Top submerged lance direct zinc smelting

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 742-751

  Hoang, J ^a   Reuter, M A ^a   Matusewicz, R ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Piret, N ^b  

^a Ausmelt Ltd   (Australia)

^b Piret & Stolberg Partners   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mineral processing; Non ferrous metallic ores; Pyrometallurgy; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AUSMELT; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; ECONOMIC BURDEN; ELECTROWINNING; ENERGY CARRIERS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES; JAROSITE; MINERAL PROCESSING; NON-FERROUS METALLIC ORES; PLANT STUDY; PRIMARY FUELS; PROCESS ROUTE; TWO STAGE; ZINC CONCENTRATES; ZINC CONTENT; ZINC RECOVERY;

CALCINATION; GERMANIUM; GOLD; IRON; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MINING; PILOT PLANTS; PIPE; PRODUCT LIABILITY; PYROMETALLURGY; RECOVERY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SLAGS; SULFUR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC SMELTING;

EID: 67349139957     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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