US3674463A - Continuous gas-atomized copper smelting and converting - Google Patents

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US3674463A
US3674463A US60793A US3674463DA US3674463A US 3674463 A US3674463 A US 3674463A US 60793 A US60793 A US 60793A US 3674463D A US3674463D A US 3674463DA US 3674463 A US3674463 A US 3674463A
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US3759501A (en) * 1971-12-13 1973-09-18 Kennecott Copper Corp Cyclonic smelting apparatus
US3767383A (en) * 1971-11-15 1973-10-23 Int Nickel Co Refining copper pyrometallurgically by two-stage subatmospheric treatment
US3849120A (en) * 1973-06-25 1974-11-19 T Norman Smelting of copper-iron or nickel-iron sulfides
US3905807A (en) * 1971-07-30 1975-09-16 Commw Scient Ind Res Org Recovery of tin from slags
US4073645A (en) * 1975-04-09 1978-02-14 Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft Process of smelting sulphidic copper ore concentrates
US4165979A (en) * 1978-02-21 1979-08-28 The International Nickel Company, Inc. Flash smelting in confined space
US4236700A (en) * 1978-10-13 1980-12-02 Outokumpu Oy Device for suspension smelting of finely-divided _oxide and/or sulfide ores and concentrates
EP0053595A1 (en) * 1980-12-01 1982-06-09 Boliden Aktiebolag A method for recovering the metal content of complex sulphidic metal raw materials
US4337086A (en) * 1978-12-21 1982-06-29 Queneau Paul Etienne Method for decreasing metal losses in nonferrous smelting operations
GB2161835A (en) * 1984-07-18 1986-01-22 Outokumpu Oy Processing sulphide concentrates into raw material
US4695317A (en) * 1985-01-31 1987-09-22 Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Limited Method of treating silicate ore containing gold and silver
US4802917A (en) * 1985-03-20 1989-02-07 Inco Limited Copper smelting with calcareous flux
US4802916A (en) * 1985-03-20 1989-02-07 Inco Limited Copper smelting combined with slag cleaning
AU640527B2 (en) * 1990-09-26 1993-08-26 Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited Pyrometallurgical process for treating a feed material
WO2003100412A2 (en) * 2002-05-23 2003-12-04 Innovative Met Products (Pty) Limited Method of ore treatment
EP2785885A4 (en) * 2011-11-29 2015-12-09 Outotec Oyj METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUSPENSION IN A SUSPENSION MELTING OVEN, SUSPENSION MELTING OVEN AND CONCENTRATE BURNER
US9725784B2 (en) 2012-06-21 2017-08-08 Lawrence F. McHugh Production of copper via looping oxidation process
US10852065B2 (en) 2011-11-29 2020-12-01 Outotec (Finland) Oy Method for controlling the suspension in a suspension smelting furnace

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US3905807A (en) * 1971-07-30 1975-09-16 Commw Scient Ind Res Org Recovery of tin from slags
US3767383A (en) * 1971-11-15 1973-10-23 Int Nickel Co Refining copper pyrometallurgically by two-stage subatmospheric treatment
US3759501A (en) * 1971-12-13 1973-09-18 Kennecott Copper Corp Cyclonic smelting apparatus
US3849120A (en) * 1973-06-25 1974-11-19 T Norman Smelting of copper-iron or nickel-iron sulfides
US4073645A (en) * 1975-04-09 1978-02-14 Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft Process of smelting sulphidic copper ore concentrates
US4165979A (en) * 1978-02-21 1979-08-28 The International Nickel Company, Inc. Flash smelting in confined space
US4236700A (en) * 1978-10-13 1980-12-02 Outokumpu Oy Device for suspension smelting of finely-divided _oxide and/or sulfide ores and concentrates
US4337086A (en) * 1978-12-21 1982-06-29 Queneau Paul Etienne Method for decreasing metal losses in nonferrous smelting operations
EP0053595A1 (en) * 1980-12-01 1982-06-09 Boliden Aktiebolag A method for recovering the metal content of complex sulphidic metal raw materials
US4388110A (en) * 1980-12-01 1983-06-14 Boliden Aktiebolag Method for recovering the metal content of complex sulphidic metal raw materials
GB2161835A (en) * 1984-07-18 1986-01-22 Outokumpu Oy Processing sulphide concentrates into raw material
DE3525710A1 (de) * 1984-07-18 1986-01-30 Outokumpu Oy, Helsinki Verfahren und vorrichtung zum verarbeiten von sulfidkonzentraten und sulfiderzen zu rohmetallen
US4599108A (en) * 1984-07-18 1986-07-08 Outokumpu, Oy Method for processing sulphide concentrates and sulphide ores into raw material
US4695317A (en) * 1985-01-31 1987-09-22 Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Limited Method of treating silicate ore containing gold and silver
US4802917A (en) * 1985-03-20 1989-02-07 Inco Limited Copper smelting with calcareous flux
US4802916A (en) * 1985-03-20 1989-02-07 Inco Limited Copper smelting combined with slag cleaning
AU640527B2 (en) * 1990-09-26 1993-08-26 Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Limited Pyrometallurgical process for treating a feed material
WO2003100412A2 (en) * 2002-05-23 2003-12-04 Innovative Met Products (Pty) Limited Method of ore treatment
WO2003100412A3 (en) * 2002-05-23 2004-04-01 Innovative Met Products Pty Lt Method of ore treatment
EP2785885A4 (en) * 2011-11-29 2015-12-09 Outotec Oyj METHOD OF CONTROLLING SUSPENSION IN A SUSPENSION MELTING OVEN, SUSPENSION MELTING OVEN AND CONCENTRATE BURNER
US9677815B2 (en) 2011-11-29 2017-06-13 Outotec Oyj Method for controlling the suspension in a suspension smelting furnace, a suspension smelting furnace, and a concentrate burner
US10852065B2 (en) 2011-11-29 2020-12-01 Outotec (Finland) Oy Method for controlling the suspension in a suspension smelting furnace
US9725784B2 (en) 2012-06-21 2017-08-08 Lawrence F. McHugh Production of copper via looping oxidation process

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