2 Filtration
	8.3 Continuous Drying Technologies
Part 9: Disposal
	9.1 Tailings Disposal and Management
	9.2 Water Balance
	9.3 Treatment of Effluent Waste
Part 10: Hydrometallurgy
	10.1 Agglomeration Pretreatment
	10.2 Solution Mining and In Situ Leaching
	10.3 Heap and Dump Leaching
	10.4 Vat Leaching
	10.5 Tank Leaching
	10.6 Pressure Leaching and Oxidation
	10.7 Bioleaching
	10.8 Agitated Bioleach Reactors
	10.9 Evaporation and Crystallization
	10.10 Precipitation
	10.11 Carbon Adsorption
	10.12 Carbon-in-Leach and Carbon-in-Pulp Circuit Design
	10.13 Ion Exchange Technologies
	10.14 Solvent Extraction
	10.15 Cementation
	10.16 Electrowinning
	10.17 Electrorefining
	10.18 Gaseous Reduction in Aqueous Solutions
	10.19 Aqueous-Phase Redox Precipitation
Part 11: Pyrometallurgy
	11.1 Pretreatment for Pyrometallurgy
	11.2 Molten Salt Electrolysis
	11.3 Calcination
	11.4 Vapor-Phase Extraction
	11.5 Smelting
	11.6 Conversion and Refining
Part 12: Processing of Selected Metals, Minerals, and Materials
	12.1 Alumina
	12.2 Aluminum Extraction
	12.3 Antimony Production and Commodities
	12.4 Arsenic Production, Commodities, and Fixation
	12.5 Beryllium
	12.6 Coal Preparation
	12.7 Copper Mineral Processing
	12.8 Copper Hydrometallurgy
	12.9 Copper Pyrometallurgy
	12.10 Diamonds
	12.11 Fluorspar
	12.12 Gold and Silver
	12.13 Graphene
	12.14 Graphite
	12.15 Gypsum
	12.16 Iron Ore Beneficiation
	12.17 Ironmaking
	12.18 Kaolin
	12.19 Lead and Bismuth
	12.20 Lithium
	12.21 Magnesium Minerals and Metal
	12.22 Manganese
	12.23 Mercury Abatement
	12.24 Molybdenum
	12.25 Nickel and Cobalt
	12.26 Oil Shale
	12.27 Oil and Tar Sands
	12.28 Phosphate Rock
	12.29 Platinum Group Metals
	12.30 Portland and Other Cements
	12.31 Potash
	12.32 Rare Earth Elements
	12.33 Silica, Q uartz, and Silicon
	12.34 Steelmaking
	12.35 Sulfur
	12.36 Talc
	12.37 Titanium Dioxide Pigment
	12.38 Titanium Ores
	12.39 Titanium and Titanium Alloys
	12.40 Tungsten
	12.41 Uranium
	12.42 Vanadium
	12.43 Zirconium
Index