Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0880994

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0880994

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New process for mineral flotation. Flotation is an important process in the minerals industry, which underpins Australia's prosperity. Ore is first finely ground and suspended in water. Finer grinds need more energy. The energy used in grinding in Australia is 14 percent of the national electricity consumption. This project will lead to a flotation technology that can successfully process much coarser particles than current devices, with large savings in grinding energy, greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption. A case study of a large mine shows that, by increasing the initial grinding size from 100 µm to 500 µm, the new technology could cut grinding energy by 45 percent, the carbon dioxide emissions by the same amount, and the water consumption by a factor of five.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $800,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy | Mineral Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Concentrating processes of other base metal ores | Coal |

Other Keywords

Chemical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Coal | Concentrating processes of other base metal ores | Mineral Processing | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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