Market survey of fly-ash-derived magnetite

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6753616

Kurgan, G J; Balestrino, J M; Verma, P S

This report assesses magnetite use in heavy media separation processes. Magnetite demand estimates are provided for three present and potential market areas - coal cleaning, minerals benficiation, and municipal solid-waste recovery systems. The estimates are given for calendar years 1982, 1985, and 1990. Magnetite demand was evaluated with information obtained from industry contacts, industry projections, and the technical literature. A typical fly ash magnetite extraction process is then designed with estimates provided for capital costs and annual operation and maintenance costs. The designed facility has a capacity of 400,000 tons of fly ash per year; it is similar in capacity and design to the existing Halomet, Inc. plant in southwestern Pennsylvania. Rate of return calculations are performed for various magnetite selling prices and a break-even spot selling price is computed. 20 references, 3 figures, 7 tables.

• Research Organization: Baker (Michael), Jr., Inc., Beaver, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6753616
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-3615; ON: TI84920482
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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