Open AccessProcessing and Refining of Tin Tailing Mining
Author(s) -
Nur Dewi Pusporini,
Suyanti,
Rahmatika Alfia Amiliana,
Herry Poernomo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1436/1/012136
Subject(s) - ilmenite , tin , monazite , refining (metallurgy) , zircon , mineral processing , tailings , metallurgy , mineral , materials science , geology , mineralogy , geochemistry
Exploration and production of tin massively has an impact in the quantity of tailing production. The tailing contains various strategic metal-carrying minerals, namely monazite, xenotime, zircon and ilmenite. By the right process, these minerals can be purified into high-value metals such as rare earth elements, Zr and Ti. The research purpose is conducting a study towards processing and refining technology of tin tailing. The study was performed by analyzing the composition of Bangka tin tailing using XRF. Based on these information, flow diagram of processing and refining technology of monazite to Ce 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 and concentrated Nd(OH) 3 ; xenotime to concentrated Y 2 O 3 ; zircon to ZrO 2 ; and ilmenite to TiO 2 have been generated. The result showed that processing and refining of tin tailing mining contained mineral monazite, xenotime, zircon and ilmenite could be carried out. However, it is still necessary to further develop the process by giving highly attention to the economic concept.