Extractive metallurgy of copper /

This multi-author new edition revises and updates the classic reference by William G.I. Davenport ... et al. (winner of, among other awards, the 2003 AIME Mineral Industry Educator of the Year Award "for inspiring students in the pursuit of clarity"), providing fully updated coverage of th...

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Other Authors: Schlesinger, Mark E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, ©2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Production and Use
  • Production of High Copper Concentrates - Introduction and Comminution
  • Production of Cu Concentrate from Finely Ground Cu Ore
  • Matte Smelting Fundamentals
  • Flash Smelting
  • Submerged Tuyere Smelting: Noranda, Teniente, and Vanyukov
  • Converting of Copper Matte
  • Bath Matte Smelting: Ausmelt/Isasmelt and Mitsubishi
  • Direct-To-Copper Flash Smelting
  • Copper Loss in Slag
  • Capture and Fixation of Sulfur
  • Fire Refining (S and O Removal) and Anode Casting
  • Electrolytic Refining
  • Hydrometallurgical Copper Extraction: Introduction and Leaching
  • Solvent Extraction
  • Electrowinning
  • Collection and Processing of Recycled Copper
  • Chemical Metallurgy of Copper Recycling
  • Melting and Casting
  • Byproduct and Waste Streams
  • Costs of Copper Production.