Study on process mineralogy of a low grade refractory vanadium-titanium magnetite ore in Xinjiang
In order to find out the ore properties of a low-grade refractory vanadium-titanium magnetite ore and the factors affecting the beneficiation index,carried out detailed process mineralogy research.The research shows that the ore is a low-grade vanadium-titanium magnetite ore of gabbro type.The grade of TiO2 is 4.53%,the grade of TFe is 14.06%and the content of other valuable elements is low.Titanomagnetite is the target mineral for beneficiation recovery of iron,in which the distribution rate of iron accounts for 47.892%of the total iron.Ilmenite is the target mineral for beneficiation recovery of titanium,and its distribution rate of titanium accounts for 60.881%of the total titanium.The solid solu-tion separation minerals,altered minerals chlorite and apatite are common in titanomagnetite.The particle size is fine and the dissemination is complex.It is difficult to effectively dissociate from titano-magnetite by grinding,and it is easy to be mixed with iron concentrate to affect the quality of iron con-centrate.The ilmenite also contains trace alteration minerals such as titanite and fine-grained titanomag-netite,apatite and sulfide.The addition of titanomagnetite to the ilmenite concentrate will lead to the in-crease of Ca,Mg,Si,S and P in the ilmenite concentrate,which will affect the quality of the concen-trate.At the same time,the lamellar ilmenite and ilmenite in titanomagnetite are difficult to be effect-ively dissociated by grinding,and it is easy to enter the iron concentrate with titanomagnetite in the iron separation process.This part of ilmenite is a reasonable loss.