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Nickel-cadmium battery recycling through the INMETCO{reg_sign} high temperature metals recovery process

Conference ·
OSTI ID:69706
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  1. INMETCO, Ellwood City, PA (United States)
INMETCO, a subsidiary of Inco Limited, is the only facility in North America that provides the High Temperature Metals Recovery (HTMR) process for nickel-cadmium batteries. In 1993, INMETCO recycled more than 2,200 tons of nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron and nickel metal hydride batteries. The paper describes Inco`s experience in metals recovery, traces the development and explains operation of the HTMR Process and outlines INMETCO`s plans for cadmium recovery at its facility in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.
OSTI ID:
69706
Report Number(s):
CONF-950121--; ISBN 0-7803-2459-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English