A review of the issues surrounding clays in the mineral processing value chain, from mining to processing and waste disposal.

List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Clays and the mineral processing value chain (MPVC) Markus Gräfe, Angus J. McFarlane and Craig Klauber; 2. Fundamentals of clays: surface and colloid science and rheology Elizaveta Forbes and Andrew Chryss; 3. Leaching and solution chemistry Jian Li, Angus J. McFarlane, Craig Klauber and Peter Smith; 4. Identification and quantification of clays Mark Raven and Peter Self; 5. Clays by deposit type Martin Wells, Erick Ramanaidou, Carsten Laukamp, Kai Yang and Mark Pownceby; 6. Exploration and discovery Carsten Laukamp, Erick Ramanaidou, Martin Wells and Kai Yang; 7. Clay minerals in flotation and comminution operations Elizaveta Forbes, Mark Ma and Warren Bruckard; 8. Solid-liquid separation of clay tailings Phillip Fawell; 9. Effects of clay in tailings handling and storage Andrew Chryss; 10. Knowledge and practice gaps and research priorities for clay-related phenomena in the minerals processing value chain (MPVC) Markus Gräfe, Angus J. McFarlane and Craig Klauber; Glossary; Index.