SIROSMELT publications

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s SIROSMELT.

Patents

Denholm WT, Floyd JM, Errington WJ, Parry AM, 1985, assigned to Mount Isa Mines Ltd, ‘High intensity lead smelting process’, U.S. Patent Number 4,514,222.

Foo KA, Denholm WT, 1981, ‘Recovery of tin from ores or other materials’, U.S. Patent Number 4,274,868 – British Patent Number 1,576,531.

Floyd JM, 1981, ‘Submerged injection of gas into liquid pyrometallurgical bath’, U.S. Patent Number 4,251,271 (Corresponding patents or applications in Australia, Bolivia, Germany, UK).

Papers

Burford B, 2009, ‘The ISASMELT™ Technology Package: Over 30 Years of Innovation’, AusIMM Bulletin, 1.

Hughes S, Reuter MA, Baxter R, Kaye A, 2008, ‘Ausmelt technology for lead and zinc processing’, Lead and Zinc.

Hughes S, Reuter MA, Matusewicz R, Kaye A, 2007, ‘Ausmelt technology-developments in copper’, Metalexpo.

Sherrington D, McClelland R, Campbell G, 2002, ‘The AUSIRON Technology’, In: Smelting Reduction for Iron making, Jouhari AK, Galgari RK, Misra VN (eds), Allied Publishers PVT LTD, pp.1-11.

Zhang L, Jahanshahi S, Sun S, Chen C, Bourke B, Wright S, Somerville M, 2002, ‘CSIRO’s multiphase reaction models and their industrial applications’, JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 54: 1047

Solnordal CB, Jorgensen FRA, Taylor RN, 1998, ‘Modeling the heat flow to an operating Sirosmelt lance’, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, April.

Biehl V, Conochie DS, Foo KA, Lightfoot BW, 1984, ‘Design, construction and commissioning of a 4 tonne /hr matte fuming pilot plant’, Extractive Metallurgy Symposium, Aus IMM Melbourne Branch, 12-14 November, pp.9.

Special symposium proceedings

Arthur PS, Hunt SP, 2005, ‘Isasmelt – 25 years of Continuous Evolution’, In: John Floyd International Symposium on Sustainable Developments in Materials Proc., at Hilton on the Park, Melbourne from July 3-6, published by The AusIMM, pp.73.

Floyd JM, 2005, ‘How does invention and innovation lead to commercialization’, In: John Floyd International Symposium on Sustainable Developments in Materials Proc., at Hilton on the Park, Melbourne from July 3-6, published by The AusIMM, pp.9.

Sherrington D, 2005, ‘Commercial applications of Ausmelt’s Ausiron® technology’, In: John Floyd International Symposium on Sustainable Developments in Materials Proc., at Hilton on the Park, Melbourne from July 3-6, published by The AusIMM, pp.419.

Others symposium and conference proceedings

Matusewicz RW, Reuter MA, Hughes SP, Shengdao Lin S, Sun L, 2010, ‘Large Scale Ausmelt TSL Technology at the Tongling Jinchang Copper Smelter’, In: Proc. of Copper 2010.

Zhou M, Wan A, Li G, Baldock R, Li H, 2010, ‘Industrial Operation of JAE Nickel Smelting Technology at Jinchuan Nickel Smelter’, TMS 2010, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Errington W, Arthur P, Wang J, Dong Y, 2005, ‘The Isa-YMG lead smelting process’, In: Proc. PbZn Conference, Kyoto, Japan, October.

Robilliard KR, Lightfoot BW, Ng CM, 2000, ‘The use of Ausmelt technology at the Minsur tin smelter and refinery’, TMS 2000 Annual Meeting, Nashville,Tennessee, USA, March 12-16, EPD Congress – 2000 Opryland Convention Center.

Mounsey EN, Li H, Floyd JM, 1999, ‘The design of the Ausmelt Technology smelter at Zhong Tiao Shan’s Hournan smelter’, People’s Republic of China, Copper 99 TMS Conference, Phoenix Arizona, USA, Oct 10-13.

Cusack BL, Moddie JP, Weston TR, 1992, ‘The HIsmelt Process – New Generation Ironmaking’, In: Mervyn Willis Symposium, July 6-8, The University of Melbourne, published by AusIMM, 14: 1-15.

Floyd JM, 1992, ‘Sirosmelt/Ausmelt Technology – Australian Innovation at the Cutting Edge’, In: Mervyn Willis Symposium, July 6-8, The University of Melbourne, published by AusIMM, 13: 1-51.

Player RL, Fountain CR, Tuppurainen JMI, 1992, ‘Isasmelt Development’, In: Mervyn Willis Symposium, July 6-8, The University of Melbourne, published by AusIMM, 20: 1-13.

Jahanshahi S, Player RL, 1989, ‘Process chemistry studies of the ISASMELT lead reduction process’, In: Proc. Non-ferrous Smelting Symposium, Port Pirie, The Aus IMM.

Conochie DS, Orton TB, Floyd JM, 1984, ‘Model studies of Sirosmelt gas injection lance’, In: Proc.AIME Annual Meeting, February.

Floyd JM, Jones KW, Denholm WT, Taylor RN, McLelland RA, O’Shea J, 1984, ‘Large scale development of submerged lance Sirosmelt tin processes at Associated Tin Smelters’, In: Proc. Extractive Metallurgy Symposium, Aus IMM Melbourne Branch, November 12-14, pp.25.

Denholm WT, 1983, ‘Small scale simulation of submerged combustion smelting processes’, In: Proc. MMIJ/AusIMM Joint Symposium, Sendai, pp.165.

Report

Wright JK, Denholm WT, McClelland RA, 1984, ‘Iron production with coal gasification’, NERDDC Project End Of Grant Report, CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering Report, February 1984.

Press release

Xstrata Isasmelt Press release, 1981, XTT 5502 CB_ISASMLT V-03 (1).pdf