Abstract
An investigation has been carried out to study the mineralogical and chemical characteristics of beach sand deposits from Sri Lanka and application and optimisation of different magnetic separators (induced roll magnetic separator and disc magnetic separator) to improve the recovery of titanium from the deposit. Commercial grade titanium concentrates could be achieved employing both induced roll and disc magnetic separators. However, the titanium recovery increased greatly in the magnetic fraction with a titanium content of commercial grade (up to 63.9%