Advancements in Machine Learning for Optimal Performance in Flotation Processes: A Review

A Szmigiel, DB Apel, K Skrzypkowski, L Wojtecki, Y Pu - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Flotation stands out as a successful and extensively employed method for separating
valuable mineral particles from waste rock. The efficiency of this process is subjected to the …

AI4R2R (AI for Rock to Revenue): A Review of the Applications of AI in Mineral Processing

AK Mishra - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, jargon, such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI),
have been ubiquitous in both popular science media as well as the academic literature …

Flotation separation of lithium–ion battery electrodes predicted by a long short-term memory network using data from physicochemical kinetic simulations and …

A Gomez-Flores, H Park, G Hong, H Nam… - Journal of Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anode and cathode active materials from spent lithium–ion batteries may be recovered and
potentially used in new batteries to promote recycling and resource circulation. Froth …

Operating condition recognition of industrial flotation processes using visual and acoustic bimodal autoencoder with manifold learning

C Liu, Y Wang, Y Fang, C Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The real-time recognition of operating conditions is always critical to ensuring the efficient
and stable operation of industrial flotation processes. Although the widespread use of smart …

[HTML][HTML] Developing deep learning surrogate models for digital twins in mineral processing–A case study on data-driven multivariate multistep forecasting

A Zeb, J Linnosmaa, M Seppi, O Saarela - Minerals Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating demand for environmental and social sustainability underscores the critical
need for large industries such as mining and metallurgy to function optimally. Achieving …

Grade Prediction of Froth Flotation Based on Multistep Fusion Transformer Model

C Peng, Y Liu, Y Ouyang, Z Tang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate and timely foam grade prediction plays an important role in the flotation foam
industry process. However, the information between foam characteristic series and foam …

Prediction and Optimisation of Copper Recovery in the Rougher Flotation Circuit

B Amankwaa-Kyeremeh, C McCamley, M Zanin… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this work, the prediction and optimisation of copper flotation has been conducted in the
rougher flotation circuit. The copper-recovery prediction involved the application of support …

Towards tailing grade prediction in zinc flotation via variablewise and temporalwise attention

C Tian, Z Tang, Y Xie, H Zhang, W Gui - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The tailing grades must be predicted in real time for the automatic control and avoidance of
the waste of valuable minerals in froth flotation. In most previous prediction models, all input …

Comparison of fuzzy and neural network computing techniques for performance prediction of an industrial copper flotation circuit

I Jovanović, F Nakhaei, D Kržanović, V Conić… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the development and validation of five different soft computing methods
for flotation performance prediction:(1) two models based on fuzzy logic (Mamdani and …

[HTML][HTML] CatBoost-SHAP for modeling industrial operational flotation variables–A “conscious lab” approach

SC Chelgani, A Homafar, H Nasiri - Minerals Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Flotation separation is the most important upgrading critical raw material technique.
Measuring interactions within flotation variables and modeling their metallurgical responses …