Abstract:
Lateritic ore is mixed with a chloridizing agent and a carbonaceous reductant to form an ore mixture for segregation roasting. The ore mixture is roasted at a temperature in the range of 1600*-2000*F. for a time duration of 0.5 to 2 hours in the presence of a reducing atmosphere provided by a mixture of CO-CO2 or H2-H2O gases to form a calcine containing nickel alloyed with iron. The calcine is subjected to a suitable treatment to recover the nickel therefrom.
Abstract:
Beneficiation of magnesian ores and similar derivative mixtures for concentrating or upgrading the magnesium content, usually by removal of the undesired constituents. Such mixtures after size reduction to obtain desired liberation of constituents are subjected to float and sink separations in heavy media having a gravity intermediate the float and sink constituents. Mixtures include magnesite, brucite, hydromagnesite and dolomite ores and synthetic mixtures of CaCO3 and hydrated magnesium carbonates with tetrabromoethane, methylene bromide, trichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride and methylene iodide as heavy media diluted with lighter organic liquids as necessary to establish optimum specific gravity. Movement of material in separation zone causes lighter fraction to float to surface of media while heavier fraction penetrates media and is recovered as an underflow product.
Abstract:
Concentration of magnesite present in ores containing siliceous and calcareous impurities and having some clay slimes as impurities by first reducing the slimes content of a magnesite ore pulp. cleaning same in a first flotation treatment wherein some of said impurities are separated as a float product, mixing a selected group of depressants for said siliceous and calcareous impurities in predetermined proportions in a liquid carrier, adding the premixed depressants to the cleaned pulp feed to a second flotation treatment at a predetermined rate, and stage adding an emulsifiable tall oil fatty acid collector reagent of low rosin content in starvation amounts at intervals in the progressive pulp flow through the second flotation treatment thereby floating a portion of the total magnesite content at each introduction stage.