Four Ilmenite Beneficiation Process For Your Choice

Ilmenite is the most important titanium ore and a major source of titanium dioxide, which is used in paints, printing inks, fabrics, plastics, paper, sunscreens, food and cosmetics. It has weak magnetic properties, and ilmenite in primary ore often coexists with magnetite and vanadium-titanium magnetite. Ilmenite in placer is often co-produced with rutile, zircon, monazite, and xenotime. Ilmenite has a wide range of uses and can be processed into titanium dioxide, various titanium-containing compounds, wear-resistant ceramic materials, magnetic materials, etc. The iron-containing waste residue can also be used to make flocculants and manganese dioxide. It can be seen that different characteristics of ilmenite ore also put forward different requirements for ilmenite beneficiation methods. Among them, the most important ilmenite beneficiation processes are gravity separation, magnetic separation, flotation and electric separation.