The invention provides a composition for flotation collecting of
rutile from ores. The composition for flotation collecting of the
rutile from the ores comprises an activating agent used for activating the
rutile, and / or an inhibitor used for inhibiting
gangue, and a collecting agent, namely 3,4-dihydroxytoluene. The invention further provides a flotation method for flotation collecting of the rutile from the ores. The flotation method comprises the step that the 3,4-dihydroxytoluene is used as the collecting agent. According to the composition and the flotation method for flotation collectingof the rutile from the ores,
oxygen atoms of every two adjacent pieces of hydroxyl on a
benzene ring are bonded with the rutile, so that the collecting agent has high collecting performance; comparedwith an
arsenic acid collecting agent and a phosphonic acid collecting agent, the collecting agent is low in price, free of toxic and side effects and little in environmental
pollution; compared witha hydroximic acid collecting agent, the collecting agent has the advantages that the cost is low, water
solubility is good, and pipeline blocking is avoided; and meanwhile, the collecting agent is short in flotation time and small in using amount, and thus separation of the rutile and a
gangue mineral can be well achieved under the neutral condition and under the weak-base condition.