To solve the problem of processing of refractory iron oxide ore resulted from its fine-grained disseminated structure, in this paper, an improved technology was innovatively proposed, which consisted of three stages of reduction roasting-acid leaching followed by magnetic separation, and CaCO3 was introduced during roasting process. Mechanism analyses indicated that kaolinite, a major gangue in ore, can be thermally dehydrated to amorphous metakaolin during roasting process, and CaCO3 can in part react with metakaolin-converting the stable kaolinite gangue mineral into acid-soluble Ca3Al2(SiO4...
