| Job Title |
Metallurgist, Extractive |
| Job Description |
Originates, Controls, And Develops Flotation, Smelting,
Electrolytic, And Other Processes Used In Winning Metals From
Their Ores, For Producing Iron And Steel, Or For Refining Gold,
Silver, Zinc, Copper, And Other Metals: Studies Ore Reduction
Problems To Determine Most Efficient Methods Of Producing
Metals Commercially. Controls Temperature Adjustments, Charge
Mixtures, And Other Variables In Blast-furnace Operations And
Steel-melting Furnaces To Obtain Pig Iron And Steel Of
Specified Metallurgical Characteristics And Qualities.
Investigates Methods Of Improving Metallurgical Processes, As
In The Reduction Of Alumina By Electrolytic Methods To Produce
Aluminum, The Distillation Of Molten Ore To Purify Zinc, Or
Selective Oxidation Methods To Extract Lead, Nickel, Mercury,
And Other Nonferrous Metals From Their Ores.
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