Composite Furnace Module (CFM) cooling technology has been used by BHP Billiton in its electric arc slag cleaning furnace at Olympic Dam in Australia to achieve a fourfold increase in campaign life, delivering millions of dollars in annual re-lining savings. With the conclusion of a licence agreement between Bateman Engineering and the University of Melbourne, Australia, Bateman Engineering has secured world-wide rights to market the technology to the non-ferrous pyrometallurgical industry…more at MEIOnline