The role of slag modifiers on the selective recovery of cobalt and copper from waste smelter slag

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 11 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 899-907

  Banda, W ^a   Morgan, N ^a   Eksteen, J J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Non ferrous metallic ores; Pyrometallurgy; Reduction; Wasteprocessing

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; COPPER SMELTING; FLUXES; FLY ASH; GASIFICATION; HYDROMETALLURGY; MASS TRANSFER; SLAGS;

WASTE SMELTER SLAGS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 0036863533     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00090-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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