British Fluorspar Ltd (BFL) operates a lead-fluorite-barite deposit located in the Peak Lake District (Derbyshire, UK) with fluorspar as the main product and lead and barite as by-products. Recent analysis of the CaF2 concentrate showed high values of deleterious elements such as Pb, P, S and As, which affect the quality of the product. Grindability studies showed an overgrinding of material prior to the flotation stage with high liberation of P2O5 mainly to the fluorspar concentrate.
Data obtained from bath flotation test indicated an improvement of lead recovery from 2.33 % to 15.03 %, decreasing Na2S to 100g/t and pH to 9 in the lead oxide circuit and a depression of P2O5 in the fluorspar flotation stage from 87 % to 91 % recovered in the tailings using 200 g/t of CaCl-CuSO4 as “depressant” of phosphates related minerals
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