Primary Metals Table of Contents |
Background
Steel Production from Iron Ore
References
Annotated Bibliography
Case Study
Foundry Processes
Pollution Prevention Methods for Foundries
References
Annotated Bibliography
Case Studies
Primary Aluminum Refining
Waste Sources and
Pollution Prevention Opportunities
Secondary Aluminum Production
Pollution
Prevention in Secondary Aluminum Processing
Annotated Bibliography
Case Studies
Primary Production of Copper
Secondary Copper Processing
Pollution Output
and Prevention in Copper Processing
Annotated Bibliography
Primary Lead Processing
Pollution
Sources and Prevention
Secondary Lead Processing
Pollution
Sources and Prevention
Annotated Bibliography
Primary Zinc Processing
Pollution
Sources and Prevention
Secondary Zinc Processing
Pollution
Sources and Prevention
Annotated Bibliography
Table 1. Common Type of Metal Melting Furnaces
Figure 1. The Steel Making Process
Figure 3. Metal Casting Process
Figure 4. Green Sand Composition
Figure 5. Dry Sand Reclamation
Figure 6. Wet Sand Reclamation
Figure 7. Thermal Sand Reclamation
We would like to than U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and the Northeast Waste Management Officials Association (NEWMOA) for funding to produce this information packet. Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC) staff, past and present, who contributed to this project include: Laura Barnes, Jerry Brown, Ester Burke, Laurie Case, Chris Harris, Tim Lindsey, Lisa Merrifield, Gary Miller, Jackie Peden, and Li-Chen Shen. We thank them for thier contributions.
We also would like to recognize the reviewers who provided valuable suggestions on improving this document. They are: Jerry Brown (WMRC), Laurie Case (WMRC), Randy Cook (Minnesota Technical Assistance Program), George Crandell, (Chrysler Indianapolis Foundry), LeRoy Euvrard (Safety and Environmental Staff), Dieter Leidel (Tanoak, Inc.), Tim Lindsey (WMRC), Jackie Peden (WMRC), Lisa Regenstein (NEWMOA).
