Applying ausmelt technology to recover Cu, Ni, and Co from slags
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Abstract
The technical feasibility of recovering copper, nickel, and cobalt from smelting and converting slags using Ausmelt’s top-submerged lancing process has been demonstrated at the pilot-plant scale and in several commercial applications. Process conditions may be tailored to achieve the maximum economic recovery of valuable metals and to yield a product composition that is suitable for downstream processing requirements. Strong economic justification for a slag-cleaning process exists where the contained value of metals recovered exceeds $50 per tonne of slag treated. The top-submerged lance system offers a relatively low-cost solution where this value is predominantly associated with the recovery of cobalt.
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OpenAlex topics: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics · Extraction and Separation Processes · Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
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