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Advancements in Removing Fluorine from Copper Concentrate
Copper concentrates are widely used in smelting operations worldwide and typically consist of chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2 ) as the primary mineral, with...
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Scenarios for reducing copper smelting-related atmospheric mercury emissions through copper recycling and mercury removal technologies in major countries
Smelting of copper, a crucially important resource, releases small amounts of mercury into the atmosphere, thereby endangering people and the global...
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Resourceful preparation of Sb2O3 in hazardous As-Sb dust from typical lead smelter
Hazardous arsenic antimony dust (HAAD), a perilous by-product with significant antimony and arsenic concentrations generated in lead smelters, poses...
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A review of arsenic reaction behavior in copper smelting process and its disposal techniques
As one of the five major toxic elements, the health threat of arsenic to organisms and ecological environment has attracted serious public attention....
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Influence of pH on the leaching behaviour of heavy metal(loid)s in copper smelting flue dust and mineralogical control mechanism
The release behavior of heavy metal(loid)s in Cu smelting flue dust, collected from a deserted Cu smelter, and its mineralogical control mechanism...
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Leaching of copper slags by direct photooxidation mechanism using ultraviolet light
The dissolution behaviors of Cu and Fe from copper slags were investigated with photochemical reactions. Experiments were run intermittently with a...
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Density Tuning in Conjunction with Pelletizing of Reductants for Enhanced Recovery from Copper Smelting Slag
High-efficiency reduction of Fe 3 O 4 particles in molten copper slag is the key for recovering slag-entrained copper, although restrained by the...
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Study of the effect of heat treatment of copper slag particles on abrasiveness for abrasive waterjet cutting
The known studies of heat treatment of copper slag are mainly directed to the recovery of metals from copper slag at the melting temperature. The...
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CFD Study on Improvement of Non-uniform Stirring in a Large Bottom-Blown Copper Smelting Furnace
The bottom-blown smelting technology has been widely adopted in non-ferrous metal smelting industries. The largest bottom-blown smelting furnace used...
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PGM, Nickel, and Copper Tapping: An Updated Survey and Industry Trends
In 2014 Hatch published an industry survey of platinum-group metals (PGM) and nickel matte tapping practices with the goal of providing high-level...
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PGM, Nickel, and Copper Tapping: An Updated Industry Survey
An industry survey of PGM-Ni matte tapping practicesMatte tapping practices was published in 2014 with the aim of providing high-level information on... -
Toward a Circular Economy in the Copper Mining Industry
In this chapter we analyze the application of Industry 4.0 concepts to advance the adoption of the circular economy in the mining industry. The... -
Strategies for Recycling of Primary and Secondary Resources for Germanium Extraction
In this review, availability of germanium in primary and secondary resources and its recovery from these resources are presented. With nearly 40%...
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Iron and copper recovery from copper slags through smelting with waste cathode carbon from aluminium electrolysis
To recover metal from copper slags, a new process involving two steps of oxidative desulfurization followed by smelting reduction was proposed in...
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Characteristic, resource approaches and safety utilization assessment of non-ferrous metal smelting slags: A literature review
As an industrial byproduct of smelter operations, smelting slag has brought certain environmental issues including without taking safety precautions...
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Industrial Deportment of Minor and Trace Elements in Direct Nickel Matte Smelting
A sampling campaign was carried out at an industrial nickel flash smelter with the aim of evaluating the trace element distributions along the...
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Technological behaviour and leaching tests in ceramic tile bodies obtained by recycling of copper slag and MSW fly ash wastes
The substitution of standard clays to residues, in this case copper smelter slag and fly ashes coming from the incineration process of MSW in...
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Toward a Circular Economy in the Copper Mining Industry
In this chapter we analyze the application of Industry 4.0 concepts to advance the adoption of the circular economy in the mining industry. The... -
Extraction of Copper from Copper-Bearing Materials by Sulfation Roasting with SO2-O2 Gas
Recycling metals from secondary materials and more complex ores has recently been attracting more attention, creating a need for more precise...
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Processing of Complex Materials in the Copper Industry: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
With the gradual decrease in the grade of copper ores being processed, copper concentrates have become more complex with higher impurity and gangue...