Chapter 6 Copper Production Technology

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Chapter 6Copper Production TechnologyCONTENTSPageHistory . ............................103Explorati on . .........................113Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............116Comminution and Separation . . . . . . .. ...127Beneficiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...; ...130Pyrometallurgy. . .$ ...................133Hydrometallurgy . ....................140Electrometallurgy . . . ..................142Melting and Casting. . ................. Lakeshore Mine in Situ Project ..1266-B. Smelting Furnaces . . . . . Sheets for CopperProduction . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .136Page. . . . . . . . . . .104Early Smelting Technology . . .......107Early Copper -Producing AreasofEurope and the Middle East . ......108Copper Deposits of NorthernMichigan.

ore flux \ m The Egyptian copper smelting furnace was filled with a mixture of copper ore, charcoal and iron ore to act as a flux. It was blown for several hours by foot or hand bellows. By the end of the smelt the copper had separated from the slag, which was tapped off.

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