Mining, Minerals Processing and Metallurgical Engineering

Application of suspension magnetization roasting as technology for high-efficiency separation of valuable iron minerals from high-iron bauxite

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  • Ruo-feng WANG1,2, Shuai YUAN1,2,3, Peng GAO1,2,3, Yan-jun LI1,2,3
1. School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China;
2. National-local Joint Engineering Research Center of High-efficient Exploitation Technology for Refractory Iron Ore Resources, Shenyang 110819, China;
3. State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Online published: 2022-07-25

Abstract

A technology for suspension magnetization roasting-magnetic separation was proposed to separate iron minerals for recovery. The optimum parameters were as follows: a roasting temperature of 650 °C, a roasting time of 20 min, a CO concentration of 20%, and particles with a size less than 37 μm accounting for 67.14% of the roasted product. The total iron content and iron recovery of the magnetic concentrate were 56.71% and 90.50%, respectively. The phase transformation, magnetic transition, and microstructure evolution were systematically characterized through iron chemical phase analysis, X-ray diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The results demonstrated the transformation of hematite to magnetite, with the iron content in magnetite increasing from 0.41% in the raw ore to 91.47% in the roasted product.

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Ruo-fengWANG,ShuaiYUAN,PengGAO,Yan-junLI, . Application of suspension magnetization roasting as technology for high-efficiency separation of valuable iron minerals from high-iron bauxite[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2022 , 32(7) : 2391 -2402 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(22)65955-7

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