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Magnesite or magnesium carbonate belongs to the calcite family and is one of the primary sources of magnesia. It can be used in many industrial applications, especially after calcination. The process leads to intermediate products, which include Caustic Calcined Magnesite (CCM), Dead Burned Magnesite (DBM), and Fused Magnesite (FM). Each of these intermediate products exhibits different physical, chemical, and thermal properties due to the different degrees of heat treatment in the calcining process, mainly among other factors. For example, Reactivity is a significant property and other properties too of (CCM), making it desirable in many different industries and applications. These applications are represented in the manufacture of paper, plastics, building materials, ceramics, glass, cosmetics, agricultural applications (fertilizers and animal feed), and environmental applications (water treatment, fume purification). On the other hand, due to the inertness and other properties of the intermediate products (DBM) and (FM), they are used as refractory materials in significant industrial applications such as iron and steel furnaces. These diverse and essential applications have led to high demand for magnesite, especially intermediate products with high purity of magnesia (MgO) and low impurities. Various treatment methods are applied, including physical, chemical, and physio-chemical, to decrease impurities. These methods are used depending on microscopic and analytical results to characterize the ore, its impurities, and the way they are related. This study aims to review the presence of magnesite in nature and its physical, chemical, and thermal properties in addition to the intermediate products and their various applications in the industry. Finally, the summary of the different processing techniques for magnesite ore and their effectiveness on removing the impurities.
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