Patents Assigned to Iron Mineral Benefication Ser4vices (Proprietary) Limited
  • METHOD FOR THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF IRON
    Publication number: 20090260483
    Abstract: A method for the production of iron from an iron oxide-containing material includes contacting an iron oxide-containing material with a particle size distribution range with a ?90 of less than 2 mm, with a carbon-containing material with a particle size distribution range with a ?90 of less than 6 mm, in a commercial scale reactor at a temperature of between 900° C. and 1200° C. for a contact time sufficient to reduce the iron oxide to iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Iron Mineral Benefication Ser4vices (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Gerard Pretorius, Derek Roy Oldnall