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Copper recycling and the environment

Authors: Pierre BLAZY, El-Aid JDID

Publication date: September 10, 2002 | Lire en français

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    2. Environmental protection

    In this paragraph, we will only consider the immediate pollution generated by metallurgical plants and the methods implemented to reduce or avoid it. Soil and groundwater pollution resulting from former industrial activities will not be dealt with.

    2.1 Melting processes

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    2.1.1 Emission of SO2 and NOx

    • At the end of the 1990s, there were 37 major pyrometallurgical plants worldwide, corresponding to primary copper metallurgy. These 37 plants, covering 89% of world production,...

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