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High purity zinc and ferroalloys recovery from EAF dusts through a combined pyro-hydrometallurgical treatment

Objective

This demonstration project is meant to develop a technology for the treatment of EAF dusts whose products can either be recycled in the EAF (ferroalloy) or resold on the market (HG or SHG-quality metallic Zn) or are inert (slag). Dusts to be treated are those arising from the manufacture of carbon and special steels - especially stainless steel - at the electric-arc furnace. This technology would be characterised by low environmental impact and would be developed on a highly innovative pilot line including a pyrometallurgical treatment followed by hydrometallurgical process with final electrolysis.

Particular aspects of this technology are: the ability to thermally destroy any dioxin that may be present in the dusts, to generate intermediate by- products that do not need an additional processing at the EAF, to produce high purity metallic zinc, to treat other residuals (in solid, liquid form) that contain metals.

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Coordinator

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA
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Via di Castel Romano 100/102
00128 ROMA EUR
Italy

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