Skip to main content
Conference Proceedings

Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference 2011

Conference Proceedings

Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference 2011

PDF Add to cart

Kelsey Centrifugal Jig Implementation at Namakwa Sands for Zircon Recovery from Quartz Rejects

Namakwa Sands is a heavy minerals mining and beneficiation business in the Exxaro Sands Division, and operates along the West Coast of South Africa (see Figure 1). The business encompasses mining, mineral concentration, separation, and smelting operations. Inflated commodity prices and increasing operating costs demands greater attention to the management of process performance and the company wide coordination of resources. Consequently, the task of deploying operational/technical skills and budgets into the most appropriate parts of the business assumes great importance in order to increase productivity from its capital assets. The mineral sands industry is under the same sort of economic scrutiny that all other industries find themselves, and as such, Exxaro - Namakwa Sands has taken the strategic initiative to improve overall resource utilisation within the processing steps and to measure the costs associated with obtaining this value.This paper provides details of the successful implementation of a Kelsey Centrifugal Jig (KCJ) at Namakwa Sands to recover primary and secondary zircon products from the wet gravity (quartz) rejects generated and stockpiled at the Mineral Separation plant (MSP)._x000D_
FORMAL CITATION:van der Westhuyzen, P V A, Jones, T A and Malonde, W, 2011._x000D_
Kelsey centrifugal jig implementation at Namakwa Sands for zircon recovery from quartz rejects, in Proceedings Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference 2011, pp 311-322 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
Return to parent product
  • Kelsey Centrifugal Jig Implementation at Namakwa Sands for Zircon Recovery from Quartz Rejects
    PDF
    This product is exclusive to Digital library subscription
  • Kelsey Centrifugal Jig Implementation at Namakwa Sands for Zircon Recovery from Quartz Rejects
    PDF
    Normal price $22.00
    Member price from $0.00
    Add to cart

    Fees above are GST inclusive

PD Hours
Approved activity
  • Published: 2011
  • PDF Size: 2.983 Mb.
  • Unique ID: P201112026

Our site uses cookies

We use these to improve your browser experience. By continuing to use the website you agree to the use of cookies.