Abstract
The pyrometallurgical industry plays a vital role in producing metals for our modern life. With growing demand of metals and declining grade of mineable ore, innovations become critical for many mining companies. It is necessary to conduct a review of recent improvements to the pyrometallurgical industry on analytical measurement techniques, process and equipment improvements, and computer-based modeling/simulations. Many of those innovations tend to be applied to wider metals, and not be restricted by a specific metal. Therefore, we tried to cover the wide applications of many improvements to wider range of metals to reflect this trend. The challenge of a lack of robust measurement techniques under high-temperature conditions within a furnace hinders optimization of a pyrometallurgical process. Some future opportunities in the pyrometallurgical industry on analytical measurement techniques, computer modeling, and processes and equipment have also been outlined and discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1135-1165 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc.
Keywords
- Analytical measurement techniques
- Computer-based modeling/simulations
- Pyrometallurgical industry
- Smelting process and equipment