SUNTECH-MI – Guar Gum as Flocculant and Froth Flotation Agent for Metallurgical and Mining Industry
SUNTECH-MI from Sunita Hydrocolloids represents a specialized guar gum series engineered for mining and metallurgy, delivering dual functionality as high-performance flocculant and froth flotation depressant. It excels in liquid-solid separation during precious ore extraction, effectively depressing talc and insoluble gangue while flocculating fine particles for superior clarity.
As the ideal flocculant chemical for mining operations, SUNTECH-MI outperforms synthetic polymers with its natural, biodegradable profile, optimizing flocculation and coagulation in challenging slurries.
Key Benefits of SUNTECH-MI
Formulators select SUNTECH-MI for the following advantages:
1. Superior Flocculation Performance
SUNTECH-MI adsorbs onto hydrophilic mineral surfaces via high molecular weights, forming robust bridges that create large, rapid-settling flocs from destabilized particles and small particles. It generates porous filter cakes for accelerated filtration and exceptionally clean filtrates, thereby reducing sludge volume.
2. Advanced Froth Flotation Depression
SUNTECH-MI enhances the hydrophilic nature of slimes and gangue, enabling selective flotation of valuables. It boosts recovery yields and ore-grade purity when paired with collectors, outperforming inorganic coagulants such as aluminum sulfate and ferric sulfate.
3. Environmental & Economic Advantages
SUNTECH-MI offers eco-friendly guar gum uses in mining as a biodegradable alternative to synthetic polymers and hazardous inorganic coagulants, minimizing hazardous sludge generation and environmental impact. It delivers cost-effective savings through faster throughput, reduced chemical usage, low moisture concentration, and tailored stability for specific ore types in wastewater applications.
How SUNTECH-MI Works in Mining Processes
A. Flocculation Mechanism
SUNTECH-MI bridges fine minerals and colloidal material in suspension, aggregating particles into larger flocs that settle quickly in thickeners via charge neutralization and bridging, unlike the sweep floc mechanism of inorganic coagulants such as aluminum chloride or polyaluminum chloride.
This promotes superior dewatering, producing high-permeability cakes ideal for tailings, concentrates, and sludge thickening while handling suspended solids and organic materials effectively.
B. Froth Flotation Depression
This reduces the wettability of target minerals like sulfides while selectively depressing slimes, clays, and gangue in copper, gold, and base metal circuits. By facilitating form large flocs post-coagulation, it maximizes metal recovery, minimizes losses to tailings, and enhances process water recycling – outperforming traditional salts in solution for water clarification.
In sequential purification, SUNTECH-MI follows coagulation to gather destabilized particles, ensuring efficient solid-liquid separation without generating excessive sludge, making it commonly based on natural organic coagulants for sustainable mining.
Applications of SUNTECH-MI
SUNTECH-MI excels across diverse mining processes, from flocculation in thickeners to depression in flotation circuits. It suits:
- Flocculant Applications: Ideal for thickeners, clarifiers, and filter feeds in gold, silver, and platinum operations; excels in wastewater treatment, tailings dewatering, concentrate thickening, and removing suspended solids from raw water
- Froth Flotation Applications: Depresses talc, clays, and slimes in sulfide ores for copper, zinc, and lead processing, ensuring clean froth, high-grade concentrates, and improved throughput
- Additional Mining Uses: Supports coal washing, iron ore pelletizing, phosphate beneficiation, and steel making operations; adjustable for ore slurry density, pH conditions, and low turbidity waters, reducing contaminants via efficient flocculation and coagulation
Why Choose Sunita Hydrocolloids for Mining Flocculants?
Sunita Hydrocolloids brings decades of global expertise in guar across oil & gas, food, and industrial sectors, including advanced flocculants for mining. Manufacturing excellence in Jodhpur—India’s guar capital—ensures ISO 9001:2015-certified batch consistency, low moisture, high purity, and non-GMO standards.
Our end-to-end support has positioned SHPL as a proven partner for global miners seeking cost-effective, sustainable alternatives to inorganic and synthetic chemicals.
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