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Mineral Processing
Cytec's new reagent technologies are changing the face of the mineral processing industry. Precision targeting of chemistries yields increased recoveries, productivities and safety.
Using Cytec products, our customers have been able to attain an entirely new level of profitability.
Recovering maximum value from your mineral ore is our primary goal. To that end, Cytec has brought
advanced tools to precious and base metals operations for solving increasingly difficult problems. Cytec employs specialty collectors and reagents, dewatering aids, anti-scalants, including highly selective reagents and modifiers to provide plants with enhanced kinetics, productivity and throughput. Other advanced tools include modeling software and statistical process analysis and design tools, as well as
proprietary laboratory and field tests - many of which have become industry standards.
Breakthrough Approach: Cytec's Flotation Matrix 100
Process for Mineral Flotation
FLOTATION MATRIX 100
is a novel strategy for mineral flotation that combines an expert system, proprietary reagent blends and our unparalleled expertise and insights to generate consistent, quantifiable improvements in metallurgical, operational and financial performance.
Benefits
Optimized reagent performance
Enhanced recovery of all value minerals
Increased yield
Improved concentrate grades
Accelerated implementation of
recommendations following initial needs assessment
Significant cost savings
Flotation Matrix 100
Demonstration
Industrial Minerals
From heavy metals management, to developing specific anionic and cationic collectors for industrial sands, feldspar and phosphates, to launching reagents and magnetic separation technologies that improve processes for high-brightness kaolin clays, Cytec creates innovative solutions. As the world turns to energy minerals such as coal and oil sands, Cytec continues to provide reliable, creative and properly delivered products to help increase profitability and safety for today's customers. Whatever your needs in the industrial and energy minerals markets, you can depend on Cytec to assist you anywhere on the globe. Cytec's vast network of regionally-deployed metallurgists and process experts is supported by its world-class manufacturing and R&D.
Product Summary Table
| Promoters and Collectors |
AERO® promoter,
AEROPHINE® promoter and AEROFLOAT® flotation reagent
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Improve efficiency
of flotation separation processes for a wide range of ores
and minerals (precious and base metals) |
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Frothing Agents |
OREPREP
and AEROFROTH frothing agents
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Include alcohol and
glycol-based products for optimum flotation effectiveness. |
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| Physical
Separation Enhancers |
AERO
Reagents |
Improve efficiency
of physical separations such as Magnetic Separation
processes, specially for impurities separation in Kaolin
processing. |
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Dewatering Aids |
AERODRI® dewatering
aid |
Improve
liquid/solid separation in filtration processes. |
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| Flocculants |
AEROFLOC
flocculant |
Thicken and clarify
ore pulps, concentrates, and waste suspensions, aid in
mineral slurry filtration. |
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CYFLOC™
flocculant |
Improve settling in mineral processes. |
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| Processing Aids
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CYQUEST
antiscalant |
Control the rate of scale formation throughout milling circuits. |
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ACCO-PHOS
promoter |
Remove heavy metals (Cd, Zn, As,
etc.) from phosphoric acid streams. |
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| Depressants |
ACCO-PHOS depressant
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Reduce loss of
phosphate values in flotation processes. |
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AERO depressant
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Improve efficiency of flotation
separation processes for a wide range of ores and minerals. |
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| Dispersants |
CYQUEST
dispersant |
Control harmful
effects of soluble salts, clays and fines; also improve
leaching. |
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| Binders |
AEROSPRAY
resin |
Stabilize soil and
rock surfaces.
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| Surfactants |
AERODRI surfactant
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Modify surface
tension properties. |
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