In South Africa, the ferrochromium industry produces approximately 100,000 t bag house filter dust and slurry, while the stainless steel industry produces 24,000 t of dust annually [17,39]. The toxic substances in these ...

Low carbon ferrochrome is a primary alloying element in the production of stainless steel. The Mixing Method (Perrin and Duplex) processes are most commonly used for the production thereof. However, during the cocktailing ...

The sinter quality is dependent on sinter mineralogy, which in turn depends on the chemical compositions of the sinter mix. Although many research works have been conducted, further investigation on the effect of chemical ...

The main purpose of this study was to optimise the grain size distribution of the raw material mixture for the production of iron sinter. It well known that the constitution of the sinter mix is based on the knowledge of ...

It was been reported that untreated wastes from ferrochrome plants release heavy metals including lead, chromium, copper, cadmium, zinc and nickel in the environment. Some of these metals such as hexavalent chromium are ...

Corrosion problems of copper waffle coolers are experienced in Platinum Group Metals (PGM’s) smelting furnaces. The copper cooler wear mechanism was studied through a post-mortem analysis of the refractory corrosion products ...

Ferrovanadium can be produced in a DC arc furnace by reducing V2O3 by means of an aluminothermic reaction. Vanadium recovery is decreased by the formation of vanadium oxides within the slag, along with ferrovanadium droplet ...