4th International Symposium on High-Temperature Metallurgical Processing : proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Pyrometallurgy Committee and the Energy Committee of the Extraction and Processing Division of TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society) : held during the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, March 3-7, 2013

Content: Preface xiii     About the Editors xv     High Efficiency New Metallurgical Technology     A New Copper Smelting Technology - Bottom Blown Oxygen Furnace Developed at Dongying Fangyuan Nonferrous Metals 3  B. Zhao, Z. Cui, and Z. Wang     A Novel Vacuum Aluminothermic Reduction Lithium Process 11  Y. Di, Z. Wang, S. Tao, andN. Feng     Study on Double-Layered Pellet Roasting of Sulfur and Arsenic-Bearing Gold Concentrate 19  T. Jiang, X. Li, J. Ge, L. Cui, Q. Li, and Y. Yang     Preparation of M003 from Ammonium Tetramolybdate in Microwave Fields 27  J. Li, L. Zhang, G Chen, J. Peng, B. Liu, and H. Xia     Looping Sulfide Oxidation    Process for Anode Copper Production 37  L. Shekhter, C. Anderson, D. Gribbin, E. Cankaya-Yalcin, J. Lessard, and L. McHugh     Direct Redaction of TI-V Magnetite Via ITmk3 Technology 45  N. Panishev, B. Dubrovsky, A. Starikov, E. Redin, and E. Knyazev     Research and Industrial Application of Oxygen-rich Side-blow Bath Smelting Technology 49  L. Chen, W. Bin, T. Yang, W. Liu, and S. Bin     Thermal Plasma Torches for Metallurgical Applications 57  L. Rao, F. Rivard, and P. Carabin     Research on Removal of Potassium and Sodium by Pre-reduction Sintering 67  Q. Li, Z. Jing, Y. Yang, T. Jiang, G Li, and X. Chen     Fundamental Research of Metallurgical Process     Reaction Mechanisms and Product Morphologies on Gaseous Reduction of Metal Compounds - Extractive Metallurgy Meets Materials Science 77  P. Hayes     Research on the Slag Phase Type of Vanadium-Titanium Magnetite in Pre-Reduction-Electric Furnace Smelting 87  Y. Guo, M. Tang, T. Jiang, L. Qing, and J. Zhou     Density of CaO-5%MgO-Al203-Si02 Slag with Low Silica 95  J. Li, T. Zeng, J. Xu, C. Jie, J. Zhang, and K. Chou     Study on Magnetic Roasting Kinetic of Oolitic Hematite 103  Y. Guo, L. Qing, T. Jiang, L. Yang, S. Liu, M. Tang, X. Song, and J. Zhou     Basic Research on External Desulfurization of Hot Iron by Dolomite Ill  X. Ren, T. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Dou, and G Lv     Iron-Carbon Nuggets Coalescence: Influence of Slag's Liquidus Temperatures 117  A. Nogueira, C. Takano, M. Mourao, and A. Pillihuaman     Effect of Mixed Charge of Ore and Lump Coal on the Softening-Melting Property of the Burden 125  H. Guo, G Yang, J. Zhang, J. Shao, Y. Fu, and D. Wan     Effects of Oxygen Content and Roasting Temperature on the Sintering Mineralization Properties of Different Iron Ores 131  X. Mao, Z. You, Y. Zhang, Z. Fan, and T. Jiang     Analysis on Wear Mechanism of Refractories Used in Hot Air Pipeline for Large Scale Blast Furnaces 139  G Xu, X. Chen, X. Huang, W. Xiang, and H Zhang     Alloy and Materials Preparation I     Hot Workability of M42 Tool Steel Additionally Alloyed with Co and Mo 147  M. Tercelj, G Kugler, M. Fazarinc, and I. Perm     Effects of Crystallization of Mould Fluxes on Property of Liquid Slag Film and Its Impact onPeritectic Steel Slab Continuous Casting 155  X. Long, S. He, L. Zhu, T. Wu, and Q. Wang     Hot Ductility of Nb-V Containing Microalloyed Steel during Solidification 163  Y. Sun, Y. Zeng, andK. Cai     Co-Cr-Mo Alloys Production by Self Propagating High Temperature Synthesis 171  O. Okur, M. Alkan, and O. Yiicel     High-Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion Behaviors of Ni-Fe-Cr Alloy for Inert Anode Materials in Aluminum Electrolysis 177  J. Xue, L. Feng, G Ndong, J. Zhu, and Q. Liu     Production of Molybdenum Containing Iron Based Alloys via Metallothermic Processes 185  D. Kirgoz, M. Alkan, and O. Yiicel     Electrical Resistance of TiB2-C/C Function Gradient