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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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King Assistant Professor of Metallurgy at MIT, is proposing a direct sulfide electrolysis process to simplify copper extraction and eliminate noxious byproducts. Antoine Allanore, the Thomas B. In the traditional process, which still accounts for more than half of copper production, smelters roast a mixture of copper sulfide ore and oxygen.

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