PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF LEAD FROM A LEAD-BEARING SULFIDE CONCENTRATE

摘要

Lead is recovered from a lead-bearing sulfidic concentrate by heating the concentrate in such a manner that lead and its compounds pass into the gas phase. The oxygen pressure in the gas phase is adjusted by oxidation or reduction in order to cause the compounds of lead to react with each other to form lead, and the gas phase is cooled in order to condense the metallic lead out from the gas.