Journal
MINERAL PROCESSING AND EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY REVIEW
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 174-182Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08827508.2014.898300
Keywords
iron ore slimes; hydrocyclone; characterization; liberation; mineralogy; magnetic separation
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Intensive characterization studies of iron ore slime carried out by X-ray diffraction spectroscope (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM-EDS), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), and quantitative mineralogical evaluation by scanning electron microscope (QEMSCAN) are discussed. In slimes, mineral phases like hematite, goethite, gibbsite, kaolinite, and quartz are present in a complex and intricate way. SEM-EDS and QEMSCAN studies indicate that significant amounts of aluminum are associated with both ochreous and vitreous goethite. Hematite and goethite phases are contaminated with some amount of alumina and silica. The liberation of hematite in the coarser fraction (+500 mu m) is only 20.6% compared to 40% in the finer fraction (-500 mu m) size. A flow sheet, comprising of hydrocyclone and magnetic separation techniques, has been developed to produce an iron concentrate containing similar to 63% Fe with 70.7% weight recovery from a feed sample containing 56.8% Fe, 5.1% SiO2, and 6.4% Al2O3.
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