introduction iron ore is one of the most important natural raw materials that is widely used for manufacturing iron and steel. this type of ore contains various amounts of radionuclides; thus, exposing workers handling their extraction, transportation, and processing to radiation. materials and methods in this study, 12 ore samples (each mass weighing about 2 kg) were collected from the iron or...

binders are of prime importance in the agglomeration of iron ore concentrates. in this research, strength and density of briquette produced from the magnetite concentrate of gol-e-gohar were investigated using different binders at various applied pressures. the results showed that peridor was the most effective binder relative to bentonite and lime. for all types of binders, the increase in bin...

The Pau Branco mine supplies two blast furnaces with iron ore lumps, and currently, charcoal consumption for pig iron production accounts for 47% of the blast furnaces’ operational cost. A geometallurgical model is presented to support an economic study considering reserve volumes, product quality, and operational costs based on the metallurgical performance of different iron ore typologies. Sa...

1. Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) is a by product of the steel industry. Blast furnace slag is defined as “the non-metallic product consisting essentially of calcium silicates and other bases that is developed in a molten condition simultaneously with iron in a blast furnace.” [1] In the production of iron, blast furnaces are loaded with iron o...

In the early 1980’s, the world steel market collapsed. Since the almost exclusive use of ironore is in steel production, many iron-ore mines had to be shut down. We divide the major iron-ore producing countries into groups based on the threat of closure faced by iron-ore mines in the respective country. In countries where mines faced no threat of closure, the iron-ore industry had little or no ...

The specific hydrogeoecological conditions of aquifers some technogenic formations, mainly iron ore skarn-magnetite and titanium-magnetite are considered. resulting wastes, which stored in waste disposal sites during development deposits, due to the impact a number factors (natural technogenic) form waters. Waste facilities complex engineering structures (dumps sludge storages), turn create the...

The mineral processing of friable iron ores usually generates ultrafine (smaller than 15 µm) particles, normally called slimes, which have a high grade and are disposed into tailings dam. traditional process techniques for ore do not work efficiently with ultrafines; however, selective flocculation is an alternative to concentrate that fraction. physical-chemical treatment slime was studied her...

sponge iron (dri) due to the high surface area, often shows a high tendency to re-oxidation and at some cases spontaneous combustion (autoignition). in this work, re-oxidation behavior and autoignition of sponge iron, produced from different types of iron ore has been investigated. isothermal and non-isothermal re-oxidation experiments were carried out on each type of dri and their autoignition...