Abstract: The influence of bitumite and anthracite on separation of Ti and Fe from beach titanomagnetite ore in the process of direct reduction-magnetic separation was investigated. The experimental results showed that the effects of bitumite and anthracite on iron reduction were similar during the range of experimental dosages. The reduction of titanomagnetite was insufficient when the coal dosages were not enough. With increasing dosages of coals， the quantity of reduced metallic iron increased in the roasted ore but the iron particles became smaller and were embeded closedly with other mineral particles， leading to low Fe grade， high TiO₂ grade in the product. The metallic iron particles obtained by reduction roasting under the experimental conditions were pure. Compared with the same dosages of anthracite， the reducing atmosphere obtained by using bitumite with less content of fixed carbon was weaker but higher ash content of bitumite was good for the growth of metallic iron particles. Hence， the quantity of metallic iron was less but size of particle was larger in the roasted ore. So the direct-reduction iron(DRI) obtained by bitumite had higher Fe grade， lower iron recovery and lower TiO₂ grade than that produced by anthracite.

Key words: beach Titanomagnetite, bitumite, anthracite, direct reduction, titanium and iron separation