direct smelting

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extraction and refining of lead

  • blast furnace
    In lead processing: Direct smelting

    Indirect smelting in roasters and blast furnaces began to be replaced in the 1970s by several direct smelting processes conducted in relatively small, intensive reactors. These processes require neither the sintering of feed materials nor the use of metallurgical coke; also, they produce…

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