The invention discloses a process for recovering
apatite from
iron ore dressing
tailings through flotation, and belongs to the technical field of ore dressing. The method comprises the following steps: 1, carrying out high-gradient
magnetic separation treatment on the iron separation
tailings, recovering and removing magnetic iron-containing minerals, returning the removed iron-containing minerals to an iron separation main process, feeding the
tailings into a chute to remove large-particle
gangue minerals, and then feeding the tailings into a thickening
pool to be concentrated; secondly,
sulfide ore flotation and
gypsum flotation are sequentially carried out on the bottom flow products of the thickening
pool to remove impurities prone to interference, then
apatite collecting and direct flotation are carried out, and
apatite concentrate is obtained; and 3, carrying out ultrafine
grinding dissociation and
impurity selective argillization on the apatite concentrate, and then carrying out apatite closed-loop concentration to obtain a qualified apatite concentrate product. According to the method, the apatite in the
iron ore dressing tailings can be well recycled, and the method has great
economic feasibility.