Extractive metallurgy

<p>Extractive metallurgy is a branch of <a href="/facts/Metallurgical_engineering/1SANyxX4">metallurgical engineering</a> wherein process and methods of extraction of metals from their natural <a href="/facts/Mineral_deposit/kgc9DssX">mineral deposits</a> are studied. The field is a <a href="/facts/Materials_science/N5HrXRYW">materials science</a>, covering all aspects of the types of ore, washing, concentration, separation, chemical processes and extraction of pure metal and their <a href="/facts/Alloying/I7w7WQWR">alloying</a> to suit various applications, sometimes for direct use as a finished product, but more often in a form that requires further working to achieve the given properties to suit the applications.
</p><p>The field of ferrous and <a href="/facts/Non-ferrous_extractive_metallurgy/RGp0XrzQ">non-ferrous extractive metallurgy</a> have specialties that are generically grouped into the categories of <a href="/facts/Mineral_processing/1uBlYVP2">mineral processing</a>, <a href="/facts/Hydrometallurgy/RUW4cffs">hydrometallurgy</a>, <a href="/facts/Pyrometallurgy/VuhDQhUj">pyrometallurgy</a>, and <a href="/facts/Electrometallurgy/TGQJSMQs">electrometallurgy</a> based on the process adopted to extract the metal. Several processes are used for extraction of the same metal depending on occurrence and chemical requirements.
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Extractive metallurgy