Four different arsenic containing dusts from the Boliden plant, Boliden Mineral AB, Sweden have been examined. A kinetic study of the arsenic elimination was performed in a laboratory scale roasting furnace for roasting furnace ESP dust and smelting furnace ESP dust. Characterisation and thermodynamic calculations were carried out to determine the mineralogy, and the stability of compounds in the dusts studied. The characterisation methods used were chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis and microprobe analysis. It was found in the experiments that a high degree of As elimination was obtained for roasting furnace ESP dust and a low degree for smelting furnace ESP dust. Derived kinetic models are given. A prediction of the As-elimination for settling furnace dust and converter ventilation dust is presented