Based on the study of process mineralogical properties and grindability of an iron ore from Australia, experiments were carried out to explore its beneficiability. The results show that this kind of ore has a TFe grade of 34.90%, with magnetite and hematite as the dominant Fe-containing minerals, and quartz as its dominant gangue mineral. The ore is medium hard, with a protodyakonov coefficient of 3.13, and also comparatively hard to mill, with a Bond ball milling work index of 13.27 kW·h/t. On this basis, a flowsheet consisting of sequentially primary grinding, a roughing process of low-intensity magnetic separation (LIMS), secondary grinding and a cleaning process of LIMS was adopted in an experiment, producing an iron concentrate grading 65.45% TFe at 65.98% recovery, with mFe recovery of 95.69%. After intensified grinding, the iron concentrate was subjected to further magnetic separation, resulting in ultrapure iron concentrate grading 71.90% TFe at 60.20% recovery. Meanwhile, the middlings was subjected to a scavenging, and a super-high grade iron concentrate with TFe grade of 69.87% was obtained with recovery of 35.21%, indicating that this ore has a good beneficiability.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |