Lead-zinc ore is widely distributed in the world and is known to be distributed in more than 50 countries. According to the latest data, the world's lead-zinc ore resources are mainly concentrated in Oceania, Asia, North America and South America. Australia is the country with the richest lead-zinc ore resources in the world, with a large number of lead-zinc deposits, such as Mt.Isa and McArthur River. China is also a country with a large number of lead-zinc ore resources. Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Guangdong, Hunan and Guangxi are the main lead-zinc production areas.

The genesis types of lead-zinc deposits are diverse, mainly including exhaled sedimentation (SEDEX) type, volcanic massive sulfide (VMS) type, Mississippi Valley type (MVT) type, etc. The distribution and characteristics of these types of deposits are different around the world. For example, SEDEX deposits are usually large in scale, high in grade, rich in silver and barite; VMS deposits contain not only lead and zinc, but also often accompanied by copper metal; MVT deposits are mainly medium-sized, with lead and zinc grades ranging from 3% to 10%.

In order to improve the utilization value of lead-zinc ore, enterprises need to strengthen the comprehensive utilization of associated minerals. Lead-zinc ore is often associated with a variety of metal elements, such as silver, copper, cadmium, indium, etc. By comprehensively recycling and utilizing these associated elements, enterprises can obtain additional economic benefits in addition to the main products. However, this also requires enterprises to have advanced separation and extraction technologies to achieve effective recovery and utilization of associated elements.

The use of X-ray intelligent sorting machines for lead-zinc ore has the advantages of high efficiency, precision, environmental protection, energy saving and strong adaptability, which can significantly improve the efficiency and quality of ore sorting and reduce production costs and environmental pollution. The advantages of X-ray intelligent sorting are as follows:

1. Efficient sorting: X-ray intelligent sorting machines use X-ray transmission technology, combined with advanced image recognition and AI algorithms, to accurately identify different components and density differences in lead-zinc ore, and achieve efficient sorting. This technology greatly improves the accuracy and efficiency of sorting, and reduces the subjectivity and errors of manual sorting.

2. Improve ore grade: Through X-ray intelligent sorting machines, useful components in low-grade ores can be enriched to improve the overall quality of the ore. At the same time, it can also effectively remove impurities and useless components, reducing the difficulty and cost of subsequent processing.

3. Reduce production costs: Traditional sorting methods often require a lot of manpower and material resources, while X-ray intelligent sorting machines can realize automated production, reduce manual intervention, and thus reduce production costs. In addition, its efficient sorting ability can also reduce the waste of ore and improve resource utilization.

4. Environmental protection and energy saving: X-ray intelligent sorting machines do not produce harmful waste gas and wastewater during the sorting process, which meets environmental protection requirements. At the same time, its efficient sorting ability can also reduce the generation of tailings and reduce pollution to the environment.

5. Strong adaptability: X-ray intelligent sorting machines can be customized according to different ore types and sorting requirements, and have strong adaptability. It can not only be used for the sorting of lead and zinc ores, but can also be widely used in the sorting of other metal and non-metallic ores.