Abstract:
The Invention provides for a pyrometallurgical method for producing a first high grade manganese product by reducing a manganese oxide reactant in a first reaction zone within a closed vessel DC arc furnace, with a reducing agent, in an inert or nitrogen rich atmosphere.
Abstract:
The Invention provides for a pyrometallurgical method for producing a first high grade manganese product by reducing a manganese oxide reactant in a first reaction zone within a closed vessel DC arc furnace, with a reducing agent, in an inert or nitrogen rich atmosphere.