Mineral Beneficiation in Africa what was missed and
The term mineral beneficiation is generally defined as a value adding process on minerals from extraction to refining to production of the final consumable good The history of mineral beneficiation goes to as back as in the 10th century when minerals were discovered and were at times used as a medium of exchange before the
Beneficiation Metallurgy an overview ScienceDirect Topics
Besides bioleaching using Acidithiobacillus bacteria and bioremediation using SRB many mining organisms which inhabit ore deposits find applications in mineral beneficiation such as microbially induced flotation and spp can be used also to bring about microbially induced flotation and flocculation of minerals Heterotrophic bacteria such as Paenibacillus