Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a process for the agglomeration of titania slag particles comprising providing titania slag at a d50 particle size of below 106 ?m; mixing the slag particles with an organic binder; and agglomerating the mixture of the slag particles and organic binder into agglomerated particles with a d50 particle size in the range from 106 ?m to 1000 ?m. The agglomerated particles have a (TiO2 and FeO)/C mass ratio of more than 3.4. The invention also relates to such agglomated slag particles and a chloride process for the production of TiO2 wherein such agglomerated titania slag particles are used.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2011
Assignee:
Kumba Resources Limited
Inventors:
Pieter Adriaan Botha, Gert Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee, legal representative, Deon Bessinger, Benjamin Alexander Dippenaar
Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a process for the agglomeration of titania slag particles comprising providing titania slag at a d50 particle size of below 106 ?m; mixing the slag particles with an organic binder; and agglomerating the mixture of the slag particles and organic binder into agglomerated particles with a d50 particle size in the range from 106 ?m to 1000 ?m. The agglomerated particles have a (TiO2 and FeO)/C mass ratio of more than 3.4. The invention also relates to such agglomated slag particles and a chloride process for the production Of TiO2 wherein such agglomerated titania slag particles are used.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 14, 2005
Publication date:
September 10, 2009
Applicant:
KUMBA RESOURCES LIMITED
Inventors:
Pieter Adriaan Botha, Deon Bessinger, Benjamin Alexander Dippenaar