Lateritic bauxites (silicate bauxites) are distinguished from karst bauxite ores (carbonate bauxites). The early discovered carbonate bauxites occur predominantly in Europe and Jamaica above carbonate rocks (limestone and dolomite), where they were formed by lateritic weathering and residual accumulation of intercalated clays or by clay dissolution residues of the limestone.The lateritic bauxites are found mostly in the countries of the tropics.They were formed by lateritization (see laterite) of various silicate rocks such as granite, gneiss, basalt, syenite, and shale. In comparison with the iron-rich laterites, the formation of bauxites demands even more intense weathering conditions in a location with very good drainage. This enables the dissolution of the kaolinite and the precipitation of the gibbsite. Zones with highest aluminium content are frequently located below a ferruginous surface layer. The aluminium hydroxide in the lateritic bauxite deposits is almost exclusively gibbsite.
Extraction of aluminum industry from bauxite mine
The general process of extracting aluminum in industry is as follows: First you need to extract alumina from bauxite. Then the alumina will be changed to aluminum by electrolysis. Now there are mainly three methods for alumina production which include sintering, Bayer and joint method.
However, there is a very important procedure before extracting aluminum from bauxite mine that is bauxite crushing and bauxite grinding. Generally we choose Zenith crusher or Zenith grinding mill to crush the raw materials to be required fineness before used to produce aluminum. Bauxite crushing is relatively simple. Generally we use the professional Zenith mining equipments for bauxite crushing. As the leading stone crusher manufacturer and grinding mill manufacturer, Zenith has also been closely following the bauxite mining at home and abroad. Zenith has manufactured large amount of mining equipments to global countries, such as jaw crusher series, impact crusher series, cone crusher series and the grinding mill series, etc. Zenith mining equipments have been exported to more than 130 countries which are widely applied in mining industry including the bauxite crushing. For decades, Zenith has always continued to innovate in the development, production, sales, and service sectors. Rich experience and high-tech applications help our products maximize customers' satisfaction.
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