Objective METAL RECOVERY (AG, PB, ZN) FROM WASTE MATERIALS, AND PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE RESIDUES. THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT OF RWTH AACHEN WITH PREUSSAG (005 D) AND BUDELCO (018 NL). THE RESEARCH WORK CONSISTS OF SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE STEPS: 1) SAMPLE PREPARATION E.G. JAROSITE, PB-AG-RESIDUE, MIXTURE OF BOTH, NEUTRALIZATION RESIDUE (BY BUDELCO AND PREUSSAG), 2) EVALUATION OF PROPERTIES OF FEED MATERIALS (BY BUDELCO, PEUSSAG AND RWTH,) A. PHASES B. COMPOSITION C. PARTICLE SIZE D. HUMIDITY E. SO4-DISSOCIATION 3) PREPARATION OF THE FEED FOR SMELTING (BY RWTH) A. PELLETIZING WITH AND WITHOUT CARBON/LIME B. DRYING C. CALCINING AND D. PRE-REDUCTION 4) SMELTING OF PELLETS (GREEN, CALCINED, PRE-REDUCED, WITH AND WITHOUT CARBON) IN 5 AND 200 KG BATCHES (BY RWTH) 5) PRODUCT ANALYSIS OF METAL, MATTE, SLAG AND FLUE DUTS (BY BUDELCO, PREUSSAG, RWTH) 6) JOINT EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMICS FOR A CHOSEN PROCESSING (BY BUDELCO, PREUSSAG, RWTH). Programme(s) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY EU contribution No data Address Templergraben 55 52056 AACHEN Germany See on map Total cost No data