SAMANCOR Metalloys metal from slag recovery, Meyerton, RSA
 


A modular air-pulsed metal separator ready for export.

3D-CAD modelling of a 60 MW twin-electrode furnace.

First metal tap from a 40 MW cobalt from slag furnace.

www.bateman-dc.com

DC-Furnace Technology

• Processing fine materials and dusts
  
  
• High metal recoveries
  
  
• Low-cost reductants
  
  
• Low electrode consumption
  
  
• Low electrical flicker
  
  
• Accurate process control through independent voltage and current regulation
  
  
• Extended sidewall life from high-intensity copper cooling panels

BATEMAN offers

• Turnkey DC-furnace plants tailored to your specific needs
  
  
• Feasibility studies and financial and commercial arrangements
  
  
• A comprehensive range of pyrometallurgical equipment and services.

Typical applications

Smelting of

• Chromite

• Nickel Laterite ores

• Ilmenite.

Recovery of metals from

• Steel-plant dust

• Stainless steel-plant dusts

• Waste slags - lead blast-furnace slags (LBFS), cobalt.

BATEMAN's DC-furnace technology

• Provides a robust and reliable bottom-anode design

• Minimises electromagnetic arc-deflection which causes sidewall hot spots

• Accommodates high sidewall and roof heat loads associated with open-arc and open-bath operations

• Minimises stray arcing caused by typical high operating voltages.

BATEMAN has designed, built and commissioned plants or executed feasibility studies for numerous ferrous and nonferrous pyrometallurgical processes utilising AC and DC furnaces. These include smelting of ferrochrome, ferrosilicon, ferromanganese, ilmenite, and recovery of metals such as zinc and cobalt from waste dusts and slags.