The invention relates to a mineral
pretreatment method cooperating with a
separation process of a flotation
reagent, belongs to the technical field of flotation, and is used for solving at least one of the problems of poor
ilmenite collecting effect, poor selectivity, large
reagent dosage during flotation and the like in a one-rough one-fine flotation method in the prior art. According to the method, firstly, raw ore is subjected to
plasma treatment, impurities on the surface of the
ilmenite are stripped, part of Fe < 2 + > on the surface of the
ilmenite is oxidized into Fe < 3 + > by adjusting the proportion and flow of
argon and
oxygen, and the surface property difference of the ilmenite and
forsterite is improved. In addition, the oxidized
sesbania gum is more favorable for being combined with
calcium and
magnesium active sites on the surface of the
gangue mineral, and meanwhile, the oxidized
sesbania gum can be uniformly adsorbed on the surface of the
gangue mineral, so that the hydrophilicity of the
gangue mineral is further improved, and the hydrophilic-hydrophobic difference between the target mineral and the surface of the gangue mineral is enhanced.