WO1995008004A1 - Ilmenite processing using cold milling - Google Patents
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- WO1995008004A1 WO1995008004A1 PCT/AU1994/000550 AU9400550W WO9508004A1 WO 1995008004 A1 WO1995008004 A1 WO 1995008004A1 AU 9400550 W AU9400550 W AU 9400550W WO 9508004 A1 WO9508004 A1 WO 9508004A1
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- dimethyl ammonium
- ilmenite
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
- C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
- C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
- C22B34/1236—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching
- C22B34/124—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching using acidic solutions or liquors
- C22B34/1245—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching using acidic solutions or liquors containing a halogen ion as active agent
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- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
- C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
- C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
- C22B34/1204—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 preliminary treatment of ores or scrap to eliminate non- titanium constituents, e.g. iron, without attacking the titanium constituent
- C22B34/1209—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 preliminary treatment of ores or scrap to eliminate non- titanium constituents, e.g. iron, without attacking the titanium constituent by dry processes, e.g. with selective chlorination of iron or with formation of a titanium bearing slag
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- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B34/00—Obtaining refractory metals
- C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
- C22B34/12—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08
- C22B34/1236—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching
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- This invention concerns the treatment of minerals containing titanium dioxide and iron, which are generally called titaniferous minerals.
- the most common of these minerals is ilmenite. More particularly, this invention concerns cold milling of particulate titaniferous minerals to form nanostructured products from which the iron content (or a significant amount of the iron content) of the mineral can be removed by a leaching process.
- Ilmenite, FeTi0 3 , and titaniferous minerals generally, are relatively inert minerals that have long been a major source of titanium dioxide, Ti0 2 , which is used as a white pigment in paints, to produce welding rods, and in the cosmetic and ceramics industries. Extraction of the iron from the ilmenite and other titaniferous minerals has been, and still is, an expensive undertaking.
- chloride route involves the chlorination of impure rutile using gaseous chlorine at a temperature in the range of from 650°C to 1,150°C to form titanium tetrachloride (TiCl 4 ).
- TiCl 4 is then oxidised to produce pure titanium dioxide.
- the "Becher” process is also used to upgrade ilmenite - to remove iron and provide a feedstock for the "chloride route".
- ilmenite is reacted with coal and sulphur in an iron reduction kiln at 1100°C. This reaction reduces the iron in the ilmenite to the metallic form.
- the iron is rusted out in slurry form with ammonium chloride acting as a catalyst for the rusting.
- the remaining iron compounds are removed by leaching with sulphuric acid.
- the Murso process uses an oxidation of the ilmenite to convert substantially all the iron to the ferric state, then reduction of the oxidised material to convert substantially all the ferric iron to the ferrous state. These steps, of oxidation of the ilmenite followed by its reduction, produce a material which has an enhanced reactivity, from which the iron can be leached with dilute hydrochloric acid.
- the prime object of the present invention is to provide a method of treating ilmenite and other titaniferous minerals to convert such minerals into a form from which the iron content can be removed by a simple leaching process.
- This objective is achieved by a cold milling process.
- Ball milling of ores, with and without additives to facilitate the comminution process is not new.
- the early potential of ball milling for the reduction and extraction of ores has generally not been fulfilled, and interest in such ore processing technology has waned.
- the development of a new form of high energy ball mill at The Australian National University, and the success that has been achieved in mechanical alloying work with that ball mill have stimulated new interest in the cold milling of ores.
- That new ball mill which is described in the specification of International patent application No PCT/AU90/00471 (WIPO Publication No WO 91/04810), enables controlled-energy milling of a charge to be effected.
- the present inventors have now discovered that under certain milling conditions, ilmenite can be reduced while being converted into a nanostructural form, and that iron can be removed from this product (for example, using hydrochloric acid at a temperature of about 100 C C).
- the basic requirements of the cold milling process are: (i) that high energy milling is carried out at room temperature for a sufficient time period (up to 300 hours) to produce a powder having a nanostructural form, and (ii) that the milling is effected in the presence of suitable additives to the ball mill charge.
- a method of treatment of a titaniferous ore to facilitate the removal of iron from the ore to produce rutile comprising high energy milling of the ore in particulate form in the presence of a suitable additive for a period sufficient to form a nanostructural titaniferous product.
