# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 100

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In order to prevent or reduce SO2 emissions to air (other than those that are routed to the sulphuric acid or liquid SO2 plant) from charging, smelting and tapping in primary and secondary lead and/or tin production, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.
Descriptions of the techniques are given in Section 1.10.
Technique
Applicability
a
Alkaline leaching of raw materials that contain sulphur in the form of sulphate
Generally applicable
b
Dry or semi-dry scrubber
Generally applicable
c
Wet scrubber
Applicability may be limited in the following cases:
very high off-gas flow rates (due to the significant amounts of waste and waste water generated)
in arid areas (due to the large volume of water necessary and the need for waste water treatment)
d
Fixation of sulphur in the smelt phase
Only applicable for secondary lead production

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.4/division/1.4.1/division/1.4.1.4/division/bat+100 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.4/division-1.4.1/division-1.4.1.4/division-bat+100
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