Journal of Advanced Materials and Technologies

Journal of Advanced Materials and Technologies

Process Design of Titanomagnetite Placer Mine Beneficiation for Co-Extraction of Vanadium, Titanium and Iron Elements

Document Type : Original Reaearch Article

Author
Mehdi Alizadeh
Materials and Energy Research Center, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Karaj, Iran
10.30501/jamt.2636.70297
Abstract
Principally, mineral processing and beneficiation process on some placer mines can be considered from two points of view i.e. technical and economical aspects. Although, co-extraction of some strategic elements with high added value is conceivable, utilizing of these type of mines is also possible as raw material and feed in ferrous and non-ferrous metal industry. In this research, feasibility study of placer mine beneficiation for co- extraction of strategic elements and Iron has been investigated. Firstly, mineralogy, chemical properties and physical properties of samples have been studied via different characterization methods such as: screening, XRD, XRF, OM and EPMA analysis. Furthermore an appropriate process has been designed by using the gravity separation, ball mill grinding and magnetite separation in order to achieve suitable fineness for iron, titanium and vanadium concentrates. The designed process is capable of producing the ore concentrate with approximate 57 wt% Iron, 8 wt% TiO2 and 0.8 wt% V2O5. The outcome of the aforementioned process is valuable since it has been shown in the literature that the extraction of vanadium can be completed by leaching process with hot water and separation of titanium can be achieved during the melting process of iron from the slag.
Keywords
Titanomagnetite
mineral processing
beneficiation
Vanadium
Titanium
Iron

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Journal of Advanced Materials and Technologies
Volume 4, Issue 2
Summer 2015
Pages 27-36

  • Receive Date 12 September 2014
  • Revise Date 04 April 2015
  • Accept Date 30 May 2015