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Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference 2011

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A Study on the Impact of Utilising Sea Water for Wet Concentration of Beach Minerals Deposits on the Recovery and Quality of Ilmenite Produced by High Tension Separation

VV Mineral (VVM) group of companies is the largest and the first private producer and exporter of beach sand mineral products in India. During 2010, the company produced and marketed around 750 000 tons of saleable products. Their operations are mainly in the state of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, India._x000D_
Almost all the wet pre-concentration plants use sea water as the concentration medium, since there is no fresh water source available near the deposits. The mines are located along the south-east coast of India in the states of Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh. The orebody varies in terms of mineral assemblage, slime content, grain size, and surface coating resulting in different behaviour of the minerals. Three different deposits containing ilmenite of different TiO2 content were studied. The study shows that there is no significant impact of using sea water for wet concentration prior to high tension separation of ilmenite. There is no significant variation in recovery and purity of ilmenite produced from these deposits when wet concentration of the deposits were carried out with sea water as the concentration medium and whether the concentrates were washed with fresh water or not before dry separation using High Tension Roll Separators (HTRS)._x000D_
FORMAL CITATION:Swamydas, C, Rajaretnam, A D and Subramanian, V, 2011. A study on the impact of utilising sea water for wet concentration of beach minerals deposits on the recovery and quality of ilmenite produced by high tension separation, in Proceedings Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference 2011, pp 305-310 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
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