1. Choice, comparison and costs

1.1 Equipment selection criteria

In the articles and describes the various types of equipment available to the mineralurgist, specifying their main applications and conditions of use.

For additional technical data, readers can also consult the tables in the "Further information" section. .

The choice of a separator will be guided by a number of criteria common to the different types of treatment (availability of energy and water, dry ore throughput, ease of maintenance, supply of wear parts, technological environment, etc.), but above all by three criteria: the magnetic properties of the minerals, their mineralogy and their particle size (defined here as the volume size dispersion...