Conroast: DC arc smelting of dead-roasted sulphide concentrates

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 435-456

  Jones, Rodney T ^a  

^a MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING; IRON ALLOYS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; REMOVAL; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

DC ARC SMELTING; DEAD-ROASTED SULPHIDE CONCENTRATES; FURNACE ALLOY; HIGH PURITY METALS; ROASTING EQUIPMENT; SULFURIC ACID PLANT;

SMELTING;

EID: 0036439438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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