Upgrading of Phosphate Ore Wastes of El-Nasr Mining Company, Egypt

Mohamed Abuel Kasem Mohamed; Galal Abd El Azim Ibrahim; Ahmed Mohamed Ebrahim Rizk; Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed; Ahmed Mohamed El Nozahi; Nagui Aly Abdel-khalek; Hasan Bakheat

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Upgrading of Phosphate Ore Wastes of El-Nasr Mining Company, Egypt

Mohamed Abuel Kasem Mohamed, Galal Abd El Azim Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamed Ebrahim Rizk, Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed El Nozahi, Nagui Aly Abdel-khalek, Hasan Bakheat

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Phosphates are vital nonrenewable resources. The treatment of phosphate ore wastes of El-Nasr Mining Company, Sepaeya, Egypt aims to upgrade P₂O₅ percent, adds a new economic value, development of the Egyptian national income, and aids to clean the mine district. The main aim of this paper is to compare different processing alternatives methods to concentrate and upgrade of phosphate ore tailings assayed 18.37% of El-Nasr Mining Company, Sepaeya, Egypt. The concentration of wastes not only add an economic value but also safe the human, animals, and plants. Two options of sizes obtained from grinding and sieving were separated to obtain the highest grade of P₂O₅ with the greatest recovery. The first option (i.e. sizes below 100 µm) gave P₂O₅ percent of 23.88%, P₂O₅ recovery of 42.37%, and weight recovery equals to 33.68%. The second option (i.e. sizes below 160 µm) gave P₂O₅ percent of 22.52%, P₂O₅ recovery of 53.25%, and weight recovery equals to 44.88%. The calcination process raised P₂O₅ to 22.4 with weight recovery 83.75%, and P₂O₅ recovery of 99.10%. Leaching process using acetic acid gave the best results at the following conditions: a)solid to liquid ratio 15% where the percent of P₂O₅ raised from 18% to 22.23% with weight recovery about 86%, b) Agitation time 15 minutes where the percent of P₂O₅ raised from 18% to 22.35% with weight recovery about 86%, c) Agitation speed 1200 rpm where the percent of P2O5 increased from 18% to 22.23% with weight recovery about 86%, d) Acid to ore ratio 16.7% where the percent of P₂O₅ increased from 18% to 21.44% with weight recovery about 88.7%. The leaching process on size -100 µm raised P₂O₅% from 23.88% to 28.44% with weight recovery 84%. The weight recovery and P₂O₅ recovery with respect to the original feed were 28.29% and 42.39%, respectively.

DOI	10.11648/j.ijmpem.20180302.14
Published in	International Journal of Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2018)
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Phosphate, Wastes, Crushing, Grinding, Sieving, Calcination, Leaching

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Mohamed Abuel Kasem Mohamed, Galal Abd El Azim Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamed Ebrahim Rizk, Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed El Nozahi, et al. Upgrading of Phosphate Ore Wastes of El-Nasr Mining Company, Egypt. Int J Miner Process Extr Metall. 2018;3(2):37-46. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmpem.20180302.14

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Mohamed Abuel Kasem Mohamed

Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Galal Abd El Azim Ibrahim

Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Ahmed Mohamed Ebrahim Rizk

Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed

Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Ahmed Mohamed El Nozahi

Council of Research for Industrial Technologies in the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt
Nagui Aly Abdel-khalek

Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), Cairo, Egypt
Hasan Bakheat

Exploration and Evaluation of Mineral Deposit, Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority, Cairo, Egypt

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