Sajjad Jannesar Malakooti - Tabas Coal Mines Complex (TCMC), Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), Iran
Hadi Abdollahi - School of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Ziaeddin Pourkarimi - Iran Mineral Processing Research Center (IMPRC), Iran
Behrouz Karimi Shahraki - Iran Mineral Processing Research Center (IMPRC), Iran
Mehdi Rahimi - Iran Mineral Processing Research Center (IMPRC), Iran
Mohammadreza Shahbazi - School of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Ahmad Rahmanian kooshkaki - School of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Parvadeh IV and East Parvadeh mines are two main coal-producing zones within the Tabas coalfield, east of Iran. Since studies have shown that C۱ and B۲ are the most important working seams in the Parvadeh IV and east Parvadeh areas, this research work focuses on these two coal seams. Syngenetic pyrite is available as framboids related to macerals. Decreasing the sulfur content is especially hard when the pyrite particles are fine-grained, finely disseminated, and intergrown with the coal maceral structure. The sulfur content measured in C۱ and B۲ seams varies from ۰.۹۸% to ۵.۵۷% and from ۰.۷۳% to ۵.۲۵%, respectively, with an average of ۲.۳۹% and ۲.۵%. We use a method to predict how coal desulfurized the C۱­and B۲­seams of Parvadeh IV and C۱ seams of east Parvadeh mines in the Tabas coalfield. The results have given new proofs for the presence of pyrite and clay minerals within the coalfield zone, and to identify a method to predict coal desulfurization with conventional processing and cost-effective methods. The coal preparation strategy in MEMRADCO, Parvadeh, and Ehyasepahan coal-cleaning plants not as it expels mineral matter and pyrite but too reduces the content of most inorganic components.

Coal mineralogy, Coal desulfurization, Framboidal pyrite, Coal washing plants