The initial process involved in production of ferro manganese is the discovery and extraction of the ore where ore is naturally occurring raw material in between manganese, iron, and other vital components. Laborers travel to mines to extract this ore from the depths of the earth. This is a challenging task, but one that needs to be done, as the ore is used as a raw material for the production of ferro manganese.
After we mined the ore, we need to take it to a special factory such as ferro alloy plant, e.g., Xinda. Transportation plays an important role in the entire process. To transport ore safely to the factory, we rely on large trucks or trains. This way, the late-ore reaches in a proper state so that it is ready to be advanced further.
Ore Preparation Before Ferro ManganeseProduction Ferromanganese is produced from rich ores. This means we reduce it to small fragment and segregate it so that unnecessary materials can be removed. Crushing the ore makes it easier to work with later on. The pulverised ore is passed through a screen to ensure that it is clean and without any impurities.
Then we proceed to follow a crucial phase that is smelting. We extract metals from ores by heating them up to extremely high temperatures — often much higher than boiling water! We blend the ore with other materials such as coking coal and limestone. This is so it can help us leech the manganese and iron out of the ore. Smelting is interesting because it takes the ore and makes it a liquid so we can separate the metals we want.
Now we come to the final step of the journey! We cast and chill the mixture into various shapes. These can be available in powder or pellet form, depending on the requirement of people’s work. The material can then be cooled and shaped into ferro manganese before it is shipped off to be used in a variety of industries in the manufacture of everything from steel to other goods.
The crushing and grinding of the ferro manganese alloy into smaller pieces is the main processing method of the initial stage of milling. We operate some large machines, very powerful. These include its internal steel cylinders or balls that crush and grind the alloy. This helps to increase the surface area of the alloy and to make it easier to glass separate manganese from other metals in a further step.
We then crush and grind the metals and we process the resultant material through a method called magnetic separation which allows us to separate the different metals. The ferro manganese alloy is passed through a machine with magnets inside. Well the magnets attract and remove the manganese from the other metals. This is a jiu jitsu — basically, a clever way of separating materials — and makes sure we get as much manganese as you can get.