Nature of low-grade Indian iron ores and the prospects of their enrichment through gravity separation

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-150

  Roy, S ^a   Das, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Comminution; Desliming; Gravity concentration; Iron ore; Liberation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMMINUTION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; HEMATITE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICA; SIZE SEPARATION;

DESLIMING; FLOWING FILM CONCENTRATION; GRAVITY CONCENTRATION; GRAVITY SEPARATION; LIBERATION; LOW-GRADE ORES; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

IRON ORES;

EID: 69549120264     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402227     Document Type: Article

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