Test on Comprehensive Recovery of Chromium from a Foreign Nickel-cobalt Ore

A foreign nickel-cobalt ore contains 1.10% nickel and 0.11% cobalt, which mainly exists in cryptocrystalline clay minerals in the form of ion adsorption. The ore contains 3.96% Cr2O3, and chromium basically exists in the form of chromite, which has the value of comprehensive recovery. In view of the...

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Main Authors: Deyong MENG, Aihui SUN, Jianjian ZOU
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Institute of Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 2025-04-01
Series:Kuangchan zonghe liyong
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Online Access:http://www.kczhly.com/en/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2025.02.026
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Summary:A foreign nickel-cobalt ore contains 1.10% nickel and 0.11% cobalt, which mainly exists in cryptocrystalline clay minerals in the form of ion adsorption. The ore contains 3.96% Cr2O3, and chromium basically exists in the form of chromite, which has the value of comprehensive recovery. In view of the high content of nickel and cobalt in the ore, and in clay minerals in the form of adsorption, clay minerals are easily sloughed during the grinding process, resulting in nickel and cobalt are enriched to the fine particle level and chromium basically exists in the form of chromite. During the grinding process, chromite particles of varying sizes are produced. Combined with the characteristics of relatively large gravity, the technical idea of grading and classifying after ore grinding, recovery of coarse-grained chromite by gravity separation, and recovery of fine-grained chromite by flotation is proposed adopting the process of "cyclone classification - spiral chute roughing - shaking table cleaning - shaking table tailings flotation" and selecting high-efficiency chromite collector GC to enhance the recovery of fine-grained chromite. The results of the whole process study show that chromite concentrate with Cr2O3 grade of 46.30% and Cr2O3 recovery rate of 71.95% can be obtained. At the same time, the nickel-cobalt slurry with Cr2O3 content of only 1.16% was obtained,creating favorable conditions for subsequent metallurgical recovery of nickel-cobalt.
ISSN:1000-6532