Selective Flocculation of Iron Ore Slimes: Results of Successful Pilot ...
The plant trials were performed at Tata Steel's iron ore mines and concentrator at Noamundi. The slime sample was withdrawn periodically from the hydrocyclone over flow (COF), that is, the tailings of the beneficiation plant as schematically shown in Fig. 1. The fresh slimes sample was stored in a kL tank for a set of continuous scale tests.