Flotation of rare earth minerals from silicate–hematite ...
1. Introduction. Rare earth (RE) minerals occur in peralkaline igneous rocks, carbonate-rich igneous rocks, iron-oxide–copper–gold mineralization, pegmatites, porphyry molybdenum ores, metamorphic rocks, stratiform phosphate residual, placers, laterites, and ion adsorption clays (Long et al., 2010).The beneficiation of the RE minerals from their ores …