- the additives include both solid and liquid reducing agents.
- Amorphous boron has been found to be a useful additive, as have a range of surfactants and organic materials (particularly long chained hydrocarbons).
- surfactants which may constitute the additive of the present invention are:
- DHDAA dihexadecyl dimethyl ammonium acetate
- SDDS didodecyl sulphate
- Dodecane is a preferred long chained hydrocarbon which can be used as the additive of this invention.
- the milled ore must subsequently be leached to extract the iron from it (for example, using hydrochloric acid at a temperature of about 100°C).
- the milling is carried out in a ball mill of the type described and claimed in the specification of International patent application No PCT/AU90/00471.
- simple milling of ilmenite did not produce a reactive nanostructural form of the mineral.
- milling ilmenite with an additive to the ball mill charge did yield a reactive nanostructural product.
- the milled samples were then leached with no further treatment.
- the composition of each sample was assessed using one or more of the following techniques: x-ray diffraction; Mossbauer spectroscopy; transmission and scanning electron microscopy; atomic absorption spectrometry; Rutherford backscattering spectrometry.
- structural development of the as-milled samples was monitored by x-ray diffraction of cobalt K ⁇ radiation using a Phillips diffractometer, and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry was used to analyse the presence of iron in chemically leached samples.
- DDAA idodecyl dimethyl ammonium acetate
- DDAB didodecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide
- DHDAA dihexadecyl dimethyl ammonium acetate
- DDAOH didodecyl dimethyl ammonium hydroxide
- SDDS sodium didodecyl sulphate
- the pH was adjusted to a value of 5, which corresponds to positively charged ilmenite particles, in order to get adsorption of the anionic surfactant SDDS.
- Potassium hydroxide and potassium chloride were used for pH adjustment.
- No adjustment of the pH of the aqueous solution was necessary for experiments with the additive DDAOH.
- the nanostructural ilmenite products obtained by milling the ilmenite with the additives (i) DDAOH, (ii) SDDS and (iii) amorphous boron, were leached with 4M hydrochloric acid at temperatures ranging from 80°C to 100°C.
- the Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy spectra of the leached materials showed
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EP94927454A EP0719346A4 (en) | 1993-09-13 | 1994-09-13 | Ilmenite processing using cold milling |
AU76892/94A AU7689294A (en) | 1993-09-13 | 1994-09-13 | Ilmenite processing using cold milling |
JP7508867A JPH09504829A (en) | 1993-09-13 | 1994-09-13 | Ilmenite treatment using cold milling |
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AUPM1177 | 1993-09-13 | ||
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JP (1) | JPH09504829A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2169947A1 (en) |
NZ (1) | NZ273552A (en) |
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WO1996010653A1 (en) * | 1994-10-04 | 1996-04-11 | The Australian National University | Treatment of minerals for extraction of zirconium |
US6203768B1 (en) | 1995-08-28 | 2001-03-20 | Advanced Nano Technologies Pty Ltd | Process for the production of ultrafine particles |
US6375923B1 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2002-04-23 | Altair Nanomaterials Inc. | Processing titaniferous ore to titanium dioxide pigment |
US6440383B1 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2002-08-27 | Altair Nanomaterials Inc. | Processing aqueous titanium chloride solutions to ultrafine titanium dioxide |
US6548039B1 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2003-04-15 | Altair Nanomaterials Inc. | Processing aqueous titanium solutions to titanium dioxide pigment |
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- 1994-09-13 JP JP7508867A patent/JPH09504829A/en active Pending
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WO1996010653A1 (en) * | 1994-10-04 | 1996-04-11 | The Australian National University | Treatment of minerals for extraction of zirconium |
US6203768B1 (en) | 1995-08-28 | 2001-03-20 | Advanced Nano Technologies Pty Ltd | Process for the production of ultrafine particles |
US6375923B1 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2002-04-23 | Altair Nanomaterials Inc. | Processing titaniferous ore to titanium dioxide pigment |
US6440383B1 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2002-08-27 | Altair Nanomaterials Inc. | Processing aqueous titanium chloride solutions to ultrafine titanium dioxide |
US6548039B1 (en) | 1999-06-24 | 2003-04-15 | Altair Nanomaterials Inc. | Processing aqueous titanium solutions to titanium dioxide pigment |
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