Bauxite flotation practice Worldwide, the industrial practice for bauxite consists in feeding the ROM ore directly to the alumina production plant. Shaffer (1985), in his contribution to SME Mineral Processing Handbook chapter on alumina, literally writes that "the intrincate milling and mineral dressing techniques common in the base metal ...

ABSTRACT Bauxite ore is the primary mineral resource for the production of aluminum metal and includes gibbsite [Al(OH) 3], diaspore [α-AlO(OH)] and boehmite [γ-AlO(OH)]. Gangue minerals generally include iron oxides (Hematite [Fe 2O 3], Goethite [FeO(OH)]), silicates (quartz [SiO 2]), kaolinite [Al 2Si 2O 5(OH) 4] and others such as rutile/anatase [TiO 2].

An innovative self-designed medium was packed in a bench-scale flotation column to study its influence on the flotation recovery of bauxite. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation was conducted to reveal the impact of the packing medium on the turbulent characteristics of collection zone in the column. Simulation results show that multilayer packing of the medium divides the collection ...

From Introduction: "This report presents the results of an investigation of the physical properties and characteristics of bauxite, with special reference to the possibility of applying commercial methods of concentration to low-grade bauxite."

Flotation has been applied in order to concentrate gibbsite that is used in metallurgical processing. Recent studies have reported that separation by flotation can lead to an increase in bauxite recovery in addition to a decrease in the content of contaminants ([2]; [5]; [6]).