HydroCopper™ - A new technology producing copper directly from concentrate

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 61-65

  Hyvärinen, Olli ^a   Hämäläinen, Matti ^a  

^a Outokumpu Research Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chloride hydrometallurgy; Copper concentrate; Copper(I) oxide; HydroCopper ; Hydrogen reduction

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; LEACHING; MELTING; OXIDATION; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SMELTING; SOLUTIONS;

CHLORIDE HYDROMETALLURGY; COPPER CONCENTRATE; HYDROCOPPER; HYDROGEN REDUCTION;

COPPER METALLURGY;

EID: 14544283596     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2004.09.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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