Degana tungsten project - Present plant practice and future scenario

Abstract

Experiments/testworks were earned out on Degana tungsten ore by various R & D organizations to recover the strategic mineral wolframite. Process flowsheet developed after tests on the dump ore assaying 0.151 % WO3 is being tried on a very small scale till the 150 tpd pilot beneficiation plant is commissioned. Tungsten bearing granite samples were also found amenable to physical beneficiation. Hence 168 Mt granitic resources analysing 0-08% WO3 has ushered a hope for large scale exploitation subject to detailed exploration. By-product recovery of lithium, caesium, rubidium and some other trace elements, if feasible, will be of added advantage.