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Some Novel Aspects of the Pyrometallurgy and Vapometallurgy of Nickel

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Two innovations in the extractive metallurgy of nickel are described. One is the introduction of the top blown rotary converter (TBRC) to the nonferrous smelting industry for iron slagging and metal making. The other is the application of the Inco Pressure Carbonyl (IPC) process to a wide variety of metallurgical feed materials for the recovery of pure nickel, cobalt and iron.

These and other procedures will be integrated in a new $80-million refinery, presently under construction at Copper Cliff, Ontario, which will have an annual productive capacity of some 125 million pounds of nickel pellets and powder.

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Queneau, P., O’Neill, C.E., Illis, A. et al. Some Novel Aspects of the Pyrometallurgy and Vapometallurgy of Nickel. JOM 21, 35–45 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378898

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