First year of operation of the Noranda continuous converter

4th International Conference COPPER 99-COBRE 99

Volumn 5, Issue , 1999, Pages 269-282

  Prevost Y ^a   Lapointe, R ^a   Levac, C A ^a   Beaudoin, D ^a  

^a Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; COPPER; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PROCESS CONTROL; PYROMETALLURGY; TEST FACILITIES;

BLISTER COPPER; HORNE SMELTER; MOLTEN COPPER MATTE; NORANDA CONTINUOUS CONVERTING PROCESS; SOLID COPPER MATTER;

BASIC OXYGEN CONVERTERS;

EID: 0033489385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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