The removal of alumina and silica from iron rejects slime by chemical

A hydrometallurgical method of alumina and silica gangue removal from rejects slime of iron ore by alkali and acid leaching is proposed. Up to about 80% gangue is removed by chemical leaching with sodium hydroxide, sulphuric, hydrochloric and nitric acids.Although sulphuric acid is the most effective among the acids, it suffers from a …

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Efforts to remove reactive silica from bauxite ore prior to shipment have largely focused on gravitational methods such as washing, screening and the use of hydrocyclones. The purpose of this work was to identify additives which might enhance this separation …

The Chemistry and Processing of Jamaican Bauxite

The Chemistry of Bauxite and Alumina. The Chemistry and Processing of Jamaican Bauxite ... The average grade of bauxite mined is of the order of 45% available alumina and 1.5% reactive silica. a = 8.684 b = 5.078 c = 9.736 α = 90 β = 94.54 γ = 90 volume = 427.985 space group = P 1 21/n 1 : Gibbsite In order to remove the iron …

Bauxite Beneficiation: Efficient Way to Remove …

The main objective of bauxite beneficiation is to lower the concentration of reactive silica, and also to increase the alumina content. In addition, bauxite beneficiation can also be used for iron extraction or …

Leaching for iron removal from low-grade bauxite ore …

For achieving this purpose, iron removal tests were performed on bauxite samples with an alumina to silica modulus of 0.73. After determining the appropriate iron removal method among the magnetic ...

Bauxite Beneficiation: An Approach to Value Addition in …

Fig. 1 General industrial flowsheet for removal of silica from Bauxite. Ta b le 2 Characteristics of Sierra Leone bauxite (dry sieving) Sample Fraction %Al 2 O 3 %SiO 2 %Fe 2 O 3 %LOI Fraction ...

Removal of aluminosilicates from diasporic-bauxite by …

1.. IntroductionThere are plenty of bauxite resources in China. However, more than 90% of the bauxite in China is of diasporic characteristics with low ratio of aluminum oxide to silica(A/S: 4–6) [1], [2].It cannot satisfy the basic condition (A/S > 8) to produce alumina(Al 2 O 3) through Bayer process [3], [4].Therefore, some complex flow …

Pilot Tests with Tertiary Cyclone for Reactive Silica …

recovery of alumina and 45.9 % recovery of silica to product. Keywords: Bauxite beneficiation, Clay removal, Silica reduction, Hydrocyclones. 1. Introduction Bauxite is the main ore for production of metallic aluminum. Production is generally carried out by the Bayer process to form alumina, followed by the Hall-Héroult process to carry out the

Alumina recovery from bauxite residue: A concise review

Aluminum demand has increased with modernization of our society. As the primary source of aluminum is bauxite ore, this has resulted in more accumulation of bauxite residue.A bauxite residue typically contains 15–25% of alumina depending on the origin of its ore and process conditions. Along with alumina, it also contains iron, titanium …

Kaolinite removal from bauxite by flotation:

In this study, low-grade bauxite ore from Seydişehir (Konya, Turkey) containing 57.33% Al2O3 and 9.01% SiO2, (A/S = 6.36) was investigated to determine the modal mineralogy and mineral liberation ...

Bauxite Beneficiation: An Approach to Value Addition in …

Our experience shows that in low silica gibbsitic bauxite of Guinea, it is sometimes beneficial to remove fines of below 5–10 mm sizes by dry processes, to …

REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM IRON ORES: METHODS AND …

Figure 1 shows typical silica flotation time versus iron recovery and silica recovery. It can be seen after 2 minutes approximately 90% of silica is recovered by flotation; however the recovery of ...

Separation of silica from bauxite via froth flotation

In this study, low-grade bauxite ore from Seydişehir (Konya, Turkey) containing 57.33% Al2O3 and 9.01% SiO2, (A/S = 6.36) was investigated to determine the modal mineralogy and mineral liberation ...

Advances in Beneficiation of Low-Grade Bauxite

bauxite is composed of gibbsite as aluminous mineral, kaolinite as silicate mineral and goethite iron mineral. It is formed by leaching of silica from aluminosilicate rock. Lateritic bauxite is classified into six major types on the basis of conditions of weathering and deposit age [7]. The karst bauxite is composed of boehmite and diaspore as

Estimation of Cleaning Efficiency of Clay Removal from Bauxite

Therefore, the efficiency of the washing process can be characterized as the removal of fine silica agglomerates, which are in the form of fine clay, therefore to recover the entire silica in the tailing streams. ... Separation of silica from bauxite via froth flotation. Minerals Engineering, 22, 315-318. Mendes, F., Feitosa, D., Sugden, H ...

