Low-grade ferro-nickel is simply an iron–nickel alloy that contains lower nickel than standard ferro-nickel does (i.e., minimum of 15%). According to the literature, within a very short
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Nickel Pig Iron Market Size & Trends. The global nickel pig iron market size was estimated at USD 18.58 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.8% from 2025 to 2030. Nickel pig iron (NPI) is a low-cost, high-impurity nickel alloy primarily used in stainless steel production. It is anticipated to remain a key substitute for refined nickel, particularly in China and Indonesia.
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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) masih mengevaluasi rencana pembatasan pembangunan smelter nikel baru. Utamanya yakni untuk smelter nikel kelas dua yang menghasilkan feronikel (FeNi) dan Nickel Pig Iron (NPI). Menteri ESDM Arifin Tasrif mengatakan moratorium pembangunan smelter nikel baru …
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Meanwhile, the production of nickel pig iron in China and India has been supplementing some of the refined nickel in stainless steel production, in the past 15 years (Widmer, 2009). Some of the methods stated above have processing cost advantages over others due to the credits generated from cobalt, copper and other metals.
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In this article, we will discuss the two main nickel processing methods utilized by Harita Nickel, namely Rotary Kiln Electric Furnace (RKEF) and High-Pressure Acid Leaching …
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Nickel is a critical alloying element in stainless steel due to its excellent corrosion resistance, workability, and strength (Crundwell et al., 2011).The manufacturing of stainless steel consumes almost two-thirds of the nickel produced globally, while the remaining is consumed in the production of superalloys, non-ferrous alloys, copper alloys, electroplating, and batteries …
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What Is Rotary Kiln-Electric Furnace Process? The production of ferronickel by the rotary kiln-electric furnace (RKEF) process is a rapidly developing nickel laterite ore treatment process.
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Therefore, the use of the rotary kiln–electric arc furnace (RKEF) process appeared in the introduction of the strategic Udy smelting process, proposed by M.J. Udy and M.C. Udy in 1959, for the treatment of lateritic ores containing nickel and chromium in order to obtain the products of refined steel, chromium iron, and ferro-nickel .
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In the case of limonite, and as an alternative to RKEF, hydrometallurgical technologies such as High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) can be applied to process nickel through collection of its precipitates, e.g. from Mixed Hydroxide Precipitates (MHP) containing nickel (and also iron). MHP can be refined to give Class 1 nickel products, or it can ...
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Refined Iron is obtained by smelting an Iron Ingot.It can also be obtained by placing Iron Ore with Coal Dust in a Rotary Macerator, getting Refined Iron Dust (thus skipping the re-smelting process). This material is used in most Industrial Craft recipes, most notably the Machine Block.Note that Refined Iron can never replace normal iron in a crafting recipe.
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Tsingshan is the world's largest stainless steel producer and a leading producer of both class 1 and class 2 nickel. Tsingshan, who pioneered the Rotary Kiln Electric Furnace (RKEF) process to produce low-cost nickel pig iron (NPI), is …
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Nickel is a strategic element that has many application areas in the industry. 2/3 of nickel is used in stainless steel production. In recent years, low grade nickel containing iron (Nickel pig ...
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The nickel laterite ore rotary kiln can produce nickel iron by direct reduction method, and it is also one of the key pieces of equipment in the rotary kiln electric furnace (RKEF) smelting process.
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15. Current State in Iron ProductionThe world's first commercial RHF, with a diameter of 16.7 m, was built by the company INMETCO in Elwood (in the U.S.) for recycling wastes containing nickel, chromium, and iron. The Direct Reduced Iron unit has a capacity of 200,000 tons a year and was built in 1997.[5]The company Iron Dynamics Inc. (U.S.) began …
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Temperature in the range 47–57°C is maintained by the use of water cooled cathodes. The electrolyte consists of 2–5 g/L nickel; 45–60 g/L sulfate-ions and 0.05–0.15 g/L chloride-ions at pH ranging from 5.5 to 7. Approximation of anode current efficiency to cathode one by chloride-ions concentration control provides the electrolyte composition stability.
