Mineralogy of Iron Ore Sinters, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 November 2025 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied/process mineralogy; experimental petrology and phase equilibria; geometallurgy; iron ore characterization and processing (beneficiation, agglomeration, sintering); ore mineralogy; materials characterization (SEM, EPMA, in situ XRD); heavy mineral sand deposits; uranium deposits; hydrometallurgy
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Interests: ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy; thermophysical properties of liquid and solid oxides; phase diagrams of iron ore sinter; recycle of ironmaking slags and refractories
Interests: high temperature processing (incl. mineral processing, sintering, ironmaking & steelmaking, recycling of industrial wastes, microwave processing, etc.); thermodynamics of inorganic materials at high temperatures (including nano phase diagram); physical properties of inorganic materials at high temperatures (surface tension, viscosity, thermal conductivity, structure, etc.); smart factory (ICT, digital twin, machine learning)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Iron ore sintering is an important stage in the production of steel from iron ore. Sinter can constitute more than 60% of the ferrous burden in modern blast furnaces in Japan and most blast furnaces in Europe. Iron ore sintering is a high-temperature process that converts iron ore fines (<6–8 mm in size, too small for direct feed into the blast furnace) into larger agglomerates containing bonding phases, unmelted nuclei and pores. The sinter must possess the chemical, physical, metallurgical and gas permeability characteristics required for efficient blast furnace operation, and these are controlled in part via the sinter mineralogy. Although a mature field of research, the progressive decline in iron ore grades requires that innovative research into all aspects of the mineralogy of iron ore sinter, including its effect on the physical and mechanical properties, continues. For this Special Issue (Volume III), a follow-up to two previous Special Issues from 2019 and 2022, we welcome contributions detailing fundamental physical chemical studies, experimental and theoretical studied on mineralogy or iron ore sinters. This includes detailed characterization of the formation mechanisms of sinter mineral phases. We also solicit methodological studies employing cutting-edge analytics. This Special Issue will contribute to ensuring a better understanding of how iron ore sinter mineralogy impacts sinter quality.
Dr. Mark I. Pownceby
Prof. Dr. Miyuki Hayashi
Prof. Dr. Joonho Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sinter mineralogy
- crystal structures
- phase equilibria
- characterisation
- formation mechanisms
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