PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AT INCO'S COBALT REFINERY

ABSTRACT As a follow-up to the successful operation of the Port Colborne Electrocobalt Refinery commissioned in May 1983, process optimization is underway within the primary impurity removal section upstream of the electrorefinery, as well as within the tankhouse operations. This paper describes selected areas where optimization has further contributed to the efficient, high quality operation described in an earlier paper by Garritsen et al.