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Reflecting on the new goals in nonferrous extractive research

  • 1990 Review of Extractive Metallurgy
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Various economic and political factors have induced dramatic changes in nonferrous extractive industries. Accordingly, the marketing of research proposals has forced researchers to focus on new goals, which include cost reduction, substitute materials, new processing technologies and environmental issues. From this perspective, it is especially difficult to justify research in thermodynamics and the kinetics of reactions. However, investigations into mathematical modeling as it is linked to process engineering are very active. Further, hydrometallurgy is moving from “metal farming” to high productivity; in pyrometallurgy, new industrial processes have appeared which possess improved energy efficiency and better environmental control, particularly in the area of sulfide smelting.

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    René Winand Ph.D. (professor and head, member of TMS)

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Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from a keynote lecture presented at the 1989 TMS Fall Extractive Meeting.

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Winand, R. Reflecting on the new goals in nonferrous extractive research. JOM 42, 24–30 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03220919

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