Highly siderophile and strongly chalcophile elements in magmatic ore deposits

SJ Barnes, EM Ripley - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An ore deposit by definition must be economically viable, that is to say it must contain
sufficient material at high enough grade to make it possible to mine and process it at a profit …

[HTML][HTML] The valorisation of platinum group metals from flotation tailings: A review of challenges and opportunities

BAKK Gibson, G Nwaila, M Manzi, Y Ghorbani… - Minerals …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Flotation tailings from South Africa's platinum group minerals (PGM) represent
complex polymetallic orebodies comprising a low-grade platinum group elements (PGE) …

Replacement of base metal sulfides by actinolite, epidote, calcite, and magnetite in the UG2 and Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

C Li, EM Ripley, E Merino… - Economic Geology, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Interaction of base metal sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and chalcopyrite) with aqueous
fluids in the UG2 chromitite layer and the Merensky reef in the western Bushveld Complex …

[PDF][PDF] Relationship between PGE and PGM in the Bushveld Complex

RG Cawthorn, CA Lee, RP Schouwstra… - The Canadian …, 2002 - Citeseer
The abundances of the platinum-group elements (PGE), and their relative proportions, are
summarized for all the mines exploiting the Merensky Reef on both western and eastern …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological and compositional changes of chromite as it descends in the black top of a platinum group metals smelter

O Rivera, A Garbers-Craig - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The decomposition of chromite ore in platinum group metal (PGM) concentrates and the
further partitioning of chromium between PGM matte and gangue were investigated under …

The flotation behaviour of liberated Platinum Group minerals in Platreef ore under reduced reagent conditions

C Carelse, M Manuel, D Chetty, J Taguta, M Safari… - Minerals …, 2022 - Elsevier
In spite of numerous studies on PGM behaviour in flotation, there remains much discrepancy
regarding PGM speciation and its impact on floatability, as PGMs are routinely considered …

Platinum-group minerals in the LG and MG chromitites of the eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa

T Oberthür, M Junge, N Rudashevsky, E de Meyer… - Mineralium …, 2016 - Springer
The chromitites of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa contain vast resources of platinum-
group elements (PGE); however, except for the economic upper group (UG)-2 chromitite …

Effects of ore mineralogy on the microbial leaching of low grade complex sulphide ores

PA Olubambi, S Ndlovu, JH Potgieter, JO Borode - Hydrometallurgy, 2007 - Elsevier
The effect of ore mineralogy on the microbial leaching of low grade complex sulphide ores
was investigated by utilizing mineralogical data on the variations in mineral and phase …

Platinum-group elements and minerals in the lower and middle group chromitites of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa

M Junge, T Oberthür, I Osbahr, P Gutter - Mineralium Deposita, 2016 - Springer
The chromitites of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa contain vast resources of platinum-
group elements (PGE). However, knowledge of the distribution and the mineralogical siting …

[HTML][HTML] pH effect on adsorption and performance of xanthate, dithiocarbamate and s-triazine collectors on sperrylite mineral surface

B Nemutudi, S Pikinini, B McFadzean, X Zhang… - Minerals …, 2025 - Elsevier
The pH effect in minerals flotation is of key significance in maximizing the recovery of
platinum group minerals (PGMs). The computational simulations, microcalorimetry and …