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US 2008/0175771 A1Published application
Method for increasing metal production in smelter operations
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGert-Jan Oude Egberink, Donald C. Roe, Paul Day
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Abstract
A process for improving recovery of metal values in a smelting operation of the type wherein sulfidic ores are pyrometallurgically reduced. The process includes adding an anionic or non-ionic surfactant and blends thereof to the ore.
Claims14
A process for improving recovery of metal values in a smelting operation wherein sulfidic ores are pyrometallurgically reduced, said process comprising applying surfactant and water to said sulfidic ore.
A process as recited in claim 3 wherein said ore is a ZnS ore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.