Published October 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

The development of a model for the simulation of the radiometric sorting of gold and uranium ores

  • 1. General Mining Union Corp. Ltd., Johannesburg (South Africa)

Description

The development of a model to simulate the radiometric sorting of gold- and uranium-bearing ores is outlined. The developed program indicates the optimum mass, reject percentage, and expected reject gold and uranium grades for a radiometric sorter. It achieves this by statistical analysis of the data gathered from a large sample of rocks in the required size range for a particular mine. The program can be used in the optimization of existing sorters, as a design tool for new radiometric sorters, and in feasibility studies on radiometric sorting. 10 figs., 2 tabs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
10
Series
J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall.
Journal Page Range
313-322
ISSN
0038-223X
CODEN
JSAMA

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
21040728
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GOLD ORES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MASS; OPTIMIZATION; ORE PROCESSING; RADIOMETRIC SORTING; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DATA; URANIUM ORES
Descriptors DEC
DATA; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; ORES; SORTING; WASTES