Processing of stale slurry tailings from chrome ore processing plants to obtain standard chrome concentrate
Serzhanova N.-K. Kuldeev E.-I. Bondarenko I.-V. Erzhanova Z.-A.
2024Ore and Metals Publishing house
Obogashchenie Rud
2024#2024Issue 144 - 49 pp.
This article studies the material and mineral compositions of chromite ore processing tailings of Donskoy Ore Mining and Processing Plant JSC (DGOK) in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The ore samples are mainly represented by chromospinelides and serpentine fragments, antigorite, lizardite, and chrysotile serpentine minerals, as well as small quantities of olivine residues and dolomite-calcite-containing carbonate minerals, and traces of talc. In addition to waste rock, the sludge tailings of the DGOK also contain chromites (FeCr2O4). Chromite particles in the sludge tailings are mainly present in the fine particle size range of 0.01 to 0.5 mm. The chromium oxide content depends on the size class. The studies have confirmed the feasibility of using the technology developed for the processing of sludge tailings to obtain a standard chromium concentrate. The technology implies preliminary classification of stale sludge tailings from the DGOK into narrow size classes, followed by gravity concentration of each class using concentration tables. The studies have shown that, when compared to the sludge tailings process currently used at the DGOK, this technology ensures an increase in chromium oxide recovery from 66.5 to 85.66 %, that is, by 19.16 %, and a decrease in the content of chromium oxide in the tailings from 18.8 to 9.01 wt% (by 9.79 %). The resulting chromium concentrate is fine and contains Cr2O3> 50 wt%. The research was completed with the financial support of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan under grant No. AP08856229.
chromite concentrate , concentration table , gravity concentration , particle size distribution , processing tailings
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JSC «Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Bebefication», Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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