Flotation of Gold and Gold Bearing Ores ScienceDirect
The demand for sulfuric acid initiated by the booming uranium industry during the late 1960s provided the catalyst for the installation of pyrite flotation plants on numerous gold mines in South Africa Bushell 1970 Broekman et al 1987 After roasting the pyrite flotation concentrate to generate sulfur dioxide for the sulfuric acid plant the remaining calcine was