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Pyrometallurgy

Also called pyrometallurgical recycling, smelting

Recovering metals by smelting at high temperature. It handles mixed feed robustly and recovers nickel, cobalt and copper, but loses lithium and aluminum to slag and uses much energy.

Also listed under Industry, Minerals.

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