JST Press Release: Method to Simultaneously Recover Zinc
The electric arc furnace (EAF) dust 1 emitted by electric arc furnace melt-shops, which recycle scrap steel, consists of approximately 20% zinc, 30% iron, and small amounts of halogens (chlorine and fluorine) and toxic elements such as lead. Because of this, much of it is disposed of by outsourcing to intermediate processing operators. Conventional methods to recover zinc from EAF dust were