Sulphatisation and Sulphidisation for hydro-metallurgical extraction of main constituents of a local ilmenite Ore

ILMENITE ores occur in UAR in large quantities, const- ituting two main reserves . The first, estimated to be about 10 million tons, occurs at Abu Ghalaga (AG) in the south-eastern desert, and the second comprises one of
the chief constituents of beach placers, called black sands (BS), which are deposited on the shores of the Nile delta, especially at Rosetta and El-Arish. According to previous studies' AG ilmenite occurs in the form of lenticular , vein-like bodies intimately associated with metagabbro. The chief lens is about 300 m long, 150 m wide and 45 to 100 m thick.