Materials for Aluminum Reduction Cathodes 191  J. Zhu, J. Xue, and B. Li     Experimental Study of Phosphorus Distribution Between Slag and Metal during Duplex Dephosphorus Converter Processing 199  X. Qiu, B. Xie, L. Jiang, X. Zhang, J. Diao, and H. Li     The Effect of Aluminum Addition to the ESR Process Slag on IN718 Superalloy Characteristics 207  A. Sheikhhosseini, and S. Abbasi     Alloy and Materials Preparation II     Production of Fe-Based Alloys by Metall othermic Reduction of Mill Scales from Continuous Casting Processes 219  M. Bugdayci, M. Alkan, and O. Yiicel     Study of Heat Flux in CSP Continuous Casting Mold 227  W. Yang, X. Wang, L. Zhang, D. Yang, and X. Liu     The Effect of Thermomechanical Ageing of Aluminium-Copper Alloy (MATLAB Approach) 239  A. Amos, G Akeem, F. Emmanuel, O. Ajibade, and O. Oladayo     Research on Inclusions in CuCr Alloy Prepared by Thermit Reduction 247  Z. Dou, T. Zhang, G Shi, Y. Du, L. Niu, G Lv, Y. Liu, and J. He     Copper-Based Multi-Component Alloys by Vacuum Distillation to Separate Copper Enriched Lead, Silver and Other Valuable Metals Research 255  H. Xiong, B. Yang, D. Liu, B. Xu, X. Chen, and Y. Deng     An Overview of Research on Au & Ag Recovery in Copper Smelter 265  Y. Shi, and Z. Ye     The Analysis of Orthogonal Experiment Method of Carbon-Coated LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/302 via Microwave-pyrolysis Method 277  Y. Han, Z. Zhang, L. Zhang, J. Peng, and M. Fu     Comparative Study on the Metal Aluminum Produced from Alumina by Carbothermic Reduction and Carbothermic-Chlorination 287  Q. Yu, B. Yang, Y. Deng, F. Wang, H Xiong, and M. Chen     Continuously Synthesis and Performance of Cathode Material LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/302 for Lithium Ion Batteries 293  M. Fu, L. Zhang, Z. Zhang, J. Peng, Y. Han, and J. Du     Tensile Mechanical Properties and Brittle Effect of Austempered Cr-Mo Alloy Steel 299  C Chen, F. Hung, T. Lui, and L. Chen     Roasting, Reduction and Smelting     Cost Benefits of EAF Bottom Purging Systems Due to Metallurgical Improvements 309  M. Kirschen, A. Hanna, and K. Zettl     Researches on Reduction Roasting of Low-Grade Manganese Oxide Ores Using Biomass Charcoal asReductant 317  Y. Zhang, D. Duan, Z. You, G Li, X. Fan, and T. Jiang     Reduction Behavior of Pellets Balled with Bentonite 325  T. Jiang, G Han, Y. Huang, G Li, and Y. Zhang     Vanadium Distribution Between Blast Furnace Slag and Hot Metal 333  J. Yan, B. Xie, X. Zeng, Q. Huang, and H. Li     Development of Antimony Smelting Technology in China 341  W. Liu, T. Yang, L. Chen, S. Bin, and W. Bin     Effect of Reduction Conditons on Pre-reduction Behaviors of Self-fluxed Pellets in COREX Process 353  D. Zhu, Z. Gao, and J. Pan     Calcination Factors of Rubidium Extraction from Low-Grade Muscovite Ore 361  Z Shan, X. Shu, J. Feng, and W. Zhou     Reduction and Separation of High Iron Content Manganese Ore and Its Mechanism 367  Z Huang, B. Chai, L. Yi, and T. Jiang     Simulation and Modeling     Simulations for Optimising Plant Flowsheets for Brownfield Improvements 379  A. Campbell, and M. Reed     Study on Apprasial Model of Iron Ores Based on Multi-level Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation 385  X. Fan, Y. Li, and X. Chen     The Numerical Simulation and Application of Oxygen Lance in 120t BOF of PANSTEEL 393  Y. Chen, X. Liang, J. Zeng, G. LI, and S. Yang     CFD Model Development for Gaseous Reduction of Iron Ore Fines Using Multilayer Moving-fluidized Bed 401  H. Tang, Y. Mao, L. Ma, and Z. Guo     Deformation Simulation of Copper Plates of Slab Continuous Casting Mold 411  X. Meng, W. Wang, M. Zhu, and R. Suzuki     An Estimation Model for the Viscosities of CaF2-(CaO)-Al203 Slags 417  G Shi, T. Zhang, L. Niu, and Z. Dou     Thermodynamic Modeling of the CaO-FetO-CaF2 System for Application In Electroslag Remelting 425  D. Nassyrov, and I. Jung     Determination of Liquidus Temperatures from