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Reduction of phosphorous content of high phosphorous iron ore

Advantages / Salient Technical Features Major Raw Materials to be Utilized
• Reduction in phosphorous content in high • High phosphorous bearing iron ore
phosphorous bearing Iron ore
• Iron ore of different mineralogical composition can IPR Status / Details (India/Abroad)
be handled • Process know how
• Advantage of iron content improvement Cost effective
• The low phosphorous bearing iron ore can be used Application/Uses
suitably in secondary steel making containing low
phosphorous • For production of low phosphorous bearing
iron ore

Problem being addressed Scale of Development
• Reduction of phosphorous content in steel especially
in secondary steel making in induction melting is not • Pilot Scale (Current TRL Level : 05)
techno-economically possible.
• The best solution to produce low-phosphorous steel Commercialization Status
through induction melting furnace is to use iron ore • Ready for Commercialization
containing low-phosphorous.
• The process developed can handle iron ore of Techno-economics
different mineralogical composition containing • NA
different proportion of phosphorous on case to case
basis.
Technology Package

Environmental Considerations (if any) • Development of commercial process
• Environment Friendly flowsheet
• utilization vas high phosphorous bearing iron ore
resources

High phosphorous bearing Low phosphorous bearing iron High phosphorous bearing
iron ore (Feed) ore concentrate iron ore tailing

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