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Mineral Processing
Cytec's new reagent technologies are changing the face of the mineral processing industry. Precision targeting of chemistries yields increased recoveries, productivities and safety.
Using Cytec products, our customers have been able to attain an entirely new level of profitability.
Recovering maximum value from your mineral ore is our primary goal. To that end, Cytec has brought
advanced tools to precious and base metals operations for solving increasingly difficult problems. Cytec employs specialty collectors and reagents, dewatering aids, antiscalants, including highly selective reagents and modifiers to provide plants with enhanced kinetics, productivity and throughput. Other advanced tools include modeling software and statistical process analysis and design tools, as well as
proprietary laboratory and field tests - many of which have become industry standards.
Breakthrough Approach: Cytec's Flotation Matrix 100™
Process for Mineral Flotation
FLOTATION MATRIX 100™ is a novel strategy for mineral flotation that combines an expert system, proprietary reagent blends and our unparalleled expertise and insights to generate consistent, quantifiable improvements in metallurgical, operational and financial performance.
Benefits:
Optimized reagent performance
Enhanced recovery of all value minerals
Increased yield
Improved concentrate grades
Accelerated implementation of
recommendations following initial needs assessment
Significant cost savings
Industrial Minerals
From heavy metals management, to developing specific anionic and cationic collectors for industrial sands, feldspar and phosphates, to launching reagents and magnetic separation technologies that improve processes for high-brightness kaolin clays, Cytec creates innovative solutions. As the world turns to energy minerals such as coal and oil sands, Cytec continues to provide reliable, creative and properly delivered products to help increase profitability and safety for today's customers. Whatever your needs in the industrial and energy minerals markets, you can depend on Cytec to assist you anywhere on the globe. Cytec's vast network of regionally-deployed metallurgists and process experts is supported by its world-class manufacturing and R&D.
Product Summary Table
| Promoters and Collectors |
Function |
| AERO
promoter, AEROPHINE promoter and AEROFLOAT flotation reagent |
Improve efficiency of flotation separation processes for a wide range of ores and minerals (precious and base metals) |
| Frothing Agents |
Function |
| OREPREP and AEROFROTH frothing agents |
Include alcohol and glycol-based products for optimum flotation effectiveness. |
| Physical Separation
Enhancers |
Function |
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AERO
Reagents |
Improve
efficiency of physical separations such as Magnetic
Separation processes, specially for impurities separation
in Kaolin processing. |
| Dewatering Aids |
Function |
| AERODRI dewatering aid |
Improve liquid/solid separation in filtration processes. |
| Flocculants |
Function |
| AEROFLOC flocculant |
Thicken and clarify ore pulps, concentrates, and waste suspensions, aid in mineral slurry filtration. |
| SUPERFLOC flocculant |
Improve settling in mineral processes. |
| Processing Aids |
Function |
| CYQUEST antiscalant |
Control the rate of scale formation throughout milling circuits. |
| ACCO-PHOS promoter |
Remove heavy metals (Cd, Zn, As, etc.) from phosphoric acid streams. |
| Depressants |
Function |
| ACCO-PHOS depressant |
Reduce loss of phosphate values in flotation processes. |
| AERO depressant |
Improve efficiency of flotation separation processes for a wide range of ores and minerals. |
| Dispersants |
Function |
| CYQUEST dispersant |
Control harmful effects of soluble salts, clays and fines; also improve leaching. |
| Binders |
Function |
| AEROSPRAY resin |
Stabilize soil and rock surfaces. |
| Surfactants |
Function |
| AERODRI surfactant |
Modify surface tension properties. |
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