The invention discloses a facility and method for ferronickel production through
coal-based
powder state reduction of
red soil nickel ores and belongs to facilities and methods for ferronickel production through
red soil nickel ores. The method comprises the following steps that (1)
powder materials are prepared and homogenized, and
drying,
powder grinding and homogenizing of raw ores and
slag-modifiers are completed; (2) upgrading and preparing of reducing agents are conducted, coking of reduction coals is completed, and meanwhile, reducing gas is supplied; (3) the powder materials are subjected to pre-heating and pre-reduction, and ore powder and the
slag-modifiers are mixed in a preheater and then subjected to
drying, temperature rising and pre-reduction to prepare mixed ore materials; (4) reduction of the mixed ore materials is conducted, specifically, the mixed ore materials are restored into reduction ore materials with
coal chars and reducing gas in a medium-temperature reduction
kiln; (5) fusing reduction separation is conducted, specifically,
slag and iron separation is achieved while the reduction ore materials complete residual reduction in a high-temperature
smelting separating
kiln; (6) discharging is conducted, specifically, molten ferronickel and
molten slag are discharged from different passageways, and finished ferronickel products are formed; and (7) the slag is subjected to treatment, specifically, the high-temperature
molten slag is cooled and circularly stirred and blended, and high-temperature
waste heat is provided for preorder techniques. The method for ferronickel production through the
coal-based powder state reduction of
red soil nickel ores is large in productivity scale, low in cost, stable in
kiln ores and high in heat utilization ratio.