Mineralogical Characterization of Historic Copper Slag to Guide the Recovery of Valuable Metals: A Namibian Case Study
The depletion of the ore reserves in the world necessitates the search for secondary sources such as waste products (tailings and slag). The treatment and cleaning up of such secondary sources also has a positive impact on the environment. A smelter in Namibia we examined had historic slag which acc...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-09-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/18/6126 |