Drying, roasting, and calcining of minerals : proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) held during TMS 2015, 144th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, March 15-19, 2015, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, USA

The papers in this volume give the reader focused information on the important extractive metallurgy unit operations of drying, roasting, and calcining Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Sulfation Roasting of a Bornite Flotation Concentrate to Optimize Silver Extraction in a Ferric Chloride Leach....Pages 3-10 Chlorination Roasting of Rare Earth Element Oxides....Pages 11-18 Bromination Roasting of Rare Earth Oxides....Pages 19-26 The Advantages of Thermal Analysis Prior to Bench-Scale Roasting....Pages 27-34 Extraction of Indium from Zinc Oxide Flue Dust by Microwave Sulfation Roasting and Water Leaching....Pages 35-42 Behavior of Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth at Roasting Temperatures....Pages 43-50 Characterization of Physico-Chemical Changes during the Alkali Roasting of Niobium and Tantalum Oxides....Pages 51-58 Mechanism of Na2SO4 on Refractory Gold Concentrate at Roasting Pretreatment....Pages 59-70 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Optimization on Drying of CuCl Residue by Hot-Air Using Response Surface Methodology....Pages 73-80 Application of Kumera Steam Dryers in Mineral Processing....Pages 81-88 Dielectric Properties and Microwave Drying Characteristics of CuCl Residue....Pages 89-96 Moisture Dependent Dielectric Properties and Microwave Drying Behavior of Zirconium Hydroxide....Pages 97-104 Optimization of Microwave Drying of Salt with Response Surface Methodology....Pages 105-111 The Impact of Calcination Conditions on Production of Magnesium by the Magnatherm Process....Pages 113-119 Calix Calciner: A Green Application in the Production of Magnesium....Pages 121-126 Modeling and Design of Experiment in Calcination of Magnesites....Pages 127-134 Study on Effect of Untreated and Calcined Olivine on Low Silicon Pellet Production Process and Quality....Pages 135-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Fluidization and Magnetization Roasting Technology Research on Siderite....Pages 145-152 The Temperature Behavior and Microwave Thermo Gravimetric Analysis Characteristic of Ammonium Paratungstate in a Microwave Field....Pages 153-160 Green Evaluation of Microwave Shaft Furnaces....Pages 161-168 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Behavior of Phosphorus during Reduction Roasting of Oolitic Hematite Ore with High-Phosphorus Content....Pages 169-176 Effect of Additives on Phase Transformation of Nickel Laterite Ore during Low-Temperature Reduction Roasting Process Using Carbon Monoxide....Pages 177-184 Effect of Temperature on Reduction Roasting of Low-Grade Iron Ore after Granulating with Coal....Pages 185-192 Thermo-Physical Properties of Petroleum Coke during Calcining Graphitization Process....Pages 193-199 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 Prediction of Non-Isothermal Oxidation of Magnetite Pellets....Pages 203-208 Monitoring the Ring Formation in Rotary Kiln for Pellet Firing....Pages 209-216 Study on the Improvement of Preheating and Roasting Characteristics of Pellet Made by Organic-Bentonite Compound Binder....Pages 217-224 Effects of Anthracite on Pelletization of Hematite Ore....Pages 225-232 Preparation of Straw Char by Preformation-Carbonization Process and Its Application in Iron Ore Sintering....Pages 233-240 Influence of Modified Biomass Fuel on Iron Ore Sintering....Pages 241-248 The Phase Transformation of Baiyunebo Iron Ore Treated with Reductant Sintering....Pages 249-256 Front Matter....Pages 257-257 Effect of Sinter Basicity on Sinter Productivity and Quality with High Rate of Recycled Materials....Pages 259-267 Research on NOx Reduction by Applying Coke Breeze Pretreated with Urea Additive in Iron Ore Sintering Process....Pages 269-276 The Generation Ability of Liquid Phase for Mixture of Iron Ore Powders and Lime: Prediction, Characterization and Influencing Factors....Pages 277-287 Back Matter....Pages 289-292