Chemical Processing of Bauxite: Alumina and Silica Minerals …

As for the dual stream flowsheet, chemical cleaning using dilute sulphuric acid is effective at removing the silica scale. For removal of the titanate scale, mechanical cleaning is …

Provenance and Tectonic Evolution of Bauxite Deposits in …

1 Introduction 1.1 Overview of Bauxite Ore. As a residue of strong chemical weathering, bauxite is mainly composed of Al-oxyhydroxides, Fe-oxides/-oxyhydroxides and Ti-oxides (mainly TiO 2 phases) (Bárdossy, 1982, 1994; Bárdossy and Aleva, 1990; D'Argenio & Mindszenty, 1995; Retallack, 2010).Bauxite deposits can be classified into …

Processing options for removal of silica and alumina from …

Global demand for iron and steel has increased substantially over the past 20 years and there has been a greater focus on developing suitable processing options to treat low-grade hematite-goethite ores containing higher levels of silica and alumina impurities. The processing applicable to reduce the impurity levels in these lower-grade iron ores …

The Processing of High Silica Bauxites

Efficient removal of silica is the key to alumina extraction from coal fly ash (CFA) by the Bayer process, due to the easy formation of sodium aluminosilicate …

Removal of silicates from gibbsite-bauxite ore by using …

Alumina content and silica content as results of flotation were analyzed by XRF. The results of XRF of flotation products show that increasing of alumina content and decreasing of silica content. The optimum pH range of bauxite flotation using DDA and AERO 3000C as collectors can be achieved at pH 4 – 10.

A new process for Al2O3 production from low-grade diasporic bauxite …

A new process of Al2O3 production from low-grade diasporic bauxite based on the reactive silica dissolution and stabilization in concentrated NaOH-NaAl(OH)4 solutions is proposed and proved feasible.

Simultaneous Application of Oxalic Acid and Sodium …

The pre-desilication results showed that the removal of silica reached 73.92% and that the mass ratio of alumina to silica (A/S) of bauxite concentrate increased from 2.92 to 9.25 under the ...

Pilot Tests with Tertiary Cyclone for Reactive Silica …

In the process, due to the small particle size, kaolinite is usually removed by attrition and washing of coarse material followed by desliming using hydrocyclones. In the Bayer …

Removal of silicates from gibbsite-bauxite ore by using …

Removal of silicates from gibbsite-bauxite ore by using cationic reverse flotation. Christin Palit; Suliestyah. Author & Article Information. AIP Conf. Proc. 2363, …

Bauxite

Bauxite is generally hard, heterogeneous in appearance and can be nodular, layered or massive. It has varying composition but is relatively rich in aluminium oxides along with iron and silica oxides with minor quantities of other minerals resistant to weathering, such as anatase (titanium dioxide).

Desilication and recycling of alkali-silicate solution seeded …

A schematic of the silica removal from bauxite and the desilication process is presented in Fig. 1.All experiments were carried out at 95 °C.The desilication test was carried out in a constant temperature (≈95 °C) oil bath with electromagnetic stirring (≈300 rpm), and RM and/or CaO were added.After filtration and cooling, the desilication …

Alumina recovery from bauxite residue: A concise review

Bauxite residue (BR) is generated as a by-product of the Bayer process. Approximately 1.2 tons of BR is generated per ton of alumina production but the quantity of bauxite residue depends upon on the quality of the processed bauxite ore and the processing parameter (Primary Aluminium Production).The annual generation of BR in …

Bauxite Beneficiation: An Approach to Value Addition in …

Goswami R (2018) An initiative to remove silica from bauxite ore, In: 8th annual IBAAS conference, Mumbai, September 2018 4. Chaves AP (2010) Bauxite upgrading practices in Brazil. Travaux 35(39):110–116 5. Buntenbach S, Baumann T, Donhauser F (2010) Beneficiation of bauxite−upgrading of recoverable Al2 O3 . Travaux 35(39):117–124 6.

Desilication and recycling of alkali-silicate solution seeded …

When low-grade high-silica bauxite undergoes desilication by alkaline leaching, a large amount of alkali-silicate solution will be produced. To realize its …

(PDF) Chemical Processing of Bauxite: Alumina and Silica …

Batch pre-desilication test results of a high reactive silica boehmitic bauxite from Nyírád (Hungary) ar e shown on Figures 4.4-9 [8]. The bauxite contained 48.8 % Al 2 O 3, of which 37 % was ...