Fathi Habashi - Laval Univ., Quebec City, PQ, Canada

It has been estimated that about 45 tons of mercury are emitted annually in the USA in the atmosphere as a result of burning coal in power-generating plants. A similar situation had existed in the metallurgical industry particularly in zinc production plants but this problem has been solved long ago by introducing scrubbing systems. Methods of mercury removal and recovery are discussed

Mercury Coal Pollution Scrubbing