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ISASMELT™ for Recycling of Valuable Elements Contributing to a More Sustainable Society

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Metals are essential for modern lifestyles. As standards of living improve and metal consumption increases, it is evident that raw materials are becoming scarcer. The recycling of metals is essential if we are to build a more sustainable society. ISASMELT™ Top Submerged Lance (TSL) technology can enable plant operators to recycle metals efficiently. The implementation of the ISASMELT™ technology for the recycling of valuable metals at Umicore Precious Metals Refining in Belgium and Aurubis AG in Germany are both good examples of how ISASMELT™ technology can be used to recycle a range of metals. Visionary people motivated by the need for a technological breakthrough have developed novel processes for recycling complex materials incorporating the ISASMELT™ technology.

This paper describes how the ISASMELT™ technology is used to recycle a range of materials. It highlights one of the most important strengths of the technology: its versatility and capacity to be incorporated into new, innovative applications.

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  1. Xstrata Technology, 10th Floor, 700 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1G8, Canada

    Gerardo R. F. Alvear F. & Stanko Nikolic

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

    Anne Kvithyld (a senior research scientist) (a senior research scientist)

  2. Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Hoboken, Belgium

    Christina Meskers (leads the business development and marketing team) (leads the business development and marketing team)

  3. Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

    Gregory Krumdick (principal systems engineer) (principal systems engineer)

  4. Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA

    Brajendra Mishra (professor and the Assoc. Director) (professor and the Assoc. Director)

  5. Outotec Finland, Finland

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  6. Aalto University, Finland

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  7. University of Melbourne, Australia

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  8. Central South University Changsha, China

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  9. TU Delft, Netherlands

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  10. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  11. Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials R&D, Belgium

    Cong Wang (Senior Research Engineer) (Senior Research Engineer)

  12. Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

    Mark Schlesinger (Professor of Metallurgical Engineering) (Professor of Metallurgical Engineering)

  13. Golisano Institute for Sustainability, USA

    Gabrielle Gaustad Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  14. Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

    Gabrielle Gaustad Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  15. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA

    Diana Lados (Associate Professor, Founding Director) (Associate Professor, Founding Director)

  16. Integrative Materials Design Center (iMdc), USA

    Diana Lados (Associate Professor, Founding Director) (Associate Professor, Founding Director)

  17. Argonne National Laboratory, USA

    Jeffrey Spangenberger (Engineering Specialist, Senior) (Engineering Specialist, Senior)

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Alvear F., G.R.F., Nikolic, S. (2013). ISASMELT™ for Recycling of Valuable Elements Contributing to a More Sustainable Society. In: Kvithyld, A., et al. REWAS 2013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48763-2_11

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