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Fundamental Process Equilibria of Base and Trace Elements in the DON Smelting of Various Nickel Concentrates

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A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa

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Extraction 2018: Proceedings of the First Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy, pp. 313-324, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series

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The converter-less nickel matte smelting technology (DON) adopted more than 20 years ago in Boliden Harjavalta smelter has been since that applied successfully to the processing of large number of nickel sulphide concentrates of various Ni-to-Cu ratios and MgO contents. The operational point of the technology is far from the conventional primary nickel smelting in the smelting-converting route. Therefore, a careful scouting of distribution equilibria of the base and trace elements in the smelting conditions of DON process has been conducted, in order to obtain quantitative information about the equilibria and thermodynamic properties of the nickel mattes at low iron concentrations, less than 10 wt% [Fe] in matte. The series of investigations has included novel experimental and analytical techniques for increasing the reliability and sensitivity of the phase equilibria as well as the element distribution observations carried out in typical high-grade nickel matte smelting conditions.

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Taskinen, P, Avarmaa, K, Johto, H & Latostenmaa, P 2018, Fundamental Process Equilibria of Base and Trace Elements in the DON Smelting of Various Nickel Concentrates. in B Davis, M Moats & S Wang (eds), Extraction 2018 : Proceedings of the First Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series, Springer, pp. 313-324, Global Conference on Extractive Metallurgy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 26/08/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95022-8_25

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