Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies
The global shortage of zinc mines makes the extraction of zinc from zinc-containing wastes a hot research topic. Most kinds of steel mill dust (SMD) cannot be directly returned to the ironmaking and steelmaking processes due to their zinc content. A large amount of SMD produced during steelmaking ha...
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| description | The global shortage of zinc mines makes the extraction of zinc from zinc-containing wastes a hot research topic. Most kinds of steel mill dust (SMD) cannot be directly returned to the ironmaking and steelmaking processes due to their zinc content. A large amount of SMD produced during steelmaking has become a major challenge for steel plants due to environmental pollution, health issues and land scarcity. Lots of processes for recovering metals from SMD have been developed to comprehensively utilize them and solve these environmental problems. Zinc in SMD can be recovered by these technologies, and the residue can be used as raw material for ironmaking. In this work, the sources and characteristics of SMD from different processes were analyzed firstly. Then, the mechanisms of physical, hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical and pyrometallurgy–hydrometallurgy combined processes for SMD disposal are presented, and these methods are compared in terms of energy consumption, process complexity and industrial application. Finally, suggestions and prospects for utilization of SMD are put forward. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-637bb8c49d77468b8ab5d2fa2a114e492023-11-23T17:43:05ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-06-011512412710.3390/ma15124127Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available TechnologiesYang Xue0Xiansheng Hao1Xiaoming Liu2Na Zhang3State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, ChinaThe global shortage of zinc mines makes the extraction of zinc from zinc-containing wastes a hot research topic. Most kinds of steel mill dust (SMD) cannot be directly returned to the ironmaking and steelmaking processes due to their zinc content. A large amount of SMD produced during steelmaking has become a major challenge for steel plants due to environmental pollution, health issues and land scarcity. Lots of processes for recovering metals from SMD have been developed to comprehensively utilize them and solve these environmental problems. Zinc in SMD can be recovered by these technologies, and the residue can be used as raw material for ironmaking. In this work, the sources and characteristics of SMD from different processes were analyzed firstly. Then, the mechanisms of physical, hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical and pyrometallurgy–hydrometallurgy combined processes for SMD disposal are presented, and these methods are compared in terms of energy consumption, process complexity and industrial application. Finally, suggestions and prospects for utilization of SMD are put forward.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/12/4127steel mill dustzincrecoveryhydrometallurgypyrometallurgy |
| spellingShingle | Yang Xue Xiansheng Hao Xiaoming Liu Na Zhang Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies Materials steel mill dust zinc recovery hydrometallurgy pyrometallurgy |
| title | Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies |
| title_full | Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies |
| title_fullStr | Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies |
| title_short | Recovery of Zinc and Iron from Steel Mill Dust—An Overview of Available Technologies |
| title_sort | recovery of zinc and iron from steel mill dust an overview of available technologies |
| topic | steel mill dust zinc recovery hydrometallurgy pyrometallurgy |
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