Abstract
The complex zinc concentrate containing high Pb, Cu, SiO2, Na and K, including the Zn-Pb bulk concentrate, cannot be treated in the fluidized bed roaster. The Imperial Smelting Process (ISP) is the main technology to treat this type of concentrate. However, ISP consumes a large amount of coke, which is not only expensive, but also has high CO2 emission.Several metallurgical processes, which can treat the type of complex zinc concentrate and have low CO2 emission, have been reviewed and compared.Recently, a new technology “Flash Burner Roasting Process” has been tested successfully at the industrial scale suspension roaster, and the tests demonstrate that this technology can treat the complex zinc concentrate containing high contents of Pb, Cu and SiO2. The thermodynamic modelling for this process has been done. The industrial test results, the modelling results and the further development are presented in this paper.
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