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Aluminum Recycling, 2nd Edition
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Aluminum Recycling, 2nd Edition

by Mark E. Schlesinger
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
282 pages
9h 56m
English
CRC Press
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Beneficiation Technology
After mining, the next step in traditional metal extraction is minerals processing,
in which the valuable minerals are liberated from the gangue material in the ore.
Following this, the minerals are sorted into a separate stream, using differences
between their physical properties and those of the gangue. In some cases, chemical
or thermal processes may be used to remove impurities from the concentrated min-
erals. As a nal step, the concentrated minerals may be agglomerated to make them
easier to ship and easier to handle in subsequent smelting processes.
In Chapter 3, the mining (collecting) of scrap aluminum was descr ...
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ISBN: 9781466570245