- Size of the deposit
The scale of China’s graphite ore is large and medium-sized, and reserves of mineral land, large mines accounted for 23%, medium-sized mines accounted for 44%, small ore accounted for 33%. Among them: the scale of the crystalline graphite ore is large, medium-sized ore, accounted for 70% of the total mineral resources (large-scale mine accounted for 26%, medium-sized ore accounted for 44%), the national crystalline graphite reserves of about 88% concentrated in large-scale ore.
- Optional performance
China’s crystalline graphite ore grade is not high, it needs to be beneficiation to get the high purity flake graphite products in line with industry requirements. Most of the crystalline graphite ores have good optional properties, especially gneiss-type ores, although many belong to poor ores, grade is generally only $number, but graphite and gangue mineral granularity is larger, flake or mud is small, which is advantageous to sorting. The results of some mineral prospecting experiments show that the mineral processing flowsheet of gneiss type ores is simple.
- Technical conditions for mining
The technical conditions for mining of China’s graphite deposits are generally simple-medium complex. The crystalline graphite deposit is generally suitable for open-pit mining, most of the hillside open-pit Mining, the orebody is located above the local erosion datum, most of the bare surface, the terrain is conducive to natural drainage, ore and surrounding rock stability is better, generally no thicker weak layer, such as bad engineering geological phenomenon, the expected mine water inflow is small, mining area hydrogeological conditions simple.
- Quality of ores
The quality of China’s graphite ores is excellent. Although the overall grade of crystalline graphite ores is medium, there are rich ores, the graphite in the ore is flake, the degree of crystallinity is higher, the impurity content is less, it is easy to choose, and the amorphous graphite ores have high grade and little impurity content. Whether it is the flake graphite produced by the crystalline graphite ore, or the microcrystalline graphite produced by the amorphous graphite ore, the process performance is good and enjoys a long reputation in the international market.
- Co-associated minerals
Among the graphite deposits in China, the total amount of other minerals associated with graphite is less and the value of comprehensive recovery is not high. The beneficial components of symbiosis with crystalline graphite mainly include sulphur, titanium and vanadium three kinds: sulphur is deposited in pyrite and pyrrhotite, Titanium is deposited in ilmenite and rutile, and vanadium is deposited in minerals such as vanadium mica and calcium-vanadium garnet.
