The Jameson Cell has been found to be particularly effective in cleaning and recovering fine coal particles. For example, at BHP Coal's Goonyella mine (now part of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance) eight Cells were installed to replace the entire 32 mechanical cell flotation circuit in 1995 in its 1800 t/h coal flotation plant. The result was an overall increase in yield for the plant of 3.5% (better than the predicted yield of 2.1% that was used to justify the project) and the production of a low-ash product.
Since then, Jameson Cells have been installed in many coal preparation plants around the world, with the largest installation at the Curragh coal mine in Australia, where 12 Cells treat over 5 million t/y of coal fines.
The Cell can also be applied to coal preparation plant tailings to recover fine coal previously discarded.