FLOMIN™ MSA is a fines flotation booster that selectively aggregates hydrophobized particles, improving fine and ultrafine mineral recovery while enhancing flotation kinetics and concentrate grade.
Product Overview
What is FLOMIN™ MSA designed for?
FLOMIN™ MSA fines flotation boosters are designed for selectively cluster hydrophobized particles, improving flotation efficiency across a wide range of ore types (precious and base metals, iron, coal, industrial minerals…). Fully compatible with all flotation technologies and conventional reagents, they can be applied in both direct and reverse flotation circuits.
Key Benefits
Operational impact
Improved recovery particularly for fine-grained materials
Improved floated materials grade
Enhanced flotation kinetics
Higher froth and circuit stability
Reduced metal losses to tailings
More resilient flotation performance with declining ore quality
Reduced consumption of conventional flotation reagents
Lower energy and resource intensity per unit of valuable materials produced
Application
Where / How FLOMIN™ MSA is typically used
FLOMIN™ MSA products integrate seamlessly into flotation circuits, added to the mineral slurry during conditioning like conventional reagents. Appropriate addition point should be carefully chosen to unlock their full potential.
They enhance the efficiency of traditional mechanical and pneumatic flotation cells, which struggle to process ores with ever finer liberation sizes. When combined with new intensive flotation cell designs, they deliver unmatched separation performance by increasing particle floatability through selective aggregation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about FLOMIN™ MSA
What is FLOMIN™ MSA?
FLOMIN™ MSA is a novel polymer technology designed to enhance the recovery of fine and ultrafine particles in mineral flotation circuits.
How does FLOMIN™ MSA improve flotation performance?
By selectively aggregating hydrophobized particles, these products minimize the presence of suspended fines and ultrafines, strengthening bubble-particle interaction.
Where is FLOMIN™ MSA typically applied?
It is applied in flotation circuits processing finely ground ores or streams with high fines content where conventional flotation performance is limited.
How does FLOMIN™ MSA contribute to sustainability?
FLOMIN™ MSA products enhance recovery and minimize metal losses to tailings, resulting in reduced energy, water, and reagent requirements for each unit of metal produced. Additionally, these unclassified reagents can reduce the required dosages of hazardous collectors like amines and xanthates, sometimes overdose to improve recovery with challenging ores. They also offer an environmentally friendly and safer substitute for diesel and kerosene in the flotation of naturally hydrophobic molybdenite.
What operational improvements can be expected?
Higher recovery and concentrate grade, improved flotation kinetics, lower mechanical carryover of ultrafines, higher froth stability, and more stable flotation performance.
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