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The ISASMELT™ technologyISASMELT™ technology is the benchmark for low fugitive emissionsEmission in the base metals smeltingSmelting industry. Although early installations faced more limited regulatory or community pressure on fugitive emissionEmission control, the technology’s inherent advantages in prevention and containment were apparent. Subsequent installations of the ISASMELT™ furnace, in more urban and environmentally sensitive contexts, leveraged the technology’s potential to implement effective fugitive emissions controlsEmissions control. This suite of controls includes multiple layers of engineered preventative and mitigation strategies, now proven in commercial operations. These approaches have recently enabled the ISASMELT™ technologyISASMELT™ technology to achieve the lowest measured fugitive emissionsEmission in copper smelter surveys. The paper will review the initial deployment context, discuss ISASMELT™ design features that inherently support emissions controlEmissions control, and highlight the development pathway. The findings demonstrate that, with appropriate engineering and operational controls in place, the ISASMELT™ technologyISASMELT™ technology can achieve the lowest levels of fugitive emissionsEmission in the base metal smeltingSmelting and recyclingRecycling industry.

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The ISASMELT™ Technology Development Path to Becoming the Cleanest Base Metal Smelting Technology

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年

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  • S. Nicol,
  • B. Hogg

摘要

The ISASMELT™ technologyISASMELT™ technology is the benchmark for low fugitive emissionsEmission in the base metals smeltingSmelting industry. Although early installations faced more limited regulatory or community pressure on fugitive emissionEmission control, the technology’s inherent advantages in prevention and containment were apparent. Subsequent installations of the ISASMELT™ furnace, in more urban and environmentally sensitive contexts, leveraged the technology’s potential to implement effective fugitive emissions controlsEmissions control. This suite of controls includes multiple layers of engineered preventative and mitigation strategies, now proven in commercial operations. These approaches have recently enabled the ISASMELT™ technologyISASMELT™ technology to achieve the lowest measured fugitive emissionsEmission in copper smelter surveys. The paper will review the initial deployment context, discuss ISASMELT™ design features that inherently support emissions controlEmissions control, and highlight the development pathway. The findings demonstrate that, with appropriate engineering and operational controls in place, the ISASMELT™ technologyISASMELT™ technology can achieve the lowest levels of fugitive emissionsEmission in the base metal smeltingSmelting and recyclingRecycling industry.