CHAPTER 2

Non-Ferrous Process Principles and

Production Technologies
H.Y. Sohn
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Contents
2.1. Copper Production 534
2.2. Nickel and Cobalt Production 625
2.3. Lead and Zinc Production 671
2.4. Process Modeling in Non-Ferrous Metallurgy 701
2.5. Aluminum Production 839
2.6. Silicon Production 919
2.7. Hydrometallurgical Processing 949
2.8. Biohydrometallurgy 983
2.9. Rare Earth, Refractory, and Reactive Metals Production 995
2.10. Platinum Group Metals Production 1071