Abstract
Hikoshima Smelting Co., Ltd. is located at the western end of Honsyu. The plant switched from a horizontal retort process to an electrolytic zinc process in 1970. Hikoshima Co., Ltd. had made various improvements to reduce the operating costs about roasting, leaching, purification, electrolysis, casting, labor-saving and so on. In addition, the annual capacity extended from 55,000 tons to 74,000 tons during several expansion stages.Main products are zinc alloys for hot galvanizing and zinc anodes for plating.This paper describes these recent improvements and operations.
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