Russia develops environmentally friendly non-ferrous metal production technology

Russian chemists have successfully developed a new method of smelting non-ferrous metals such as copper, nickel and molybdenum at lower production costs, while also contributing to improving the environment around metallurgical plants.

This new metallurgical technology is being tested in the smelting of nickel and copper ores.

Most of the widely used methods of smelting non-ferrous metals are energy-intensive and harmful to the environment due to the sulfur dioxide emissions produced by sulfur-containing ores. Meanwhile, the new method of enriching ores invented by Russian chemists includes a number of auxiliary materials such as salt, water and acid.

These are proven ingredients that contribute to effective reductions in energy consumption and emissions – which is the advantage of the above method.

This new metallurgical technology is currently being tested in nickel and copper ore smelting in Russia, Myanmar and Mongolia, and has been introduced into production in some places.

According to VNA