High-performance mineral for foundries.
Improves efficiency in industrial applications.
Olivine is a mineral known for its high melting point, making it an ideal flux material in steelmaking and foundry processes. Its chemical stability and resistance to high temperatures also lend the olivine mineral to a variety of applications, including refractory materials and sandblasting.
As a crucial component in improving production efficiency and reducing energy consumption in high-temperature environments, LKAB Minerals provides top-grade olivine alongisde a wide range of other quality mineral products to meet the demands of industries worldwide. Whether for use in steel production, foundry processes, or other industrial applications, our olivine mineral offers excellent performance and reliability.
Olivine’s properties vary depending on the levels of its two main components…
Olivine’s properties vary depending on the levels of its two main components forsterite (Fo) and fayalite (Fa). It is named after its olive green colour.
Olivine is a naturally occurring material. It has applications across construction and high temperature minerals industry applications. It is suitable for a wide range of applications, for example as a slag conditioner, refractory raw material, foundry & blasting sand, and high friction surfacing. Other than these, it can also be used for gunning, tundish linings, animal feeds, and other horticultural applications.
LKAB Minerals’ Olivine is available in the various different grades, as displayed below:
Other grades are available on request.
Our olivine materials are available in 25kg paper sacks, 1000kg bulk bags or as bulk as standard.
Check out mineral information such as physical and chemical properties, origin, and toxicology here.
| Total moisture [%] | < 0.5 |
| Bulk density [g/cm³] | 1.6 – 1.9 |
| pH | 8.9 – 9.5 |
| Hardness (Mohs) | 6.5 – 7.0 |
| PSV | 51 – 60 |
| Al2O3 [%] | 0.8 |
| MgO [%] | 49.25 |
| SiO2 [%] | 42.06 |
| K2O [%] | 0.07 |
LKAB Minerals’ olivine originates from Norway.
Olivine products are inert and non-toxic. You can download the Material Safety Datasheet from the data centre.
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