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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
On-line version ISSN 2411-9717
Print version ISSN 2225-6253
Abstract
VAN NIEKERK, L.M.; OLIVIER, A.; ARMSTRONG, J. and SIKWA, N.A.. Pioneering large diamond recovery at Karowe diamond mine. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2016, vol.116, n.8, pp.709-714. ISSN 2411-9717. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2016/v116n8a1.
Historically, the recovery of large diamonds in conventional treatment plant flow sheets has been associated with dense media separation (DMS). This is attributed mainly to DMS's highly efficient and proven track record in the concentration and separation of ores with variable solids densities. In most instances, DMS has been utilized as a pre-concentration step ahead of any recovery plant, due to its ability and versatility in reducing feed within a specific size range to manageable volumes for downstream X-ray processing and subsequent diamond recovery. The benefit of using carbon-signature-based detection equipment for retrieving large stones upfront in the flow sheet not only equates to earlier recovery of diamonds from the system, but also lessens the exposure of diamond-bearing ore to additional materials handling, pumping, and/or crushing, which has been known to damage or even break diamonds and decrease revenue.
Keywords : diamond recovery; preconcentration; sorting; X-ray transmission.
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