Laterit Iron Ore Reduction from Bayah, Banten Province with Coal Reductor.

Abstract

Iron ore is one of the most usually found metal in Indonesia. The energy problems faced by the national steel industry can be reduced by using coal reductor. Indonesia is a country which has coal reserves at least 38.8 billion tons. The objectives of this research are to enrich laterite iron ore in iron rock with benefiziation, to get optimum temperature of laterite iron ore rediction, and to compare the final reduction result between calcite and bentonite addings. This research covers several stages, includes sample preparation, iron ore analysis (includes silicate, total Fe, and Fe2+), spons iron producing (iron ore reduction), spons iron analysis (includes total Fe and metal Fe), calcite and bentonite chemical composition analysis (includes CaO, MgO, and silicate), and coal analysis (includes moisture contain, volatile matter (vm), fixed carbon (fc) contain, and ash contain). Based on the results of the research is that the silicate content decreased after the benefiziation from 5.90% to 2.69%, which total Fe content has been increased from 56.70% to 64.51%. The used coal was a type of sub-degree bituminus with 47.19% fixed carbon which it was quite effective for reduction process. The function of the bentonit addings was as a sticker which can make the pellet was more better and made the metalization contain was higher than the calcite addings with respectively percentage are 82.11% and 80.63%. The range of optimum temperature of the iron ore laterit reduction from bayah is 1000oC to 1100oC. Laterit iron ore from bayah could be used as alternative raw materials for steel production.