Chemical Solutions
for Industrial
Minerals and
Fertilizer Processing
High-Performance Chemical Solutions for Phosphate, Potash, and Industrial Minerals
Mining operations can benefit from Clariant Mining Solutions' specialized chemicals and technical expertise that optimize flotation performance, enhance product quality, and improve processing efficiency for phosphate, potash, and specialty industrial minerals.
Our technical specialists work alongside your team to address unique challenges in industrial minerals and fertilizer processing—from improving recovery rates and concentrate grades to enhancing product specifications for downstream applications. We combine advanced collector chemistry with hands-on support to deliver measurable operational improvements.
FLOTINOR™ and FLOTIGAM™ Collectors for Phosphate Rock
Optimize phosphate beneficiation through direct apatite flotation and reverse flotation for carbonate and silicate removal. Our tailored solutions enhance processing efficiency while reducing operational costs through dosage optimization.
Key Benefits:
- Superior P₂O₅ recovery rates
- High-grade phosphate concentrates
- Custom-designed formulations
- Ideal for complex phosphate rock processing applications
FERTALA™ Accelerators
Improve phosphate conversion rates and reduce residence time in SSP and TSP production, enhancing phosphate rock attack efficiency.
FERTALA™ Anticaking Agents
Prevent caking, dusting, and blooming in MAP, DAP and NPK fertilizers, delivering superior performance in high-humidity environments while providing outstanding compression strength for improved handling and storage.
FLOTICOR™ DF Defoamers
Control foam in attack reactors and granulation scrubbers to ensure efficient phosphoric acid production.
FLOTICOR™ FA Filter Aids
Enhance dewatering efficiency, accelerate filtration rates, and improve cake formation for optimized solid-liquid separation.
FLOTICOR™ EX Sequestering Agents
Remove cadmium in phosphoric acid production, enabling compliance with stringent heavy metal regulations and with evolving industry standards.
FLOTIGAM™ Collectors for Potash Rock
Deliver superior KCl recovery and effective separation of sylvite, carnallite, and halite. Special formulations are available for summer and winter water temperature variations and also for removal of insolubles in specialized flotation circuits.
FLOTANOL™ Frothers
MIBC and MIBC-replacement frothers optimize flotation with the right froth stability to maximize mineral recovery in each operation.
FERTALA™ Anticaking Agents
Provide outstanding resistance against caking, dusting, and blooming in potash fertilizers such as KCl and NOP, especially in high-humidity environments.
FLOTINOR™ and FLOTIGAM™ collectors and FLOTANOL™ frothers help lithium producers optimize operations and maximize asset value as they deliver this essential metal for the energy transition.
FLOTINOR™ Spodumene Collectors
FLOTINOR™ spodumene collectors outperform traditional fatty acid collectors with superior selectivity in lithium flotation.
FLOTINOR™ spodumene collectors achieve higher lithium grades in rougher concentrates while maintaining excellent recovery rates, requiring fewer cleaning stages and significantly lower dosages for certain ore types.
Unlike conventional collectors that experience progressive recovery losses across cleaning stages, FLOTINOR™ spodumene collectors maintain consistent lithium recovery through multiple cleaning stages.
The diverse range of FLOTINOR™ collectors for different spodumene ores maximizes mine productivity and overall lithium recovery.
FLOTIGAM™ Collectors
FLOTIGAM™ collectors effectively remove mica and silicates from spodumene ores and enable the beneficiation of lithium-bearing clays such as lepidolite through direct flotation.
FLOTANOL™ Frothers
FLOTANOL™ frothers enhance flotation performance by creating optimal froth stability that maximizes mineral recovery and improves bubble mechanical strength to increase coarse particle recovery while allowing for effective bubble drainage.
FLOTINOR™ formulated collectors including fatty acids, phosphate esters and hydroxamates to optimize your flotation operations for rare earth minerals such as monazite, xenotime and bastnaesite.
FLOTINOR™ and FLOTIGAM™ collectors for complex niobium beneficiation flowsheets including flotation of gangue minerals and flotation of pyrochlore to maximize recovery of niobium at commercial grades.
Optimize processing performance, increase product quality, and improve operational efficiency throughout the production process.
FERTALA™ Accelerators
Improve phosphate conversion rates and reduce residence time in SSP and TSP production, enhancing phosphate rock attack efficiency.
FLOTICOR™ DF Defoamers
Control foam in attack reactors and granulation scrubbers to ensure efficient phosphoric acid production.
FLOTICOR™ FA Filter Aids
Enhance dewatering efficiency, accelerate filtration rates, and improve cake formation for optimized solid-liquid separation.
FERTALA™ Anticaking Agents
Prevent caking, dusting, and blooming in Phosphate, Potash and NPK fertilizers, delivering superior performance in high-humidity environments while providing outstanding compression strength for improved handling and storage.
FLOTICOR™ EX Sequestering Agents
Remove cadmium in phosphoric acid production, enabling compliance with stringent heavy metal regulations and with evolving industry standards.
FLOTINOR™ and FLOTIGAM™ collectors for calcite flotation operations, including FLOTINOR collectors to float calcite in the beneficiation of other minerals such as phosphate by reverse flotation, and FLOTIGAM collectors to beneficiate calcite ores by reverse flotation floating away penalty elements such as iron and silica.
FLOTINOR™ collectors for the beneficiation of barite to maximize recovery and grade.
FLOTINOR™ and FLOTIGAM™ collectors for silica flotation operations, including FLOTIGAM collectors to float silica in the beneficiation of other minerals such as iron by reverse flotation, and FLOTINOR collectors to beneficiate silica ores by reverse flotation floating away penalty elements such as iron and carbonates.
FLOTINOR™ and FLOTIGAM™ collectors to beneficiate a wide variety of industrial minerals to achieve the optimal recovery and grade of the target mineral.
Do You Know our Competence Center for Fertilizers and Industrial Minerals?
Clariant's Competence Center for Fertilizers and Industrial Minerals in Dubai, UAE develops innovative chemical solutions for flotation and processing of fertilizer mineral feedstocks, finished fertilizers and industrial minerals. Our specialists provide expert technical support and work collaboratively with customers to optimize their operations worldwide.
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Mineral Flotation Reagents: Find the Best Solutions for Your Process
Explore our "Flotation of Frequently Occurring Minerals" tool, offering tailored recommendations for the industry's most common minerals. Whether you need direct or reverse flotation solutions, discover the ideal reagents to maximize recovery rates and process efficiency.
