The invention relates to a flotation pre-enrichment-
magnetic separation upgrading method for low-grade iron
lepidolite ore, and belongs to the technical field of
mineral processing. According to the method, low-grade iron
lepidolite ore is subjected to coarse
grinding and size mixing, iron
lepidolite in the ore can be efficiently recycled through two times of flotation column roughing under the synergistic effect of a combined
reagent and a flotation column, then
lithium rough concentrate obtained through flotation is subjected to defoaming and fine
grinding treatment, the
lithium rough concentrate is enriched again through high-gradient
magnetic separation, and iron lepidolite is obtained. And high-quality
lithium concentrate can be obtained. The flotation pre-enrichment process adopted by the invention only comprises two times of roughing operation, does not have fine selection and
scavenging operation, does not involve middling return, can prevent slime from circulating in a flotation
system, and can improve the pre-enrichment effect of the micro-fine-particle-grade iron lepidolite by adopting a flotation column as separation equipment, so that the ore handling capacity and
energy consumption of the subsequent process are greatly reduced; high-gradient
magnetic separation is adopted, so that the lepidolite ore fully dissociated by a fine
grinding process can be effectively separated from
gangue minerals such as
muscovite, and quality improvement and
impurity reduction of lithium concentrate are realized.