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SME Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) journal: New papers published online

By Chee Theng posted 08-12-2019 10:49 AM

  

New Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) journal papers published in Springer's Online First:

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Recovery of Iron Values from Discarded Iron Ore Slimes
by Singh Rahulkumar Sunil, Veeranjaneyulu Rayapudi, Nikhil Dhawan
Cite this article as: Sunil, S.R., Rayapudi, V. & Dhawan, N. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-019-00119-2

Abstract
The ever-increasing demand for steel and the subsequent depletion of high-grade ores requires the massive utilization of low-grade iron ores. In the present study, an iron ore slime sample containing 56.1% Fe was investigated using physical beneficiation, carbothermal reduction, and a microwave-assisted process; however, physical beneficiation and microwave exposure were found to be inefficient as they yielded lower iron recovery. Using coconut shell as an alternative reductant was found to be promising and does not lead to the formation of higher iron oxides, such as fayalite and wustite phases. The microwave-assisted carbothermal reduction was found at par with conventional reduction, saving time and heating. The optimum magnetic concentrate obtained in both carbothermal reduction routes (microwave and muffle furnace: Fe grade, Fe recovery, and yield of 64.3, 97, and 84%, and 67, 99, and 83%, respectively) are suitable for alternative iron-making or blast furnace units.

Leaching Process and Mechanism of Weathered Crust Elution-Deposited Rare Earth Ore
by Zhengyan He, Rong Zhang, Wenrui Nie, Zhenyue Zhang, Ruan Chi, Zhigao Xu, Ming WuJun Qu
Cite this article as: He, Z., Zhang, R., Nie, W. et al. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-019-00116-5

Abstract
The leaching processes and mechanisms of weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth (RE) ores with ammonium sulfate were investigated for their high efficiency and low consumption exploitation. The leaching process is a typical reversible heterogeneous ion exchange reaction in liquid–solid systems. The raw ore and leached tailings were analyzed by SEM and FTIR. Results indicated that no dissolution or structural changes of the ores occurred during the leaching process. The migrations of RE3+, Al3+, and  in the leaching process were studied under various liquid–solid ratios. With increasing liquid–solid ratio, the content of adsorbed on clay mineral by physical effect decreased,  adsorbed by ion-exchange increased, and the content of exchanged RE and Al increased until reaching equilibrium. The adsorption capacity of the RE ores for  remained about 0.61–0.63 mg/g. It was difficult to desorb  from RE ores with washing water alone. The leaching mechanism of Al was the same as RE, but the leaching of Al slightly lagged behind RE. At the optimal liquid–solid ratio of 0.4:1, the leaching efficiencies of RE and Al were 95.51% and 90.99%, respectively, and 56.65% of  remained in the leachate. After impurity removal and RE precipitation, the leachate can be reused by replenishing fresh leaching agent. The aim of this study is to enhance the leaching process of RE, restrain the leaching of impurities, and decrease the consumption of leaching agents.

Episyenites-Characteristics, Genetic Constraints, and Mineral Potential
by E. Suikkanen and O. T. Rämö 
Cite this article as: Suikkanen, E. & Rämö, O.T. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-019-00120-9

Abstract
Episyenites are sub-solidus, quartz-depleted alkali-feldspar-rich rocks. They form veins and lenticular bodies in granitoid rocks and migmatites in a late- to post-orogenic or anorogenic setting. Leaching of quartz is usually a response to a flux of weakly saline hydrothermal solution in circulation cells above cooling intrusions, where sufficient fluid-rock ratios and thermal gradients are achieved. Fluid Si-undersaturation is achieved by rapid cooling within the field of retrograde Si solubility or by temperature and pressure increase outside retrograde conditions. Some quartz may also be consumed in metasomatic reactions and in response to pressure fluctuation in sealed episyenite bodies. The small size and overall rarity of episyenites imply that conditions for episyenite formation are not commonly encountered in the crust. In addition to quartz depletion, episyenites record complex histories of metasomatic alteration and hydrothermal mineral growth. Nearly all episyenites have undergone Na-metasomatism, which may have led to the formation of nearly monomineralic albitite, and which is occasionally followed by late K-metasomatism, phyllic alteration, and argillization. Depending on the effectiveness of later compaction, recrystallization and vug-filling episyenites may preserve the macroscopic porosity formed by quartz dissolution and brittle deformation. Vuggy episyenites can act as significant sinks for metals carried by crustal fluids and host many significant U, Sn, and Au deposits worldwide. Rare earth-critical syenitic fenites around alkaline intrusions share mineralogical and genetic traits with episyenites.

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