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Choosing the Right Xanthate for Your Flotation Circuit
Flotation

Choosing the Right Xanthate for Your Flotation Circuit

SIPX, PEX, or PAX — how selectivity and collecting power should drive your reagent choice.

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Fire Assay 101: How Litharge-Based Flux Determines Gold Grade
Assay

Fire Assay 101: How Litharge-Based Flux Determines Gold Grade

From fusion to cupellation, the chemistry behind the lead button assayers rely on.

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Sodium Sulfide as a Sulfidizer: Reactivating Oxidized Sulfide Minerals
Mineral Processing

Sodium Sulfide as a Sulfidizer: Reactivating Oxidized Sulfide Minerals

Recovering value from oxidized copper and lead surfaces before flotation begins.

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Sodium Hydroxide in Gold Cyanidation: Why pH Control Is Non-Negotiable
Gold Recovery

Sodium Hydroxide in Gold Cyanidation: Why pH Control Is Non-Negotiable

Cyanide leaching only works in a narrow pH window — here is where caustic soda fits in the circuit.

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Lead Nitrate as a Cyanidation Activator: What It Actually Does in the Leach Circuit
Gold Recovery

Lead Nitrate as a Cyanidation Activator: What It Actually Does in the Leach Circuit

A small lead nitrate addition can measurably lift gold recovery on sulfide-bearing ore — here is the mechanism.

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SIPX vs PEX vs PAX at a Glance
Flotation

SIPX vs PEX vs PAX at a Glance

A quick-reference comparison of the three xanthate collectors GGI Chemicals supplies, and when each one is the right call.

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Caustic Soda Grades: Flakes, Pearls, or Solution — Which Does Your Process Need?
Product Selection

Caustic Soda Grades: Flakes, Pearls, or Solution — Which Does Your Process Need?

The chemistry is identical; the physical form is what determines how well it fits your dosing system.

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Sodium Sulfide in Wastewater Treatment: The Basics of Heavy-Metal Precipitation
Water Treatment

Sodium Sulfide in Wastewater Treatment: The Basics of Heavy-Metal Precipitation

The same reagent that reactivates oxidized sulfide minerals also pulls dissolved heavy metals out of process water.

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Why a Pre-Blended Fire Assay Flux Beats Mixing Your Own
Assay

Why a Pre-Blended Fire Assay Flux Beats Mixing Your Own

Fire assay lives or dies on consistency — here is what changes when a lab switches from mixing flux in-house to a pre-blended supply.

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Sourcing Mining Reagents from China: Questions Worth Asking Before You Order
Sourcing

Sourcing Mining Reagents from China: Questions Worth Asking Before You Order

A practical checklist for evaluating a Chinese chemical supplier — beyond just comparing price per tonne.

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