Recirculation of high arsenic content copper smelting dust to smelting and converting processes

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-189

  Montenegro, Victor ^a   Sano, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujisawa, Toshiharu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Converting process; Copper smelting dust; Dust recirculation; Minor elements distribution; Pyrometallurgy; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER; COPPER METALLURGY; DUST; FLUES; FLY ASH; LEAD SMELTING; METAL RECOVERY; PYROMETALLURGY; RECYCLING; SMELTING; ZINC; ZINC SMELTING;

CONVERTING PROCESS; COPPER CONCENTRATES; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; DUST RECIRCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHODS; MINOR ELEMENTS; TENIENTE CONVERTER;

COPPER SMELTING;

EID: 84886789465     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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