IRON ORE PROCESSING 2009.pdf
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Council for Mineral Technology
The Latest Developments in Iron Ore Processing
5 June
Isabel King
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Iron ore Processing
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• Overview– Suppliers, sources early days
• Crushing Techniques
• Processing Options– Coarse processing– Fines processing
• Conclusions
Introduction: Iron Ore Processing
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Largest Iron Suppliers
• Vale
• BHP
• Rio Tinto
• Kumba Iron ore
Overview
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Iron Ore Sources• Hematite
(Fe2O3)
• Magnetite(Fe3O4)
• Titaniferous Magnetite(Fe2+ (Fe3+ ,Ti)2O4)
Overview
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Occurrence• Massive
• Banded Iron Formation (BIF)
• Limonite
• Taconite
Overview
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• Main Use of Iron Ore– Steel Industry
• Iron Ore Processing in the Early Days– Mine– Crush– Screen– Sell
• Present– Need Upgrading
Overview
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Objective of Processing• Preparation for smelting
– SiO2 <3%– Fe>63%– Al2O3 <3.5%– S and P content minimise
• Maximise recovery and yield
Overview
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Iron Ore Mine -Thabazimbi
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Iron Ore Crushing
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• Primary/Secondary Crushing– Jaw– Gyratory – Kawasaki
• Tertiary Crushing– Cone– High Pressure Grinding Roll
(HPGR)
Crushing Techniques
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Cone Crushing vs. HPGR• Cone Crushing
– Minimise flakiness– Shape factor influences Jig/DMS
performance
• HPGR– Better liberation in tertiary capacity
Crushing Techniques
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Iron Ore Screening
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Hematite• Coarse (-32+8mm)
• Medium (-8+1mm)
• Fine (-1mm+212 / 75µm)
• Slimes (-212µm)
Magnetite
Processing Options
DMS/Jigging
Spirals/TBS/WHIMS/Flotation
LIMS/Flotation
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Jigging on Iron Ore
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• Narrow size classes– -32+8mm– -8+3mm– -3+1mm
• Size and Density Separator• Fines Jigs hard to control• ‘Over the bed’ Jigs• ‘Through the bed’ Jigs
– Ragging
• Capacity – 85t/h per meter width of jig to max of 4m wide jig
Jigging on Iron Ore
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Dense Media Separation on Iron Ore
DMS Drum DMS Cyclone
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Dense Media Separation on Iron Ore
Feed
Floats sieve bend
OverflowSinks
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Dense Media Separation on Iron Ore
DMS Drum Sinks DMS Drum Floats
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• DMS Drum– Up to 4.6m diameter– Process 600t/h lumpy iron ore
• DMS Cyclone– Only -6mm material for iron ore– 360mm diameter cyclone– Process 40t/h per cyclone
• Larcodems– -90+6mm stones– 1.2m diameter– Operating capacity of 600-800t/h– Efficient separation at SG’s as high as 4.1g/cm3
Dense Media Separation on Iron Ore
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• Cut SG of 3.6-3.8 g/cm3
• Not considered at 4g/cm3
– Viscosity of FeSi
• Ferrosilicon– Water atomised– Gas atomised
• Maximise recovery and yield
Dense Media Separation on Iron Ore
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Dense Media Separation on Iron Ore
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DMS• High operating cost• Efficient separation
– Depends on bottom size– Near density material– Optimse yield and recovery– Lower tailings grades
• Density Separation– Small effect on size
DMS vs. Jigging
Jigging• Low operating cost• Less efficient separation
– Narrow size classes– Recovery losses– Higher tailings grades
• Size and density separation
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DMS vs. Jigging
DMS simulation
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mean sg
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Jig simulation
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mean sg
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DMS JigEp 0.07 0.144D50 3.16 3.19Yield 77% 70%
Results for the same product gradeNB: Very dependent on feed size distribution
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Hematite• -1mm + 212 / 75µm
– Spirals and Teeter Bed Separator (TBS)– Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation
(WHIMS)– SLon Magnetic Separation
• -212 / 75µm– WHIMS– SLon– Flotation
Magnetite• -1mm + 212 / 75µm
– Wet Low Intensity Magnetic Separation (LIMS)
– TBS
• -212 / 75µm– LIMS– TBS– Flotation
Fines Processing
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Spirals
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• Mostly water flushed spirals– SC20FE– 1.5t/h
• High capacity spirals– Reduce footprint of plant– Deeper troughs– Wider– 4-7t/h
Spirals
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Teeter Bed Separation (TBS)
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• Fluidised bed
• Part of spiral circuit– Final cleaning of concentrates
• Feed preparation for spiral circuit on coarse material– -3mm particles are too coarse for spirals
• BIF as a two pass system
Teeter Bed Separation (TBS)
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Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation (WHIMS)
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• Magnetic susceptibility – Difference has to be large
• Not recommended – Paramagnetic gangue minerals are
present
• Effective on slimes– Much finer sizes than 212µm
• Capacity of 120t/h
WHIMS
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SLon
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• High gradient magnetic separator (HGMS)
• Combined force field– Magnetism– Pulsating fluid – Gravity
• China and Peru
• Separating fine hematite and magnetite
• Capacity of 120t/h
SLon
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• Main purpose to add additional recovery
• Reverse/Direct flotation
• Taconite– Part of magnetic separation circuit– Selective flocculation– Fine grinding, pellitisation
Flotation
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Typical Magnetite Processing Circuit
Crushing
HPGR
"212" micron
Coarse LIMSmax 5 passes
Fine LIMSmax 5 passes
Fine TBS
"75" micron
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LIMS Plant
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Wet Low Intensity Magnetic Separator (LIMS)
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• Mostly magnetic separation
• Performance of gravity separation affected by grind
• Possibility of producing a secondary ilmenite product???
Processing of Titaniferous Magnetite
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Conclusions
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Acknowledgements
Jeremy Bosman – University of Pretoria/ PescoCarl Bergmann - Mintek
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