Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refining LWW
Wet grinding of the bauxite ore in rod mills, ball mills, or semiautogenous grinding mills to produce fine slurry. Digestion of the slurry by caustic soda (NaOH) at strengths exceeding 170 g/L in vessels under pressure at temperatures ranging from 145 to 265°C depending on the type of bauxite being processed.