12.6 Primary Lead Smelting - United States Environmental ...
other metal sulfides), which rises to the top, and speiss (high in arsenic and antimony content) are both typically forwarded to copper smelters. The third and final phase in the processing of lead ore to metallurgical lead, the refining of the bullion in cast iron kettles, occurs in 5 steps: (1) removal of antimony, tin, and arsenic; (2) removal