Non-ferrous metallurgical processing
Non-ferrous metallurgical processing
Lime products play a key role in the mining and extraction of non-ferrous metals, including aluminum, copper, gold, nickel, cobalt, uranium, titanium and lithium. Lime is also important for the pyrometallurgical refining and smelting of several non-ferrous metals. In addition, lime products are used in effluent and tailings treatment, and in settling, dewatering, filtration, environmental protection and mine safety.
Lhoist offers a wide range of lime products of appropriate purity and reactivity for process optimization and metal recovery. Experts in lime utilization efficiency, we bring innovation and expertise to our customers through customized services. These range from lime product reagent supply to outsourced lime-slaking units for producing milk-of-lime (slaked lime slurry) at customer sites.
Lime utilization efficiency, or consumption performance, in metallurgical processing is dependent on numerous factors other than the CaO content of the lime. This video explains the role of lime slaking and the resulting Ca(OH)2 particle size on lime utilization efficiency. For detailed scientific information on this topic follow this link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.09.001