Abstract: There is proposed a composition for the flotation of useful minerals, comprising a frother based on dimethyl(isopropenylethynyl)carbinol and a collector, the frother, for improving the technological flotation characteristics, having the following chemical composition, in wt. %: dimethyl(isopropenylethynyl)carbinol, 95.0-98.0; tetramethylbutynediol, 0.1-1.5; diisopropenylacetylene, 0.1-1.0; 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-hexadien-3-one, 1.5-2.5.