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Title: QUALITY OF IRON ORES IN KENYA; THARAKA NITHI AND SAMIA.
Authors: Alvin Kiprono Bett , Joan A. Onyango , Prof. S. M. Maranga , Dr. B. Rop
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Alvin Kiprono Bett1 , Joan A. Onyango1 , Prof. S. M. Maranga2 , Dr. B. Rop1 1. Department of Mining Materials and Petroleum Engineering, JKUAT. 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, JKUAT.
MLA 8 Bett, Alvin Kiprono, et al. "QUALITY OF IRON ORES IN KENYA; THARAKA NITHI AND SAMIA." IJETSI, vol. 4, no. 5, Oct. 2019, pp. 227-233, ijetsi.org/more2019.php?id=18. Accessed Oct. 2019. APA Bett, A., Onyango, J., Maranga, P., & Rop, D. (2019, October). QUALITY OF IRON ORES IN KENYA; THARAKA NITHI AND SAMIA. IJETSI, 4(5), 227-233. Retrieved from ijetsi.org/more2019.php?id=18 Chicago Bett, Alvin Kiprono, Joan A. Onyango, Prof. S. M. Maranga, and Dr. B. Rop. "QUALITY OF IRON ORES IN KENYA; THARAKA NITHI AND SAMIA." IJETSI 4, no. 5 (October 2019), 227-233. Accessed October, 2019. ijetsi.org/more2019.php?id=18.
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Abstract: Iron ores have been identified in various parts of the country. These regions include Eastern region, Tharaka-Nithi County, and Western/Nyanza region, Busia County. Kenya has had various challenges in the iron and steel sectors which include unavailability of data on iron ore. This paper focuses on chemical analysis of iron (Fe) ores. Chemical analysis was carried out at the Ministry of Mining at Mines and Geology Department Laboratories using XRF machine. The iron ore sampled had Fe2O3 composition ranging from 41-57% for the ores from Marimante and 18-25% for Samia samples. It was found that the common gangue in the ores from both sites were silica and alumina with traces of other elements. The Marimante ore was found to be ilmenite.

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