Kennecott Copper Corporation

Walter E Galin

Thomas C Wilder

Glenn M Cook

A method of recovering metal values from deep sea manganese nodules. A liquid reductant such as bunker-C oil is utilized as a reducing agent. As a result of the efficient contact between the liquid reducing agent and the nodules, little prior preparation of the nodules is required to recover a high percentage of copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum. A new series of metal alloys are produced in the selective reduction of the nodules, the major phase being iron-rich nickel, one minor phase being 80-90% copper and the other minor phase being a combination of manganese, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt and iron.

Alloys from manganese nodules

Reduction smelting of manganese nodules with a liquid reductant

A process and apparatus for producing thin copper foils by electroplating the copper onto a rotating drum serving as a cathode where the surface of the rotating drum is molybdenum or TZM alloy.

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Pawtucket, RI, United States of America

Walter E Galin