Improving the processing of low-grade copper ores

该项目旨在研究低品位铜矿磨矿过程中发生的电化学相互作用，并了解这种相互作用如何影响铜矿物的回收和在随后的分选过程中丢弃废矿物。该项目期望利用跨学科方法在矿物加工和材料工程领域产生新的知识。该项目的预期成果包括用于磨矿铜矿的具有成本效益的新钢铁产品，以及在选矿过程中选择性地丢弃废矿物的新化学解决方案。这应该会大幅降低铜加工厂的运营成本，并增加低品位铜矿的铜产量。

The project aims to investigate the electrochemical interaction occurring during the grinding of low-grade copper ores and understand how the interaction affects the recovery of copper minerals and rejection of waste minerals in the subsequent separation process. This project expects to generate new knowledge in the area of minerals processing and materials engineering using interdisciplinary approaches. Expected outcomes of this project include cost-effective new steel products used for grinding copper ores and new chemical solutions to selectively reject waste minerals during mineral separation. This should significantly reduce the operating costs in copper processing plants and increase the copper production from low-grade copper ores.