Advanced Mineral Flotation Technique, Optimisation and Process Improvement

A flotation plant is a large capital asset, and its operating efficiency decides whether a concentrator is profitable. Most plants use similar equipment, but the training and skills of the people who run them decide whether continuous improvement and process optimisation deliver higher throughput, better recovery and grade, and lower unit costs.

The pressure on African concentrators is increasing. Ore grades are falling and ores are getting finer and more complex, while costs, energy, water, and tailings management are under closer scrutiny. African governments are also pushing for more minerals to be processed locally, and new concentrators and processing plants are being built across the continent. Meanwhile, flotation technology is changing quickly, with coarse particle flotation, large-volume cells, fine grinding, online analysis, and data-driven control all moving from research into plant use.

This two-day Prospen Africa course gives plant and process teams the knowledge, tools, and techniques to operate and optimise a flotation plant and to drive profitability. It reviews the fundamentals and current technology of froth flotation, with a large part of the course devoted to the most common flotation separations of base metals and precious metals, including examples from Africa. Participants work through case studies from several commodities, learn how to benchmark plant performance, and leave with a structured method they can apply directly to their own plant.