NDLI: Recovery of Heavy Minerals by Means of Ferrosilicon Dense Medium Separation Material

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Author	Waanders, F. B. Rabatho, J. P.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	The diamond-bearing gravels found along South Africa's West Coast are being beneficiated by means of dense medium separation (DMS) to reclaim the alluvial diamonds. Granular ferrosilicon (Fe–Si) is used as the DMS material and at the end of each operation the Fe–Si is reclaimed from the process stream using a magnetic separator and is then recycled but losses of Fe–Si due to attrition, adhesion to the separation products, density changes and changes to the magnetic properties can occur. The gravel obtained from the mining operation is washed and screened before heavy mineral separation. The concentrate, tailings and Fe–Si samples were investigated by means of SEM and Mössbauer spectroscopy to determine where changes to the Fe–Si, or contamination could occur. The composition of the Fe–Si was determined to be Fe (76.1 at.%), Si (20.3 at.%), Mn (1.5 at.%), Al (1.5 at.%) and Cr (0.6 at.%) resulting in a more or less ordered DO3 phase with a calculated composition of Fe3Si for this Fe–Si, consistent with the Mössbauer results where two sextets with hyperfine magnetic fields of 18.6 T and 28.4 T were observed. After DMS, magnetite and ilmenite, the minerals found in the gravel, were still present in the concentrate. In the tailings virtually no magnetite or ilmenite was found and only a doublet, identified as an oxihydroxide, due to the abrasion of the Fe–Si, was found. After magnetic separation, to wash and clean the Fe–Si for re-use, it was found that magnetite and ilmenite were still present in the Fe–Si, which results in a change in density of the Fe–Si, resulting in a higher density and loss of valuable diamonds.
Starting Page	55
Ending Page	60
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03043843
Journal	Hyperfine Interactions
Volume Number	161
Issue Number	1-4
e-ISSN	15729540
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2005-12-03
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	dense medium separation ferrosilicon Mössbauer spectroscopy SEM Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films Condensed Matter Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics

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