Viscosity for CaO-Al203 Based Slags 435  J. Xu, L. Tang, M. Sheng, J. Li, J. Zhang, and K. Wan     Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic Fields in Microwave Gas Heating System: Influence of the Dielectric Properties 443  X. Shang, J. Chen, N. Shen, Y. Shi, B. Zhang, G Chen, and J. Peng     Sintering and Pelletization     Production of Crude Ferronickel from Sivrihisar Laterite Ores of Turkey 453  E. Keskinkilic, S. Pournaderi, A. Geveci, and Y. Topkaya     Sintering Process of Phosphorite from Leshan,China 461  E. Guo, D. Li, C. Pan, M. Liu, and X. Lv     Comprehensive Effect of Coke Breeze and Limestone Particle Size on Sinter Performance in Sintering of a Coarse Hematite Iron Ore 469  Z. Wang, J. Zhang, X. Xing, S. Ren, B. Gao, and X. Zhang     Effects of the Raw Material Characteristics of Iron Concentrates on Ballability 477  J. Pan, S. Yue, D. Zhu, and Z. He     Study on Improving the Strength of Copper Concentrate Pellets by Adding Binders 485  X. Fan, S. He, L. Zhang, Y. Tang, X. Chen, M. Gan, and G Bai     Sintering Process of Chromite Concentrate 493  P. Chen, D. Li, C. Pan, M. Liu, and X. Lv     Research on Strengthening Consolidation of Magnesium Bearing Hematite Pellets 501  L. Yuan, X. Fan, M. Gan, G Yang, X. Huang, Z. Ji, and Z. Yu     Study on the Improvements of Reduction Swellability and Low Temperature Reduction Disintegration of Vanadium-Titanium Magnetite Oxidized Pellets 509  Y. Guo, J. Zhou, T Jiang, F. Chen, X. Song, M. Tang, and L. Qing       The New On-line Detecting Method of Sintering Mix and Its Basic Research 517  Y. Yang, Q. Tan, Q. Li, K. Li, Y. Zhu, D. Li, Q. Xie, and C. Li     Optimizing the Sintering Process of Low-Grade Ferromanganese Ores 527  Y. Zhang, W. Luo, Z. You, Z. Su, G. Li, and T. Jiang     Treatment of Solid Slag/Wastes and Complex Ores     Using of Spent Foundry Sands for Production of Burned Ceramic Building Materials: Influence for Environment 537  M. Holtzer, J. Danko, R. Danko, and S. Zymankowska-Kumon     Developments of Processing Technologies for Refractory Gold Ores 545  L. Chen, T. Yang, W. Liu, and D. Wang     Study on Iron Recovery and Desulfurization of Pyrite Cinder 553  X. Fan, H. Wen, Q. Deng, M. Gan, G Shen, and S. Huang     Reaction Process of Coal Based Reduction of Siderite Ore 563  J. Pan, Z. Xue, D. Zhu, X. Zhou, and Y. Luo     Enhanced Reduction of CaF2 and NaF on Vanadium Titano-Magnetite Carbon Composite Pellets 571  X. Xing, J. Zhang, Z. Wang, S. Ren, M. Cao, Z. Liu, and M. Lu     An Investigation on Utilization of Ferrous Scrap by Could-Bonded Pelletizing579  X. Fan, L. Yuan, M. Gan, W. Lv, Y. Wang, and X. Chen     Research on the Lead Removal from Pyrity Cinder 587  X. Chen, G Shen, X. Fan, Q. Deng, H. Wen, and M. Gan     Microwave Heating, Energy and Environment     Microwave Reflection Loss of Ferric Oxide 597  Z. Peng, J. Hwang, B. Kim, M. Andriese, and X. Wang     Process Optimization by Response Surface Method for Sintering of Chromite Fines by Microwave 605  J. Chen, H Zhu, J. Peng, S. Guo, L. Dai, and Q. Ye     Life Cycle Assessment of Microwave Hot Air Systems 615  J. Chen, G Chen, and J. Peng     Chemical Enrichment of Precious Metals in Iron Sulfides Using Microwave Energy 623  M. Andriese, J. Hwang, Z. Peng, and B. Li     Development of Bismuth Smelting Technology in China 631  T. Yang, J. Li, W. Liu, L. Chen, and W. Bin     Research on the Influence of Moulding Sand with Furan Resin on the Environment 643  M. Holtzer, M. Kubecki, R. Danko, S. Zymankowska-Kumon, and A. Bobrowski     Prediction Method of Pre-Ignition Bed Pressure Drop in Composite Agglomeration Process 651  H. Zhang, H. Yu, Z. Yu, Y. Zhang, G. Li, and T. Jiang    Co-Gasification Behavior of Metallurgical Coke with High and Low Reactivity 659  H. Zuo, B. Gao, J. Zhang, and Z. Wang     Study on Swelling Behavior of Iron Ore Pellets in Direct Reduction with Coal Gas 667  Z. Huang, Z. Liang, L. Yi, and T. Jiang     Author Index 675     Subject Index 679