Nuestra Actividad

Why did my husband say 'Nuestra Actividad', I wondered. Not that I mind him saying it, in fact I find it quite sexy when he says things in Spanish, he even sounds Spanish when he says it (works against him on occasions because real Spaniards think he's much more fluent than he is and he can't always keep up especially if there's a dialect).

Anyway he said it, muttering to himself, shortly after listening to a podcast interview with some CEO. Then he muttered 'Treatment of Slags' followed by 'Scrubber' and my ears really pricked up. Was he referring to moi, us, 'our activity'? Was he looking for a bit of roleplay, I mean I can do slag and roleplay if I'm given a bit of notice.

Photo from MarQe's Study

But no it was none of those things. It was all to do with copper mining, he explained, and the site he was researching was in Spanish which google automatically translated (badly) into English. P said they've got a long way to go yet, he sent me a little chunk of the translation, I see what he means.

Treatment of slags:

The Iron silicate obtained in the flash furnace and converters are process in an electric furnace to reduce the copper of 2 and 6% respectively, less 1%. The matte obtained is reintroduced in the production process, while the iron silicate final market.

Thermal refining and casting of copper:

This process removes oxygen and sulfur are still dissolved in the blister copper. For this there are three refining furnaces. Then the copper is cast into the anode using two casting wheels.

Scrubber:

Gases with SO 2 from the foundry are sent to the Money Laundering Section of the acid plant to remove dust entrained in the process.

Sulfuric Acid Production: blah blah blah...

No roleplay then, ah well.

Ronnie

xx