Enhancing the flotation recovery of copper minerals in smelter slags from Namibia prior to disposal

Namibia Custom Smelters (NCS) process a range of copper concentrates in their three furnaces, namely; top submerged lance, copper converter and reverberatory furnaces, in order to produce mattes and fayalitic slags. The copper content of the slags range between 0.8 to 5 wt. % and this is considered...

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Main Authors: V. Sibanda, E. Sipunga, G. Danha, T.A. Mamvura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019367945