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.F. 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
Kinetics and Thermodynamic Studies on Biosorption of Heavy
Metals Using Ecklonia Maxima
A.B. Marshall and D.I.0. 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, andN. Plint ...... 197
Frothing in the Flotation of Copper Sulfide Ores in Sea Water
S. Castro, O. Ramos, J.P. Cancino, andJ.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
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 Ни, Wei Sun, RunqingLiu, and Jinping Dai ............ 371
Sulfidized Red Mud - A New Sorbent for Toxic Substances
Joseph Iannicelli .......................................... 389
Index ......................................................... 399
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