Magnetic separation is a simple unique and widely accepted process in several industries There is a need to develop effective and novel magnetic separators for fine and multi magnetic mineral materials for effective utilization of low grade mineral resources process and electronic wastes to strengthen the circular economy concept
The magnetic material is adsorbed on the surface of the drum and rotates with the drum Since magnetic and non magnetic particles are subjected to different forces in the magnetic field weakly magnetic and non magnetic minerals will be removed after separation Chromite is an oxide of iron magnesium and chromium
Choice selection and application variation of physical beneficiation techniques usually employed on heavy minerals HMs depends greatly on mineralogy composition shape particle size distribution and physicochemical properties of the minerals Recent advancements in the applications of HM products by modern science engineering technological and
In 2020 A K Das et al also investigated the beneficiation behavior of low grade chromite ore for ferrochrome production by using wet shaking table and wet highintensity magnetic separator
Magnetic separation techniques may be useful after reduction for the beneficiation of low grade chromite ore The sample collected from the sukinda mines is characterized by XRD which shows predominant phases like maghemite chromite silica magnesia and alumina The raw ore is crushed and ground to below 75 micrometer size
Percentage chromium oxide is improved upto 49% with 63% of recovery while raw chromite ore contained only % Cr2O3 Author concluded that separating the materials into size fraction without
• Strong magnetic minerals ferromagnetic can be processed by Low Intensity Magnetic Separators LIMS • Medium magnetic minerals generally defined as high susceptibility ferri or paramagnetic minerals can be processed by Medium Intensity Magnetic Separators MIMS • Weak magnetic minerals generally defined as low
Gravity and magnetic separation are the most beneficiation methods for chromite ore [4][5] [6] [7] while flotation methods are not recommended for chromite ore due to un economically process [8
As a result a wet magnetic separation technology for recovery of ultra fine chromite Cr 2 O 3 from spirals tailings as a scavenger was investigated The Middle Group Chromitite layer MG spiral tailings was characterized using XRF XRD SEM and screen sieves with the aim of determining the viability of using the wet high intensity magnetic
The Cr Fe ratio chromium to iron mass ratio of chromite affects the production of chrome based ferroalloys Although the literature contains numerous reports related to the magnetic separation of different minerals limited work concerning the application of magnetic separation to fine chromite from the Sukinda region of India to enhance its Cr Fe ratio has
studies carried out by many researchers on chromite ore to recover chromite from other associated gangue minerals Bhima Rao et al [11] Studied on the recovery of chromite values from chromite ore beneciation plant tailings by using hydro cyclones and gravity and magnetic separators is very common owsheet Bhima Rao etal 1997 improves the
The low chromium to iron ratio of chromite ores is an important issue in some chromite deposits The value of the chromite ore is indeed dictated in the market by its iron as well as its chromium content In the present study a chromite concentrate was reprocessed by gravity spiral concentrator and magnetic separation to enhance the chromium to iron ratio
The low grade siliceous chromite ore from Ghutrigaon Odisha India containing 16% Cr2O3 with Cr/Fe ratio of and 55% of SiO2 does not find any use in metallurgical industry and hence
The primary use of chromite ore is towards the production of ferrochrome alloys The magnetic separators are designed on the basis of magnetic field intensity and are available in permanent
including ilmenite chromite and garnet processing These RED designs similar to LIMS are robust and typically offer high capacity and simple operation High intensity magnetic separators may be wet or dry High intensity dry magnetic separations are carried out with induced roll IRM or rare earth roll RER magnetic separators though
The Koh Safi Chromite Ore Deposit is located in Afghanistan s northern northeastern end of the Kabul Kandahar ophiolite zone Sedimentary formations delayed volcanic and ultramafic rock groups including peridotites and serpentinites could all have been found in the Koh Safi area where structural discontinuities with the two trends of
The hydrosizer feed in the studied circuit Fig 1 is the middle product of the shaking tables with an average Cr 2 O 3 grade of 17% The feed is classified based on the specific gravity and the liberation degree of particles Outputs of spigots 1 and 2 are introduced to two separate spirals and the output of spigot 3 is introduced to a shaking table due to the fact
The low grade siliceous chromite ore from Ghutrigaon Odisha India containing 16% Cr2O3 with Cr/Fe ratio of and 55% of SiO2 does not find any use in metallurgical industry and hence
As shown in Figure minerals with ferromagnetic properties have high susceptibility at low applied field strengths and can therefore be concentrated in low intensity < T magnetic separators For low intensity drum separators Figure used in the iron ore industry the standard field for a separator with ferrite based magnets is T at a distance of 50 mm from
Fig Classification of magnetic separators from different perspectives [14] Re drawn figure Dry low intensity magnetic separators DLIMS are generally employed to upgrade iron ores containing relatively large particles and strongly magnetic minerals separate iron pieces from steel mill slags and blast furnaces
Grain mapping of manganese ore for sample 1 based on MLA Figure 7 Grain mapping of manganese ore for sample 1 based on MLA
The primary Chromite composition exhibits high Cr varieties; the average Cr# of Chromite is and have < % TiO2 content which may reflect the crystallization of Chromite from boninitic magma