Mineral Processing Division

 

Activities

Characterisation of ores, minerals and products of mineral processing 

Beneficiation of ores, minerals and industrial wastes Agglomeration of ore fines and concentrates

 Development and Design of mineral processing Agglomeration and  plant layouts 

Commissioning of plants and trouble shooting 

Minerals processing Plant Briquetting of Magnesite Flotation Concentrate at Mineral Processing Pilot Plant

Expertise

Characterisation of ores, minerals and products of mineral processing

Beneficiation of ores, minerals and industrial wastes

Agglomeration of ore fines and concentrates

Development and Design of mineral processing and agglomeration

flow-sheets and plant layouts

Commissioning of plants and trouble shooting

Consultancy services for technical and economic feasibility ofprocesses

Major Facilities

Pilot scale beneficiation & agglomeration facilities

 

Characterisation

Leitz Orthoplan POL Microscope

Netzsch DTA/DTG setup

Leitz Vickers Microhardness Tester

Leitz-TAS PLUS Image Analysis System

Shimadzu Particle Size Analyser

Malvern Master Sizer

Warman Cyclosizer

Pen-Kem Laser Zee Meter

Infrared dryer for moisture determination

Wet sieving facility with microsieves

Beneficiation (Bench scale)

Crushers - Jaw & Roll

Grinding Mill - Ball & Rod 

Wilfley Table, Jigs, Spirals,  Hydrocyclone, Heavy Media Hydrocyclone,  Bartles-Mozley Vanner, Mozley Mineral Separator etc.

Sub-aeration Flotation machines, Leeds autofloat, Agitair,Fagergren cells etc.

Thickening and Filtration units

Low intensity wet & dry separator and High intensity wet & dry separator units .

Carpco & Kip Kelly HT Separation Lab. units.

 

Beneficiation (Large Scale) 

 

Primary and secondary crushing circuit with close circuit screening facilities

Wet and dry grinding mills with classifiers.

 Washing set up i.e. scrubber, double-deck wet vibrating screen, cyclone and spiral classifier etc.

Gravity treatment equipment (Mineral and Harz Jigs, Shaking Tables, Humphrey's spirals, H.M.S.pilot plant, Bartles-Mozley separator, Bartles cross belt concentrator, heavy media cyclone, fibre glass spirals etc.

Wet and dry, high and low intensity magnetic Separators.(Eriez & Jones)

Electrostatic and High Tension separators.

Rotary kiln for magnetising reduction roast, calcination etc.

Froth flotation section complete with conditioners, reagent feeders, pumps, on-line pH meter etc.

Dewatering equipment ( thickeners, filters and dryers)

Set up for studies on reducibility, porosity, swelling index, decrepitation, linder tests etc.

Analytical (Wet and instrumental) facilities.

Petrographic analytical facilities.

Services, Like mechanical and electrical workshops.

 

Agglomeration Section

Disc pelletiser (3 ft dia.)

Drum pelletiser (14 inch dia.)

Pot grate sinter unit (Cacity30kg)

Sinter strand of Dwight Lloyd type Capapacity 1 tonne/hr.)

Pelletising Disc (6 ft. dia.)

Pelletising Drum (2.5 ft. dia.)

Pot Grate pellet heat hardening furnace

Briquetting Press

 

R&D Projects

Evaluation of Technological Scheme for beneficiation of iron ore sample from Ukraine 

Beneficiation of Low Grade Barite : Pilot Plant Scale

Capacity Building for Coastal Placer Mining (CSIR under Network Project)

Study to increase reducibility and decrease RDI of sinter

Study on controlled adsorption of the surfactants and polymers on oxidic mineral system for enhanced beneficiation of iron ores in their sub-sieve range (ILTP Project)

Studies on development of Flotation Reagents for Complex ores; ILTP

Studies on efficacy of Multigravity separator for beneficiation of coal fines

Scientific Manpower

 

 

 

 

Shri S.C.Maulik, Sct.G

Shri J.P.Srivastava, Sct.F

Dr.R.P.Bhagat, Sct.F

Shri K.K.Bhattacharya,Sct.F

Dr.P.K.Bhattacharya,Sct.F

Shri D.M.Chakrabarti, Sct.EII

Dr.K.V.Rao,Sct.EII

Shri P.Saha,Sct.EII

Shri Ratnakar Singh,Sct.EII

Shri S.K.Sil, Sct.EI

Dr.A.Chattopadhyay, Sct.C

Dr.M.K.Mohanta, Sct.C

Dr.B.Nayak, Sct.C

Ms.Shobhana Dey, Sct.C

Shri.U.S.Chattoraj, T.O C

Shri.B.A.Rao,T.O A

 

Contact

Shri J.P.Srivastava, Head
Minerals Processing Division
National Metallurgical Laboratory
Jamshedpur-831007, India
Tel: +91-657-2270094
Email:
jps@nmlindia.org

 

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