Processing of titanium-containing ores for the production of titanium products: A comprehensive review
Galymzhan Maldybayev,
Argyn Korabayev,
Rustam Sharipov,
Khaldun M. Al Azzam,
El-Sayed Negim,
Omirserik Baigenzhenov,
Aliya Alimzhanova,
Mrutyunjay Panigrahi,
Roza Shayakhmetova
Affiliations
Galymzhan Maldybayev
RSE National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050036, Kazakhstan; School of Materials Science and Green Technologies, Kazakh-British Technical University, 59 Tole bi St, 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Argyn Korabayev
School of Materials Science and Green Technologies, Kazakh-British Technical University, 59 Tole bi St, 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Rustam Sharipov
School of Materials Science and Green Technologies, Kazakh-British Technical University, 59 Tole bi St, 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Corresponding author.
Khaldun M. Al Azzam
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, 11942, Amman, Jordan
El-Sayed Negim
School of Materials Science and Green Technologies, Kazakh-British Technical University, 59 Tole bi St, 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan; School of Petroleum Engineering, Satbayev University, 22 Satpayev Street, 050013, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Omirserik Baigenzhenov
Department of Metallurgical Processes, Heat Engineering and Technologies of Special Materials, Satbayev University, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
Aliya Alimzhanova
RSE National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050036, Kazakhstan
Mrutyunjay Panigrahi
School of Materials Science and Green Technologies, Kazakh-British Technical University, 59 Tole bi St, 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan; School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600127, Tamil Nadu, India
Roza Shayakhmetova
RSE National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050036, Kazakhstan
This article discusses the main technologies for processing titanium-containing raw materials, the advantages, and disadvantages of various technological solutions. The analysis of the literature revealed that the traditional methods for the production of titanium products are mainly focused on the use of ilmenite concentrates. In connection with the depletion of ilmenite deposits, in the near future, there will inevitably be a need for a switch to the use of complex ores – titanomagnetite. Obtaining titanium dioxide (TiO2) from titanomagnetite raw materials with a high content of impurity components requires an individual approach for each specific deposit. The possibility of further improving the development of a technological process for low-temperature (1000–1200 °C) processing of titanomagnetite concentrates via the production of pure TiO2 is proposed.
