| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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PbZn 2020: The 9th International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing
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| Presentation Title |
EPD Distinguished Lecture: "Around the Lead and Zinc Metallurgical World in Eighty Days" A Virtual Tour of World Lead and Zinc Operations and Technologies |
| Author(s) |
Phillip J. Mackey |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Phillip J. Mackey |
| Abstract Scope |
Lead mining and smelting dates back to antiquity, while zinc as an alloying element with copper as brass has a similarly very long history. Today, lead and zinc are produced in large or small tonnages in almost all countries of the world – and lead is the most recycled metal with one of the highest recycling rates of any material. The scale of lead and zinc operations and the type of technologies employed varies widely around the world. The present paper takes the reader on a virtual tour of the major lead and zinc plants throughout the world with a focus on metallurgical facilities. Operations and technology employed at each plant visited are discussed including a brief historical sketch. Future technology trends identified during the world tour are also discussed. The present author needed sufficient time for a thorough study tour and settled on eighty days - the same as that for the celebrated fictional story of world circumnavigation in the 1870s – a time when world lead production far exceeded that of other non-ferrous metals. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |