ASPEN Metal and Mining

Technical Expertise

Pyrometallurgy

High-temperature extraction — smelting, converting and slag chemistry, where the process and the refractory lining have to be designed together.

Scope

  • Flash, bath and electric furnace smelting
  • Converting and matte handling
  • Slag chemistry, fluxing and slag cleaning
  • Refractory selection and campaign life
  • Heat and mass balance, and off-gas load
  • Furnace cooling and vessel integrity