Bureau of Mines Research, 1975: a summary of significant results in mining, metallurgy and mineral economics

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7335049

The role of the U.S. Bureau of Mines is to develop, through scientific and engineering investigations, improved technology to increase the percentage recovery of coal, copper, and other mineral products from the country's deposits; to improve the economics of recycling scrap metals; to achieve more efficient utilization of virgin metals and minerals by extending their normal lifespan; and to find industrial uses for the many wastes of mineral processing that constitute unsightly dumps and contribute to air, water, and land pollution. To alleviate minerals shortages, while at the same time remaining independent of unreliable foreign sources, improved technology for extraction, processing, and recycling of domestic minerals, metals, and fossil fuels is of vital importance to the Nation. Approximately one hundred specific projects in these areas are described briefly.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7335049
• Report Number(s): NP-21179
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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