This invention belongs to the field of
mineral processing engineering technology, specifically disclosing a high-efficiency roughing method for
copper-iron symbiotic ores. The roughing method involves feeding the raw ore into a primary mill for
wet grinding, then performing spiral classification on the primary
slurry to obtain overflow
slurry I and underflow
slurry I. Underflow slurry I is returned to the primary mill for regrinding. Overflow slurry I undergoes primary
cyclone classification, and overflow slurry II is adjusted with water to obtain flotation slurry. Underflow slurry II is fed into parallel secondary mills I and II for
wet grinding, and the wet-ground slurries are combined to obtain secondary slurry. Flotation of the flotation slurry yields rougher concentrate I and rougher
tailings I. Rougher
tailings I are discarded, and rougher concentrate I undergoes weak magnetic roughing to obtain rougher concentrate II and rougher
tailings II. Rougher tailings II are sent to weak magnetic
scavenging. Rougher concentrate II undergoes secondary
cyclone classification, overflow slurry III is sent to weak magnetic cleaning, and underflow slurry III is returned to the secondary mill II for regrinding. This invention features high
grinding efficiency and
copper and iron
recovery rate, low
energy consumption, and a small variety and amount of reagents.