Method for smelting nickel oxide ore

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PATENT NO 10364480
APP PUB NO 20170306444A1
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15517046

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A smelting method capable of obtaining an iron-nickel alloy having a high nickel grade of 4% or higher by effectively facilitating a reduction reaction of pellets formed using a nickel oxide ore as a raw material. The present invention is a method for smelting a nickel oxide ore, by which an iron-nickel alloy is obtained by forming pellets from a nickel oxide ore and reducing and heating the pellets. In the pellet production step S1, a mixture is obtained by mixing raw materials that contain at least a nickel oxide ore and a carbonaceous reducing agent. In the reduction step S2, a furnace floor carbonaceous reducing agent is laid on the floor of the smelting furnace in advance when placing the obtained pellets in the smelting furnace and the pellets are placed on the furnace floor carbonaceous reducing agent and then reduced and heated.

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SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTDTOKYO 105-8716

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Inoue, Taku Tokyo, JP 35 72
Okada, Shuuji Tokyo, JP 10 13
Takahashi, Junichi Tokyo, JP 141 1546

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