PHYSICO CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:

BULK DENSITY
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
CRUSHING VALUE
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
ABRESSIVE INDEX
WORK INDEX
SOLID DENSITY
IMPACT STRENGTH
Chemical composition (varies)
Fe(total)
FeO
SiO2
Al2O3
LOI
Moisture in ROM

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2.7 Tonnes/cubic meter

3.6Gms/Sq.cms
18.1
20N/Sq.mm
10937 Gms/tonne
2160 Gms/tonne
13.5 KWH/Ton Or 14.8 KWH/tonne
3.5 Tonne/Meter Cube
793N

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37 -38%
0.2-1.99
0.5-1.5
0.25-0.75
3-4% Max. in Dry Season
6.7% Max. in Wet Season

Liberation: Microscopic observation of sieve fractions reveals that optimum liberation of iron
minerals (hematite, gothethite, magnetite) from silica (quartz) is at about -200 mesh size.

Product

% Free Iron
Minerals

% Free quartz

% quartz interlocked
with Iron mineral

-10+28 Mesh

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1'-2

100

-28+35 Mesh

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'4-5

'95-99

-35+48 Mesh

'2-3

'5-7

'90-95

-48+65 Mesh

'7-10

'7-10

'80-85

-65+100 Mesh

'40-45

'7-10

'45-50

-100+150 Mesh

'65-70

'10-15

'15-20

-150+200 Mesh

'70-75

'15-20

'7-10

SIZE ANALYSIS OF BHQ ROM

1000mm

100.00%

900mm

97.00%

600mm

79.00%

300mm

50.00%

150mm

33.00%

75mm

21.00%

25mm

10.00%

10mm

5.00%

Results Obtained by RRL(IMMT):RRL- I (2010)

RRL-II(2010)

HEAD Grade Fe %

38.65

38.65

A)MIMS 3 Stages
Fe%;
Wt.%

64.4
13.30

64.51
11.90

B)2 Stages
Fe.%
Wt.%

62.20
26.00

62.80
30.40

Final Product(A+B)
Fe%:
Wt%:

62.94
39.30

63.28
42.30

Fe Recovery

64

69.3

Fe.% in Tails

22.92

21.14