Zinc in South Africa

ated by flotation. It is generally accepted that zinc is not an easy metal to produce from its mineral concent. M. uced to the metal. Reduction can be achieved via hydrometallurgical or pyrome. allurgical routes. The annual world consumption of zinc metal is approximately 7,1 million tons, …

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Skorpion Zinc ( VEDL) •Open pit zinc mine and refinery •Largest integrated zinc operation in Africa •LoM of 1.5 years •Refinery design capacity of 150Ktpa Lisheen •Successful closure of operations due to end of LOM in 2015 •World-class closure process underway •Total tonnes and grade mined •ROM (Sept 1999 to Sept

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Zinc in South Africa

ated by flotation. It is generally accepted that zinc is not an easy metal to produce from its mineral concent. M. uced to the metal. Reduction can be achieved via hydrometallurgical or pyrome. allurgical routes. The annual world consumption of zinc metal is approximately 7,1 million tons, of which South Africa uses approxi.

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Zinc in South Africa

The paper opens with brief descriptions of the history, occurrence, and regional geology of South Afri-can zinc deposits, and follows with descriptions of the resources, mining methods, and …

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by P. MARAIS*, Pr. Eng., B.Sc. (Eng.), F.S.A.I.M.M.

The differential flotation of mixed sulphides, particu-larly copper-zinc and copper-lead-zinc sulphides presents one of the most complicated and difficult problems that the basc-metal metallurgist and mineral-processing engineer have to solve. Pyrite is invariably present in copper-zinc ore-bodies. In practice, when

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Zinc in South Africa

The paper opens with brief descriptions of the history, occurrence, and regional geology of South Afri-can zinc deposits, and follows with descriptions of the resources, mining methods, and processes for the concentration of the sulphide minerals and the extraction of zinc as practised in South Africa. The end uses

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