Extending the range of the flotation process for particle separation

矿业是澳大利亚繁荣的重要贡献者。浮选是将低品位矿石提纯为高品位精矿、从尾矿中回收细粒煤的重要工艺。该项目旨在解决目前浮选实践中长期存在的一个问题，即目前生产中损失的超细粒和粗粒的回收困难。我们将继续追求我们最近取得的两项新发现，这两项发现与回收超细颗粒和粗颗粒有关。给澳大利亚带来的好处是每年约5亿美元的出口增长、高质量毕业生的教育、许可费和设备的出口收入。

The minerals industry is a significant contributor to Australia's prosperity. Flotation is an important process for upgrading low-grade ores to high-grade concentrates, and for recovering fine coal from tailings. This project is aimed at solving a long-term problem in current flotation practice, the difficulty in recovering ultrafine and coarse particles, currently lost from production. We will pursue two new discoveries recently made by us, relating to the recovery of ultrafines and coarse particles. Benefits to Australia are of the order of $500 million a year in increased exports, education of high-quality graduates, export income from license fees and equipment.