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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6861098 | Polycrystalline diamond partially depleted of catalyzing material A method for forming a superhard polycrystalline diamond or diamond-like element with greatly improved resistance to thermal degradation without loss of impact strength. Collectively called PCD elements, these elements are formed with a binder-catalyzing material in... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6797326 | Method of making polycrystalline diamond with working surfaces depleted of catalyzing material Griffin, Nigel, et al78.1081-1.3-29 Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a polycrystalline diamond or diamond-like element with greatly improved wear resistance without loss of impact strength. These elements are formed with a binder-catalyzing material in a high... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6696029 | Method for the purification of zinc oxide controlling particle size A method for the recovery of high purity zinc oxide products, and optionally iron-carbon feedstocks, from industrial waste streams containing zinc oxide and/or iron. The waste streams preliminary can be treated by adding carbon and an ammonium chloride so... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6221129 | Process for preparing flux suitable for soldering light metals such as aluminum A flux which contains irreversibly dehydrated K2 AlF5, for soldering light metal materials, in particular aluminum. The flux has the advantages of forming a very uniform flux coating on the workpiece or workpieces to be soldered and ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6033579 | Red mud dewatering and washing process The invention covers a process for dehydration/filtration, and washing of red mud, if applicable with addition of sand, particularly from the Bayer process for aluminum production from bauxite, in which filters are used and caustic is washed out on the fi... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5942198 | Beneficiation of furnace dust for the recovery of chemical and metal values The beneficiation of an electric arc furnace (EAF) dust waste stream comprising zinc compounds by collecting and combining dust from two or more EAF batches with coal fines to form briquettes, adding the briquettes to a final EAF batch with the charge, an... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5820653 | Process for making shaped copper articles This invention relates to a process for making a shaped copper article directly from a copper-bearing material, comprising: (A) contacting said copper-bearing material with an effective amount of at least one aqueous leaching solution to dissolve copper i... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5582631 | Method for the production of a feedstock containing usable iron constituents from industrial waste streams A method for the production of an iron-based feedstock suitable for use as the feedstock for steel mills, from industrial waste streams containing iron, by combining an iron poor material such as exhaust fumes from metals production processes with the was... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5571306 | Method for producing an enriched iron feedstock from industrial furnace waste streams A method for the production of an enriched iron product, specifically direct reduced iron and iron oxide suitable for use as the feedstock for steel mills, from industrial waste streams containing iron, by combining an iron oxide rich material such as mil... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5458746 | Process for making copper metal powder, copper oxides and copper foil This invention is directed to a process for making copper metal powder from copper-bearing material, comprising: (A) contacting said copper-bearing material with an effective amount of at least one aqueous leaching solution to dissolve copper ions in said... | 10/17/1995 |
| 4898611 | Polymeric ore agglomeration aids The agglomeration of gold or silver ore fines is improved by the use of a water-soluble vinyl polymer as the agglomerating agent.... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4500350 | Disintegration of chromites In the disintegration of a chromite or chromium-containing residue, wherein the chromium-containing material is disintegrated with an alkaline compound in the presence of oxygen and a diluent at a temperature above about 800° C. and thereafter leached, t... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4424194 | Process for extraction of metals from leachable ores and forming of building materials The method for extraction of precious metals from leachable ores and forming a building materials which includes the steps of crushing a quantity of leachable ore into a powder of substantially uniform particle size, mixing with a quantity of a binding ma... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4374097 | Method for recovering precious metals Method for extracting precious metals from their ores in which the ore is particulated and mixed with a binding agent to form a paste. The paste material is discharged into a rotary drum at an extruding station where it is pelletized by forcing it through... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4358430 | Process for treatment of selenium-bearing materials Selenium-bearing materials are treated to convert selenium values to water-soluble form in a process which comprises producing a wet pellet product of uniform composition having a specified moisture content and size from an aqueous slurry containing the s... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4355006 | Process for the oxidative dissociation of chrome-containing ores A process for the oxidative dissociation of chrome-containing ores comprising agglomerating a mixture of a chrome-containing ore, an alkaline substance and a moist solid residue from a preceding operation as a leaning agent, dissociating the agglomerate a... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4272493 | Pelletizing sulfation of anode slimes Anode slimes from an electrorefining operation are fed, together with sulfuric acid, into a heated pelletizer wherein a sulfation reaction occurs, simultaneously with pellet formation, to solubilize copper, nickel and tellurium contained in the slimes.... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4247523 | Pelletizing sulfation of titanium concentrates A titaniferous ore concentrate or slag is fed, together with sulfuric acid, into a heated pelletizer wherein the sulfation reaction occurs simultaneously with pellet formation.... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4213778 | Process for treating a mud produced during gas scrubbing in a blast furnace or a steelworks A process for treating mud produced during gas scrubbing in a blast furnace comprises decanting water from the mud to produce a mud concentrate which is still free flowing and adding a reducible carbon additive to the concentrate. The resultant mixture is... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4144056 | Process for recovering nickel, cobalt and manganese from their oxide and silicate ores A process for recovering the metals manganese, nickel, and cobalt from their oxides and silicates in which the metal oxide or silicate is heated with ferric chloride in the absence of air and in the presence of a volatility depressant salt which is prefer... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4120694 | Process for purifying a titanium-bearing material and upgrading ilmenite to synthetic rutile with sulfur trioxide A process for removing impurities from an oxide of titanium-bearing material such as a titania slag by treating the material with SO3 gas and subsequently leaching with a liquid. In particular a process for upgrading an ilmenite ore by preparin... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4110106 | Selective sulfation process for partitioning ferrous and non-ferrous values in an ore Process for quantitatively converting non-ferrous metals chosen from the group consisting of copper, nickel, cobalt, vanadium, and manganese in an ore concentrate to soluble sulfates and simultaneously convert the ferrous values in the ore to insoluble ox... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4110401 | Solid-liquid separation of laterite slurries A method is disclosed of separating a suspension of fine tailings particles from a material of value in a liquid medium which comprises, adding a small but effective amount of fluocculant to said liquid medium while mixing said liquid medium and continuin... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4069295 | Treating raw materials containing titanium components A method of treating raw materials containing components of metals of the group IVb of the Periodic Table, which comprises heat-treating a raw material of a component of a metal of the group IVb of the Periodic Table containing coloring poisonous metal co... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4050925 | Process for the production and use of activated alumina in refining steel Production of an activated type alumina from aluminum dross by digestion with water, preferably pressurized. The peculiar properties associated with trace compounds present in the product make it useful for the recovery of noxious effluents from furnacing... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3942974 | Manganese nodule pelletizing Sodium ions are added to manganese nodules to convert the montmorillonite clay naturally occurring in the nodule material into a bonding agent for pelletization into spherical agglomerates. The addition of coking coal to provide bonding stength after reduction... | 03/09/1976 |
