Flowsheets molybdenum processing

Molybdenum is not found naturally in its elemental form. It is obtained primarily from the mineral molybdenite (MoS2), which contains an average 59.9% of molybdenum. It is the only source of molybdenum which accounts for most of the world s molybdenum supply. Processing flowsheet of molybdenum from this commercial source into principal commercial forms is illustrative of the wide and diverse applications of molybdenum and its chemicals (Figure 1.19). 

Figure 1.19 Processing flowsheet of molybdenum into principal commercial forms.

This section on flowsheets basically aims to provide some illustrative examples of the use of the various mineral processing unit operations that have been described. A general flowsheet involving almost all the unit operations pertinent to mineral processing is shown in Figure 2.32. The others refer specifically to beach sands, lead-zinc concentration, molybdenum, and the rare earths. 

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