Zircon is widely used in the nuclear industry, ceramic manufacturing, jewelry, and other fields. It is an important mineral material in the defense and aerospace industries and zriconium ore beneficiation technology can provide high-quality zircon raw materials to support the development of these high-tech fields. Usually, zircon is found in seaside sand mines and is the main source of metal zircon for worldwide steel. Usually, the grade of seaside sand ore is only 0.2%; weathered rock is 0.8%; primary endogenous ore is 8%, but mineral processing is complicated and rarely mined. Moreover, zircon ore usually contains various impurity minerals, such as ilmenite, rutile, monazite, etc. These impurities will affect the application effect and product quality of zircon. Among them, most of the zircon particles are 0.1-0.63mm.

In addition, the application of zircon in ceramics, steelmaking, and nuclear industries requires strict purity requirements. Combined with the mineral information and important uses of zircon ore, the maximum utilization rate of zircon resources can be achieved. All of the above require mineral processing to separate and purify the valuable mineral components in the ore, remove impurities, and increase the zircon content in the zircon ore.

Among them, the quality standard for steelmaking requires zirconium with a purity of more than 65%. Through zirconium beneficiation, impurities such as ilmenite, rutile, and monazite can be removed to improve the purity of zircon and meet the standards of specific industrial applications.