This is a completely revised and up-to-date edition containing comprehensive industrial data. The many significant changes which occurred during the 1980s and 1990s are chronicled. Modern high intensity smelting processes are presented in detail, specifically flash, Contop, Isasmelt, Noranda, Teniente and direct-to-blister smelting. Considerable attention is paid to the control of SO[2] emissions and manufacture of H[2]SO[4]. Recent developments in electrorefining, particularly stainless steel cathode technology are examined. Leaching, solvent extraction and electrowinning are evaluated together with their impact upon optimizing mineral resource utilization. The volume targets the recycling of copper and copper alloy scrap as an increasingly important source of copper and copper alloys. Copper quality control is also discussed and the book incorporates an important section on extraction economics. Each chapter is followed by a summary of concepts previously described and offers suggested further reading and references.
- ISBN10 0080247369
- ISBN13 9780080247366
- Publish Date December 1979 (first published July 1976)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 June 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
- Imprint Pergamon Press
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 454
- Language English