Chrome ore beneficiation challenges & opportunities - A review

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 375-380

  Murthy, Y Rama ^a   Tripathy, Sunil Kumar ^a   Kumar, C Raghu ^a  

^a TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Chromite beneficiation; Chromite deposits; Chromite ore; Gravity concentration techniques; Multi gravity separator

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERROALLOYS; ORES;

CHROMITE ORES; CRITICAL ISSUES; GRAVITY CONCENTRATION; GRAVITY SEPARATOR; PROCESS FLOW-SHEET; REFERENCE SOURCE; STRONG DEMAND;

CHROMITE DEPOSITS;

EID: 79952627787     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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