Applying Ausmelt technology to recover Cu, Ni, and Co from slags

JOM

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 30-33

  Hughes, Stephen ^a  

^a Ausmelt Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER SMELTING; NICKEL; PILOT PLANTS; SLAGS;

AUSMELT TECHNOLOGY; METAL REDUCTION RATES; PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTER;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 0034247027     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-000-0170-5     Document Type: Article

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