Commercial MRT bismuth removal plant at LS-Nikko Copper Inc. refinery

Proceedings - European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2005

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-152

  Hur, Ki Soo ^a   Song, Yun Seob ^a   Dale, John ^b   Izatt, Neil ^b  

^a LS Nikko Copper Inc   (South Korea)

^b IBC Advanced Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth removal; Copper refinery; Molecular recognition technology

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CARBONATE; BISMUTH REMOVAL; COPPER IMPURITIES; COPPER REFINERY; NET PROFITS; PERFORMANCE DATA;

BISMUTH; COPPER; METALLURGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRECIOUS METALS; PROFITABILITY; REFINING; REMOVAL;

METAL REFINERIES;

EID: 84871304663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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