Abstract
A large portion of the world's phosphate reserves are sedimentary type containing appreciable amounts of carbonate minerals. These are the most difficult type of deposits to beneficiate. The depletion of other reserves easier to beneficiate, necessitates research to find methods of mineral processing for carbonate rich sedimentary phosphate deposits. In this study, a new flotation method is described which was applied successfully in a laboratory scale flotation cell. Flotation of Al-Jalamid phosphate rock (sedimentary type with high carbonates and low silica content) found in northern Saudi Arabia was studied using a fatty acid as collector and sodium sulfate as a flotation aid.