Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Biographical Sketch: Dr. Roe-Hoan Yoon -- PART 1: Surface Forces and Hydrophobicity -- Effect of Frother Mobility on the Bubble Behavior in Bubble Rise Velocity Measurements at the Initial Stages of Bubble Formation -- Role of Model Systems in Fundamental Studies on Particle-Bubble Interaction -- Surface Deformation During Bubble-Particle Colloidal Interaction Quantified by Atomic Force Microscopy and Numerical Modeling -- Dynamics of Bubble-Particle Interaction -- Inter-Bubble Attractions in Aqueous Solutions of Flotation Frothers -- A Novel Induction Timer to Study Interactions Between an Air Bubble and a Bitumen Surface -- Kinetics of Thinning of Wetting Films Formed on Gold Surfaces Treated with Potassium Amyl Xanthate -- Adsorption of Collectors on Chalcopyrite Surface Studied by an AFM -- PART 2: Dewatering and Drying -- Dewatering Performance Evaluation of Hyperbaric Centrifugation -- Testing of a Pilot-Scale, Plate-and-Frame Filter Press for Dewatering Fine Silica-Sand Slurries -- Effects of Surface Forces on Dewatering of Fine Particles -- Development and Implementation of Novel Dewatering Aids -- OreBind Technology for Limiting Waste Fines Disposal in Impoundments and Slurry Cells -- PART 3: Coal Processing -- Maximizing Mine Profitability Through Development, Implementation, and Auditing of Preparation Plant Best Practices -- Fine Coal Recovery, Coal Slurry Impoundment Structures,Thickener Underflow, and Other Unprocessed Slurry Waste from Existing Preparation Plant Discharges -- Development of an Automatic Control System for Spiral Concentrator: Phase 1 -- Optimal Design of Fine Coal Cleaning Circuitry -- Benefits of Using Novel Collectors in Cleaning Fine Coal -- PART 4: Gravity Separations -- Application of the Reflux Classifier for Measuring Gravity Recoverable Product.

Review of Current Enhanced Gravity Separation Technologies and Applications -- Study on Coarse Slime Separation by Teeter Bed Separator in Chengjiao Coal Preparation Plant -- Non-Contacting Sensor Technology for Measuring Level and Density -- Application of Neural Network for Modeling the Coal Cleaning Performance of the FGX Dry Separator -- Application of Air Table Technology for Cleaning Indian Coals -- Gekko IPJ Coal Separator Performance in Coal Preparation -- PART 5: Magnetic and Electrostatic Separations -- Physical Separation Enhancers: Recent Advances -- Recent Advances in High Gradient Magnetic Separators -- Eddy Current Separation of Metallic Granules from Waste Streams -- Pilot Test of Magnetic Separation of Steel Ball Fragments from a Product of Mill's Trunnion Magnet System to Produce Cast Steel Balls -- Development of Advanced Automatic Sorting System for Mixed Plastic Wastes -- Magnetic Concentration of Hematite at Wabush Mines Plant-Scale Application of Rare Earth Permanent Magnetic Separators -- Recovery of Valuable Materials from Gold Mine Tailings -- PART 6: Resource Engineering -- Surface Chemistry of Layered Silicate Minerals -- Development of Cellulosic Insulators with Various Mineral Additives -- Mechanisms for Flotation of Fine Oil Droplets -- Studies on Air-Assisted Solvent Extraction -- Experimental Studies on Flash Oxidation of Chalcopyrite -- How to Evaluate Current Efficiency in Copper Electrowinning -- Initial Contact and Adhesion Force Measurements of Clathrate Hydrates -- Thermodynamics and Kinetics of CO2 Hydrate Formation -- PART 7: Process Improvements and Environmental Controls -- Hydrometallurgical Separation, Concentration, Recovery, and Fixation of Antimony, Mercury, Arsenic, and Other Rare Metals -- Effect of Metal Sulphides on Gold and Silver Cyanidation: Analysis of Progress.

Enhancing Gold Recovery Using Hydro-Jex at Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine -- Impregnated Activated Carbon for Gold Extraction from Thiosulfate Solutions -- Statistical Evaluation of Montmorillonite Clay for Zearalenone Extraction -- Minimizing Mercury Pollution During Gold Ore Processing -- Galvanic Interaction and Particle Size Effects in Self-Heating of Sulphide Mixtures -- Cost-Effective Air Separation Plants for the Mining and Mineral Industry -- PART 8: Industrial Minerals Flotation -- New Approaches to Particle Attachment and Detachment in Flotation -- Practical and Proven Methods for Improving Ultrafine and Coarse Particle Recovery -- Fundamental Studies of Nanobubble Generation and Applications in Flotation -- Flotation of a Brazilian Bauxite Ore -- Atypical Grade-Recovery Curves: Transport of Mg Silicates to the Concentrate Explained by a Novel Phenomenological Model -- Flotation Technology for Yuanjiacun Iron Ore -- PART 9: Base Metal Flotation -- Investigation of n-Octanohydroxamate Reagent Interaction with the Surface of Oxide Copper Minerals and Copper Metal -- Evaluation of Pyrite Flotation Efficiency Using Liberation-Limited Grade/Recovery Curves -- Ore Evaluation at Vale Base Metals -- Respect Equals Recovery in Flotation -- PART 10: Flotation Equipment and Practice -- From 10 Cubic Feet to 500 Cubic Meters―Observations on 100 Years of Flotation Technology -- Improved Fine Particle Recovery -- Comparison of Two Bubble Sizing Methods for Performance Evaluation of Mechanical Flotation Cells -- A Novel Approach to Flotation Cell Design -- Turbulence Measurements in a Flotation Cell Using a Fast-Response Probe -- Cell Power Input or Hydrodynamics-Which Is More Important in Flotation? -- CFD Simulations of a Dorr-Oliver Flotation Cell -- PART 11: Process Reagents.

Challenges in the Beneficiation of Complex Problematic Ores-Case Studies: Phosphates, Sulphides, and Coal -- Interfacial Chemistry Features of Selected Fluorite Surfaces -- Sulfonate Reagents for Processing Industrial Minerals -- Second Generation of Slime Collectors for Potash -- Applications of Custofloat Collectors in Processing Phosphate Ores from Different Countries -- Versatile Uses of Alkyl Hydroxamate in Kaolin Beneficiation Technologies: Flotation, Selective Flocculation, and Magnetic Separation -- PART 12: Modeling and Process Control -- Recent Advances in Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Mineral Processing Operations -- Paradigm Shift in Advanced Control for Mining -- Selection of the Best Control Valve for Flotation Column and Flotation Cell Control, and Choosing the Best Method of Controlling Thickener Underflow -- Modeling Ball Mills and Semi-Autogenous Mills with Impact Energy Spectra-Based Population Balance Concept -- Development of a Model-Based Flotation Simulator -- Dynamic Model-Based Flotation Performance Monitoring -- Use of a Chemical Transport Code for the Prediction of Gold Heap Leach Production -- Index -- Back Cover.