| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Process Metallurgy and Environmental Engineering: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Takashi Nakamura
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| Presentation Title |
Metals Recycling Utilizing Mitsubishi Materials Corporation's Network of Smelters and Refineries |
| Author(s) |
Akira Kaneda |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Akira Kaneda |
| Abstract Scope |
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) group operates non-ferrous metal smelters and refineries for copper and precious metals in Naoshima, copper and PGMs in Onahama, lead in Hosokura and tin in Ikuno, Japan. These plants use advanced metallurgical technologies to recover resources including thermal recycling from recycled materials such as E-scrap, waste batteries and automobile shredder residue. Each process is optimized and interconnected to create a more efficient material flow for diverse metals. For example, a new slime leaching process was introduced to recover valuable metals in the copper plant. The lead by-products from the copper plant are treated in the lead plant. Burtite, tin compound, is produced from the lead plant intermediates and treated as a raw material in the tin plant.
MMC Group has set out a new vision of "Circulating resources for a sustainable future" and this will be achieved by leveraging the strengths of each plant. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Recycling and Secondary Recovery, Sustainability, Process Technology |