This test work just completed has yielded excellent results,...

This test work just completed has yielded excellent results, with metallisation degrees of between 65-87%
being achieved

Salient points of this test programme are as follows.
• The 80mm CFB test plant was operated for three days in order to test the reduction behaviour of the
titanoferrous concentrate under different reduction conditions and continuous operation.
• At a solid retention time of 20 minutes, metallisation degrees of 65, 67, 77 and 87% were obtained for
reduction temperatures of 950, 960, 980 and 995 degrees centigrade respectively.
• The 80mm CFB plant displayed very stable running conditions and the reactor walls and the cyclone
were found free of accretions or blockages after each day of operation.
The test work programme is continuing, with the pre-reduced samples now currently undergoing batch smelting
tests in Finland. This would separate the products into pig iron and titanium slag.