Patents Assigned to CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc.
  • Mineral processing
    Patent number: 11654443
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CIDRA MINERALS PROCESSING INC.
    Inventors: Warrick James David Allen, Simon David Childs, Andrea Duffy, Nicholas Horrocks, Elizabeth Lakin, Paul Edward Young Milne, James Leonard Rolfe
  • Mineral processing
    Patent number: 10603676
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc.
    Inventors: Warrick James David Allen, Simon David Childs, Andrea Duffy, Nicholas Horrocks, Elizabeth Lakin, Paul Edward Young Milne, James Leonard Rolfe
  • MINERAL PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20160114336
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc.
    Inventors: Warrick James David ALLEN, Simon David CHILDS, Andrea DUFFY, Nicholas HORROCKS, Elizabeth LAKIN, Paul Edward Young MILNE, James Leonard ROLFE