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EV bodes well for nickel outlook, more refined nickel to be used in sulfate-making By 2021, 8% of global nickel supply will be consumed by the electric vehicle (EV) sector, compared with less than 4% in 2018. The stainless steel sector will still be the largest consumer, accounting for 77% of global nickel usage, according to Antaike's Xu.
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The series of products applied in nickel iron rotary kilns enable the equipment to have good overall performance, airtightness, and thermal insulating property.
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Let's Explore: Nickel Processing at Harita Nickel. 10 January 2025. From electric vehicle batteries to stainless steel, nickel is a metal with important applications in a variety of modern technologies. In Indonesia, Harita Nickel plays a key role in maximizing added value through a range of sustainable nickel processing methods.. In this article, we will discuss the …
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finally to extract only nickel and iron). Nickel is reduced first, and then iron. The pre- reduction is done in soid state, in the rotary-kiln, at a relatively low temperature (<1000°C). When the lignite (carbon) is in contact with the oxides of the ore, part of the oxygen from the ore is captured by the carbon (C), thus creating CO 2 which is
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Refined Iron Dust is the product of putting 1 Iron Ore and 1 Coal at the same time into a . Making refined iron dust in a rotary macerator. Rotary Macerator.This will produce 2 Refined Iron Dust.The dust can then be smelted into Refined Iron.. Usage []. Refined Iron
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Authors and Affiliations. Tolltreck International, Ltd., USA. John G. Whellock Ph.D. (vice president of process engineering, member of TMS) & Jan W. Matousek Ph.D ...
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Nickel rotary kiln is the key equipment used in the laterite nickel production line. Laterite nickel rotary kiln is used for nickel-iron reduction. The main raw material is laterite nickel ore. The reducing agent can be cheap coal, peat coal, or …
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Refining can be pursued after reducing the crude nickel oxide to metal either in a rotary kiln or in an electric furnace with addition of a carbonaceous reductant. In the first case, the crude particulate metallic nickel is refined by the atmospheric pressure nickel-carbonyl process (Mond carbonyl process) which allows a clear-cut separation of ...
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The most important production route is the RKEF (rotary kiln -electric furnace) process [ 1, 2, 3]. For this route lateritic ore is screened, crushed and blended to produce a consistent process plant feed with defined ratios of iron and nickel as well as Si02 and MgO. This feed is charged into a
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KEYWORDS: Lateritic nickel ores, nickel pig iron. INTRODUCTION Nickel is a very important metal which is widely used in the industry. Refined meta4 powder and sponge forms are the main end-product types. The most remarkable consumption area is stainless steel industry as 62% of metallic nickel. It is followed by super alloy and nonferrous alloy
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JJNI is highly specialized in and is famous for production of nickel salts and other high-value refined metal products and sets the benchmark in the market for these products in China. JJNI intends to expand its nickel production capacity to 45,000 tpa. In 2008, JJNI built an iron powder facility next door to the nickel carbonyl plant, based on ...
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All processing routes were considered from laterite ore mining through to the production of nickel metal, except in the case of ferronickel, which is used in this form and not refined further into nickel metal. As the iron and nickel in the ferronickel product are not separated, and as the majority of ferronickel is used in stainless steel ...
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Refined Iron is obtained by smelting an Iron Ingot. It can also be obtained by placing Iron Ore with Coal Dust in a Rotary Macerator, getting Refined Iron Dust (thus skipping the re-smelting process). This material is used in most …
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The utility model provides a rotary kiln for producing ferronickel from Indonesia Sulawesi nickel laterite ore through RKEF technical processing. The rotary kiln comprises a kiln body and a bracket provided with riding wheels to support the kiln body, wherein a drive and transmission device enabling the kiln body to rotate on the riding wheels is arranged on the bracket; the kiln …
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History . Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt first extracted pure nickel in 1751, but it was known to exist much earlier. Chinese documents from around 1500BC make reference to 'white copper' (baitong), which was very likely an …
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