Contents

Preface........................................................................................................ vii

Part 1: Keynotes

Water Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink, Nor Do I Know Its Whereabouts
Robert Dunne.............................................................................................................. 1
Arsenic and Life: Bacterial Redox Reactions Associated with Arsenic Oxyanions
Ronald S. Oremland.................................................................................................. 17

Part 2: Processing With Sea Water and Saline Solutions

Challenges in Flotation of Cu-Mo Sulfide Ores in Sea Water

Sergio Castro...................................................................................................................... 29
Correlation of Graphite Flotation and Gas Holdup in Saline Solutions
S. Alexander, J. Quinn, J.E. van der Spuy, and J.A. Finch......................................... 41
Foaming Properties of Flotation Frothers at High Electrolyte Concentrations
S. Castro, P. Toledo, and J.S. Laskowski.................................................................... 51
Role of Saline Water in the Selective Flotation of Fine Particles
Yongjun Peng, Shengli Zhao, and Dee Bradshaw..................................................... 61
Induction Time Measurements for Air Bubbles on Chalcopyrite,
Bornite, and Gold in Seawater
Jaroslaw Drelich and Jan D. Miller.......................................................................... 73
Removal of Ions from Water with Electrosorption Technology
Jiann-Yang Hwang and Xiaowei Sun......................................................................... 87
Research on Primary Water Hardness of Coal Slurry
Jiong-tian Liu and Ming-qing Zhang........................................................................ 97

Part 3: Water Treatment and Biological Methods

Membrane Operations in Water Treatment and Reuse

Enrico Drioli and Francesca Macedonio............................................................... 105
Application of Membrane Separation Technologies to Wastewater Reclamation
and Reuse
Peter S. Cartwright................................................................................................. 115
Removal of Heavy Elements from Aqueous Processes
Lucas Moore, Amir Mahmoudkhani, and Jean Robert Durand.............................. 131
New Electro-Biochemical Reactor for Treatment of Wastewaters
D.J. Adams, M. Peoples, and A. Opara.................................................................. 143

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Kinetics and Thermodynamic Studies on Biosorption of Heavy
Metals Using Ecklonia Maxima
A.B. Marshall and D.I.O. Ikhu-Omoregbe............................................................... 155
Flotation of Chalcopyrite in Water Containing Bacteria
Wenying Liu, Chris Moran, and Sue Vink................................................................. 165
Relationships Observed in Rock Pile Microbial Populations
D.J. Adams, B. Richins, J. Eshler, and J. Kennedy................................................... 175
Mining Effluent Reutilization in Biomass Production
E. Martínez and M.J. García.................................................................................... 187

Part 4: Effect of Water Quality on Minerals Processing

Effect of Cations, Anions, and Ionic Strength on the Flotation

of Pentlandite–Pyroxene Mixtures
N.J. Shackleton, V. Malysiak, D. De Vaux, and N. Plint........................................... 197
Frothing in the Flotation of Copper Sulfide Ores in Sea Water
S. Castro, O. Ramos, J.P. Cancino, and J.S. Laskowski.................................................... 211
Impact of Total Dissolved Solids in Process Water on the Surface
Properties of Silica and Sphalerite Minerals
Meijiao Deng, Qingxia Liu, and Zhenghe Xu........................................................... 225
Desalination of Coal Mine Water with Electrosorption
Xiaowei Sun and Jiann-Yang Hwang........................................................................ 237
Impact of Dissolved Gangue Species and Fine Colloidal Matter in
Process Water on Flotation Performance
Mukund Vasudevan, Tarun Bhambhani, D.R. Nagaraj, and Raymond S. Farinato. . .247
Particle Aggregation and Sedimentation Characteristics of Kaolinite
Suspensions as Explained by Surface Charge Considerations
Jan D. Miller and Vishal Gupta................................................................................ 261
Multi-Scale Investigation of Applying Secondary Effluent in Sulfide Flotation
Jinhong Zhang and Wei Zhang................................................................................. 279
Trace Metals Removal with Precipitated Solids from Uranium Mine
Effluent at Cameco’s Key Lake Operation
Kuang Lee, David Lee, and Arthur Lieu.................................................................. 291

Part 5: Water and Tailings Management

Alternatives to Coal Mine Tailings Impoundment—Evaluation of Three

Dewatering Methods at Rockspring Coal Mine
Charles Murphy, Christopher Bennett, Greg Olinger, and Bret Cousins..........................301
Mine Wastewater Treatment Using Novel Processes
Ronald V. Davis, Kevin O’Leary, Thomas Haynie, and Deepak Musale...........................311

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Removal of Phosphate from Mine Water Effluents—How to Meet
Future Regulations for Effluent Waters
Mika Martikainen and Matias Penttinen.................................................................. 323
Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Diethylenetriamine (DETA) Residual
in Tailings Water at Vale’s Sudbury Operation
Jie Dong and Manqiu Xu.......................................................................................... 339
Managing Our Most Precious Resource—Quality and Quantity Issues With
Water for Mineral Processing in Western Australia
Damian Connelly..................................................................................................... 353
Using Spreadsheets to Evaluate the Effects of Mine Water Disposal on Surface
and Ground Water
Lisa M. Boettcher..................................................................................................... 359
Wastewater Recycling Technology in Fankou Lead-Zinc Mine of China
Yuehua Hu, Wei Sun, Runqing Liu, and Jinping Dai................................................. 371
Sulfidized Red Mud—A New Sorbent for Toxic Substances
Joseph Iannicelli................................................................................................................ 389

Index.......................................................................................................... 399