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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter T. Halpin, Great Falls, VA (US);
Ulrich R. Schlegel, Warrenton, VA (US);
Kenneth E. Riegel, Orwigsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
World Resources Company, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 1/248 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 1/248 ;
Abstract
Cermet material obtained from unused inert anodes, used inert anodes and cermet used in the production of inert anodes is beneficiated into a nonferrous metal concentrate composition from which metal values contained in the composition may be readily recovered by using a conventional smelting process. The invention also relates to the use of the composition in a smelting process for the recovery of metal values from the cermet composition of the