TITANOMAGNETITES - RAW-MATERIALS FOR A NEW MODEL OF PRODUCTION

The development of a new technology for the complex processing of tita nomagnetites (complex ores) in a closed cycle is considered, This tech nology yields: a vanadium-alloyed steel product for high-quality metal lurgy; vanadium pentoxide for the production of its alloys; artificial rutile for the production of titanium tetrachloride; and artificial a natase, a qualitatively new, rich, raw material for the production of pigmentary titanium dioxide by the sulfuric-acid method. This technolo gy is more effective than the traditional extraction of vanadium and p roduction of artificial rutile from separate types of iron-titanium ra w materials, including the production of low-and moderate-alloy steel using vanadium-containing additives.