Proceedings of EMPRC 2018

Table of Contents
Plenary Papers
Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries – Environmental Aspects3
Dr. Matthias Buchert
Current Challenges and Developments in the Brazilian Mining Industry13
Dr. André Carlos Silva
Survey of Processing Potash and Salt at K+S Plants 29
Fabian Stich
Raw Material Characterization
Randomized Bale Sampling – Chances and Techniques for Quality 41
Assurance of Input Materials
M. Eng. Christian Borowski, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Goldmann,
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Poerschke
Comminution
RoStar: A New Vertical Stirred Media Mill for Regrinding of High Valued Ores 51
Dipl.-Ing. Karsten Großmann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Urs A. Peuker, Dr. Rainer Imhof
Fine Grinding in the IsaMill – A Compromise between Energy Efficiency 61
and Production Rate
Dipl.-Ing. D. Schons, Dr.-Ing. S. Breitung-Faes, Prof. A. Kwade
Fine Grinding Characteristics of a Cassiterite-Bearing Skarn Ore71
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Buchmann, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Leißner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Urs A. Peuker,
Marius Kern, Edgar Schach, Dr. Raimon Tolosana-Delgado, Dr. Martin Rudolph, Jens Gutzmer
Breakage Characterization of Low Grade Copper-Gold Ore Components85
A. Wikedzi, S. Saquran, Dr. T. Leißner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Urs A. Peuker, Dr. T. Mütze
Flotation
Application of the Hybrid Flotation Technology in Tungsten Beneficiation105
M. Sc. Lukas Petzold, Dipl. Wirt.-Ing. Jan Martens, Dipl. Ing. Edmund Fehringer
Development of New Reagents for Flotation115
M. Sc. Elenice M. Schons Silva, Dr. André Carlos Silva
Spent Yeast Cells (Baker and Brewer) as Apatite Biocollector127
Dr. Diego Valentim Crescente Cara, Dr. André Carlos Silva,
M. Sc. Elenice Maria Schons Silva, Eng. Lucas Martins da Silva,
B.A. Alex Malüe Machado, Dr. Geraldo Sadoyama Leal
Challenges and Research Needs in the Flotation of Synthetic Metal Phases137
M. Sc. Andrea Haas, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Elwert, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Goldmann,
Dr. Thomas Schirmer
Processing of Primary Raw Materials
Stack Sizer® and Polyweb® Urethane Screen Surfaces for 153
Silica Sand Screening Applications
P.E. Paul Brodzik
Processing of Heavy Mineral Bearing Sands from the South-Western163
Baltic Sea Coast for a Potential Rare Earth Element Extraction
Dipl.-Ing. Zhuo Ma, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Elwert
Investigation on Ilmenite Placer Ore as a Precursor for Synthetic Rutile179
Aurélie Guillet, James M. Mwase, Stoyan Gaydardzhiev, Eduard Stefanescu, Egon Sehner
Influence of the Electric Field Strength on Electrostatic Separation191
of Potash Crude Salts
Cord Tomforde, Dr. Uwe Wachsmuth
Processing of Natural Flake Graphite for Lithium-Ion-Batteries203
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Frey
Progress in Biohydrometallurgical Processing of Kupferschiefer-Type Ores 211
Dr. Sabrina Hedrich, Prof. Dr. Axel Schippers, Dr. Catherine Joulian,
Dr. Anne-Gwenaëlle Guézennec, Dr. Patrick d´Hugues
Processing of Secondary Raw Materials
In Access – Recovery of Indium by the Efficient Recycling of LCD Screens223
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Guido Sellin, Dipl.-Ing. Hannes Fröhlich, Dipl.-Ing. Kai Rasenack
The Influence of Environmental Regulations on Process Operations 241
of Auto Shredder Plants
M. Sc. Torben Kraffczyk, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Goldmann
Market Overview, Legal Aspects and Recycling 251
of Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries
M. Sc. Kirstin Schneider, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Elwert, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Qingsong Hua
Residue Management
High Yield Extraction (HYE) Technology: A New Development Improving 279
Resource Efficiency Through the Placement of Backfill in Mined Voids while
Lowering Environmental Impact
T. Pinkse, R. Quensel, D. Lack, Dr. A. Lechner, Dr. A. Stäubert, Dr. T. Fliß, Dr. H. Marx
Basic Considerations for the Reprocessing of Sulfidic Tailings Using 293
the Example of the Bollrich Tailing Pond
M. Sc. Felix Römer, Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Schirmer, M. Sc. Angela Binder,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Langefeld, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Elwert, Prof. Dr-Ing. Daniel Goldmann,
Processing of Metallurgical Slags
Dephosphorization of LD-Slag by Physical Separation Methods 311
Dipl.-Ing. Ali Kamali Moaveni, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Andreas Böhm
Simulation and Process Control
Investigation of Settling Velocity of Non-Spherical Particles 331
in the Transition Range
Dr.-Ing. Tansel Doğan, Dr.-Ing. Manuela Arthkamp, B. Eng. Michael Galbierz,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Lotzien
Optimisation of a Pyrometallurgical Niobium and Tantalum Recycling 347
Process with On-Line-LIBS
M. Sc. Mareike C. Taube, Dr.-Ing. Christian Adam, Dr. rer. nat. Burkart Adamczyk,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Schulenburg, Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Bartmann, M. Sc. Tobias Beckmann,
M. Sc. Katarzyna Michalik, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Markus Reuter, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Stelter
Utilizing Optical Fibres to Monitor the Status of Melting Units363
P. Schmidt, A. Hertwig
Adaption of Mineral Processing Quality Control Concepts to Waste Processing373
Prof. Eng. Giuseppe Bonifazi, Dr. Eng. Roberta Palmieri, Prof. Dr. Silvia Serranti
CFD-DEM Study of Multiphase Flow in Laboratory Knelson Concentrator 391
by a Hybrid Approach
Dr. Mohammadreza Fatahi, Dr. Akbar Farzanegan
Separation Modelling of Two-Component Feed in the Bowl 401
of Knelson Concentrator
Ali Ghaffari, Dr. Akbar Farzanegan
Process Water Treatment
Küttner’s Modular Solution for Conversion of Mining Effluent into Drinking 413
Water Using Ceramic Flat Membranes (CFM)
M. Sc. Rike Müller; Dr. Peter Weber
Recovery of Metals from Industrial Waste Waters423
M. Sc. Klaus P. Sedlazeck, Dr. Daniel Höllen, Prof. Dr. Gero Frisch,
DI Peter Müller, Robert Mischitz, Dr. Wolfgang Öfner, Prof. Dr. Michael Schlömann,
Dr. Simone Schopf, Prof. Dr. Roland Pomberger
Authors Index439
Keywords Index443