| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Rare Metal Extraction & Processing
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| Presentation Title |
Design of a Process Route to Recover Antimony Ore Concentrate from the Sand Residue of Nigeria Ondo Tar Sand |
| Author(s) |
Samson Adegbola, Ayodele Abeeb Daniyan, Abraham Adeleke, Rukayat Akande, Simeon Ibitoye , Kunle Oluwasegun |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ayodele Abeeb Daniyan |
| Abstract Scope |
Antimony is a critical metal because of its significant roles in the development of critical engineering components. However, its primary ore deposits is scarce. The solubility test carried out on Ondo tar sand, Nigeria with toluene gave 66% sand residue at 99.41% recovery of bitumen. The x-ray fluorescence analysis of the sand waste gave the percentage assays of antimony, aluminum, silicon, sulphur, titanium, iron and tin as 1.78, 1.65, 49.89, 0.43, 0.86, 0.24 and 1.90, respectively. Particle size analysis gave the cumulative percentage undersize as 89.97 for the -355 + 212µm size fraction, while the median size was found to be 266.7 µm. The results of the analysis showed that quartz is the main gangue mineral in the ore and it further suggest that the main valuable minerals are compounds of antimony, titanium and tin. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Extraction and Processing, Characterization, Hydrometallurgy |