Abstract
The results of investigations intended to create a process of joint manufacture of ferroalloys and nonferrous metals by an electrothermal method are presented. Thermodynamic simulation of the carbon reduction of Zn, Pb, Si, and Fe from a zinc-oligonite ore is used to determine the mechanism of reduction of zinc and lead with the formation of a ferroalloy after the distillation of zinc and lead and a complex use of the mineral part of the residue. An apparatus-technological scheme is proposed for the processing of zinclead-containing ores that cannot be beneficiated.