18 Antimony Manufacturers in 2024
The extraction of antimony from ores depends on the quality and composition of the ore, but most antimony is mined as sulfide (stibnite). Antimony can be isolated from crude antimony sulfide by reduction with iron (Sb 2 S 3 +3Fe→2Sb+3Fe). It can also be isolated from oxides by carbothermic reduction (2Sb 2 O 3 +3C→4Sb+3CO 2). 2.