RECOVERY OF NON-FERROUS METALS FROM DROSS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for recovering non-ferrous metal from a dross starting material containing this metal, optionally together with non-ferrous metal scrap, and/or a starting material comprised of such scrap. The method comprises introducing the starting material into a rotary furnace or rotatable converter provided with a refractory lining, heating the starting material to a temperature above the melting point of the metal while rotating the furnace either continuously or intermittently, and removing the resultant molten metal from beneath the overlying dross residues. The method is characterized by heating the starting material in the absence of a protective salt layer with the aid of a so-called oxy-fuel-burner which is supplied with a fossil fuel and with a gas that contains at least 80 % oxygen, and by rotating the furnace at a speed of 5 r.p.m or lower.