Specularite iron ores have poor hydrophilicity and ballability as well as bad high-temperature reactivity, which restricts the large-scale application in the sinter and pellet production. In order to make the best use of the specularite concentrates, a novel process of Composite Agglomeration Process (CAP) is applied in this research. By the CAP, the percentage of specularite concentrates in the sinter mixture is increased to no less than 40 per cent as well as the coke breeze dosage is reduced by 0.3 per cent~0.6 per cent. Moreover, all the sintering indexes are obviously improved compared with the traditional sintering process. Researches on the metallurgical performances shows the finished composite agglomerates are high-quality burdens for blast furnaces. This investigation can provide an effective route to utilize the inferior specularite concentrates in the sintering._x000D_
CITATION:Zhang, Y, Jiang, T, Li, G and Fan, X, 2010. Study on iron ore sintering with high proportion of specularite concentrates, in Proceedings XXV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) 2010, pp 223-230 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).