Redoubling platinum group metal smelting intensity-operational challenges and solutions

The 2003 redoubling in power to 68MW on the Polokwane Smelter furnace represented a significant intensification in platinum group metal (PGM) smelting. Combined with onerous 'green' PGM concentrate smelting requirements, this yielded conditions unusually corrosive to copper coolers and ref...

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Main Authors: Hundermark, R., Nelson, L., de Villiers, Bertus, Ndlovu, J., Mokwena, D., Mukumbe, P., Pieterse, B., Seyanund, W., Van Manen, P.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53406