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Protecting the environment for future generations
is the collective duty and top priority
of
our current civilization.
As enviromemental regulations are expected
to become increasingly more stringent in
the future, we believe the Mitsubishi Process
offers its users the ability to attain
the
highest standards in environmental compliance,
in the manufacturing of primary copper.
In a conventional smelter using P.S. converters,
furnaces must be frequently blown and melts
must be transferred using ladles. This causes
fugitive emissions, which fill the smelter
building, and escape outside to the surrounding
communities. Furthermore, all reverts and
ladle skulls must be crushed before they
can be recycled, adding dusts to an already
foul workplace.
In the Mitsubishi Process, the furnaces
are
statinary, tightly sealed, and interconnected
by enclosed launders. Small ventillation
hoods placed above the furnace inlets and
outlets, capture all fugitive emissions.
Total sulfur capture exceeds 99%, and this
and efficient dust capture ensures clean
conditions inside and outside the smelter,
protecting the health and longevity of
the
workforce, and those in the surrounding
community.
