The invention relates to a differential flotation method for
copper lead sulfide minerals. The differential flotation method comprises the following conventional procedures:
grinding raw ore; carryingout roughing on
copper, and then separating the
copper having undergone roughing into two copper paths; subjecting copper in one of the copper paths to secondary copper concentration so as to obtaina copper concentrate, and other in the other of the copper paths to secondary copper
scavenging and secondary lead roughing; further dividing a material obtained after secondary copper
scavenging andsecondary lead roughing into two branches; and subjecting one
branch of the material to lead concentration so as to obtain a lead concentrate and subjecting the other
branch of the material to secondary lead
scavenging so as to obtain
tailings. The differential flotation method is characterized by further comprising a step of preparation of a
galena inhibitor ZJ2001. The ZJ201 is used for inhibiting
lead sulfide ore at first, and then ethyl
thio carbamate is used for flotation of the
lead sulfide ore; and the lead
sulfide ore suppressed by ZJ2001 can be floated without any activation in advance. The self-made
galena inhibitor ZJ2001 is capable of efficiently separating various minerals in the copper lead
sulfide minerals, substantially improves the
recovery rate and quality of the copper concentrate and the lead concentrate, and has the advantages of no
toxicity, environment friendliness, low usage amount, low cost, safety in addition, convenience in usage, promotion and application value in the flotation separation of copper lead
sulfide minerals, etc. The method of the invention is applicable to the field of
mineral processing.