| Demineralization of Blue Creek coal by selective agglomeration using
diesel oil involves high-shear mixing to disperse the diesel in a slurry of fine coal and
separation of the resulting agglomerates from the tailings. A total of 54 agglomeration
trials were made with thickener underflow from the Jim Walters Resources Inc. No. 4 mine
preparation plant. Two additional particle size distributions of the thickener underflow
were obtained by wet grinding and all three coals were stored under water. All experiments
were performed at room temperature. The feed which has less than 1 wt% of total sulfur is
suitable for recovery by oil agglomerations with a coal-water fuel are reported. Keywords:
coal, waste, agglomeration
      
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