Mineral Processing Techniques Basics and Related Issues

This book, serves as a reference guide for students, young professionals, entrepreneurs and industrialists in the areas of Ore dressing, Metallurgy, Applied Geology, and Mining with a focus on Mineral Processing. It includes basic elements of current practices of ore processing adopted mostly in India on a commercial scale presented in a very simple and understandable way.
It also includes the following application aspects:
· The reserves of each economic ore available in India.
· Scope of process flowsheet, material balance flowsheet, drawl of equipment specifications, equipment flowsheet, etc.
· Milestones to be kept in mind in execution of a commercial beneficiation plant.
· Estimation of water, power, site selection for a process plant.
· Basis for estimation of equipment and capital costs of the plant.
· Estimation of production costs and profitability.
· Environmental aspects affecting mining adversely.