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Elena N. Musatkina
Elena N. Musatkina
Assistant Lecturer
(Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Assistant Lecturer
(Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Magnitogorsk
Russia

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Date submitted
    2024-04-24
  • Date accepted
    2024-09-24
  • Date published
    2024-11-12

Study and justification of the combination of beneficiation processes for obtaining flake graphite from technogenic carbon-containing dusts

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The most important task of modern production development is to provide the mineral and raw materials sector of the economy with resources included in the list of strategic raw materials, including flake graphite. In addition to natural raw materials, the source of its obtaining can be metallurgical production wastes not involved in processing. Development of metallurgical dust beneficiation technology will solve the problem of obtaining high-purity flake graphite with a crystal structure close to ideal and in demand in the production of high-tech materials. It will allow creating a renewable raw material base of graphite and utilising metallurgical production wastes. The research included the study of dust beneficiation by coarseness, magnetic and flotation methods, the influence of dust disintegration processes on beneficiation indicators. Based on the established technological properties of the components of dusts, magnetic, flotation and gravity beneficiation methods can be applied for their separation in different sequence. It is shown that dusts from different sites have different enrichability by these methods, and it should be taken into account when developing a complex technology of their processing. The degree of beneficiation increases in a row of dusts from the blast furnace shop (BF) – electric steel smelting shop (ESS) – oxygen-converter shop (OCS). The method of grinding has a significant influence on the separation indicators – at dry grinding in a centrifugal-impact mill with subsequent pneumatic classification the quality of graphite concentrates increases by 22.7 % of carbon for BF dust and by 13.48 % of carbon for ESS dust. OCS dust beneficiation indicators are high at coarse grinding with steel medium – mass fraction of carbon 96.1 %.

How to cite: Orekhova N.N., Fadeeva N.V., Musatkina E.N. Study and justification of the combination of beneficiation processes for obtaining flake graphite from technogenic carbon-containing dusts // Journal of Mining Institute. 2024. Vol. 269. p. 777-788. EDN UNUYXS