ABSTRACT
The commercial processes of coal beneficiation are based on the differences in some physical properties of the pure coal and the impure coal (refuse). The difference in specific gravity is the basis for the largest number of coal beneficiation processes in which case they are termed as Gravity Concentration Processes. Depending upon the medium used for beneficiation of coal, the various processes are classified as WET or DRY. Those processes using water as medium are WET processes and are known as Washing Processes. The coal beneficiation plants using wet processes are named as Coal washeries. For raw coal fines of –0.5 mm, the difference in surface property is utilized since conventional gravity dependent processes are inefficient for this size range.
