· This is followed by a copper blow phase where the white metal is oxidised to blister copper. In this phase copper scrap is also added as coolant. Blister copper from PSCs is then fire refined to anode copper in Anode Furnaces (AF). Fire refining in AFs is another batch process including final oxi-a dation, reduction and anode castingsteps .
Hong Yong Sohn, ... Bart Blanpain, in Treatise on Process Metallurgy: Industrial Processes, 2014. 2.1.1.6.1 FeO–Fe 2 O 3 –SiO 2 Slags. It has been customary since early times in copper smelting, when acid refractories were used universally, to add SiO 2 to form a slag with the iron that has been oxidized. This is still the most common practice today, though many furnaces …
· The smelter, supplied by Finland's Metso Outotec, has been sized to process most of the copper concentrate forecast to be produced …
· Kamoa Copper awards China Nerin Engineering contract for direct-to-blister copper smelter ... emissions standards. The smelter has been sized to process the majority of the copper concentrate forecast to be produced by Kamoa-Kakula's Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 concentrators. ... Low capital and operational costs for sulphuric acid plant. A ...
· selection and chemistry in various Direct-to-Blister processes. DIRECT-TO-BLISTER FLASH SMELTING The history of making blister copper in a Flash Smelting Furnace dates back to the late 1960's, when Outotec's predecessor Outokumpu first piloted the Direct-to-Blister idea.
· Outotec's direct leaching process is an atmospheric leaching process ... copper smelter. Cobalt is removed with two different methods, namely with sodium ethyl xanthate and copper sulphate at ... has proven to be a very reliable and safe process at Kokkola zinc plant.
· Ivanhoe Mines Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng "Miles" Sun have announced that Kamoa Copper has awarded China Nerin Engineering of Jiangxi, China, with the basic engineering contract for the planned, direct-to-blister flash smelter at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex that will incorporate leading-edge technology supplied by Metso Outotec's facility in …
· Direct-to-blister flash smelter for copper project. The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project Expansion includes the construction of a smelter complex, based on Finland-based Outotec's direct-to-blister furnace technology which is suitable for treating Kakula-type concentrates with relatively high copper/sulphur ratio, and low iron.
Process Supervision At Kansanshi Copper Smelter Secondary Smelting,Commissioned 4 X 250T Converters,2X 500T Anode Furnaces And M18 Autotec Anode Casting Shop.Training … Primary Copper Smelter And Refinery As A Recycling Plant—A. Converting Is The Oxidation Of The Sulphide Matte To Blister Copper.
The Outotec® DZS process pro vides a means for the direct pyrometallurgical processing o f zinc sulphide concentrat es to recover zinc in the for m of a …
· The smelter, which began operations in early 2020, will treat up to 150,000 wet metric tonnes of copper concentrates from Kamoa-Kakula, in return for a treatment charge and market-based realization fee, and produce blister copper containing approximately 99% copper that will be returned to Kamoa Copper, and collected by CITIC Metal and Zijin ...
· Metso Outotec Direct Blister Flash Smelting for copper With this process, blister copper is produced directly in a flash smelting furnace without the need for separate converting phases and ladle transportation. This method opens up the possibility to use different raw materials and optimize plant
OUTOTEC FLASH SMELTING TECHNOLOGY Our proven Flash Smelting technology is the cleanest and most efficient smelting method for the production of copper and nickel from sulfide concentrates. Suitable for both new and existing smelter operations, it guarantees superior performance and output while helping producers comply with ever more stringent ...
· Approximately one-half of the world's primary copper currently is produced using flash, direct-to-blister smelting technology. Metso Outotec recently signed a major engineering and technology contract for the delivery of a landmark copper smelter complex to be built in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia.
· Metso Outotec recently signed a major engineering and technology contract for the delivery of a landmark copper smelter complex to be built in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. The project owner is PT Freeport Indonesia and has a value of 360 million euros ($424-million (U.S.)). The Outotec technology produces high-quality blister copper in a ...
· Outotec's direct leaching process is an atmospheric leaching process for sulphidic zinc ... Copper cake is transported to the copper smelter. Cobalt is removed with two different methods, namely with sodium ethyl xanthate and ... lower zinc dust consumption and also it has proven to be very reliable and safe process at Kokkola zinc plant.
Produce blister copper in a single flash furnace without the need for separate converting stages or ladle transportation. The Outotec Direct Blister Process offers new options for using different raw materials and optimizing plant layout while minimizing investment, operating costs, and the environmental impact even further.
Smelter - Palabora Mining Company Ltd. The copper drying, converting and cleaning process, Blister copper is then transferred to one of three anode furnaces, where the last traces, It can also be treated in the wet gas scrubbing plant, if the precipitator is off-line, pre-heat primary combustion air for the coal pulverisers and to direct secondary air to the furnace...
Outotec Flash Converting to process over 1 million tonnes of copper concentrate per year, while achieving the lowest emission rate of any copper Smelter (1.76 kg …
· Figure 1. Flow sheet of the Direct-to- Blister Process at Nchanga smelter Slag Chemistry One of the leading ideas in the design phase was to minimize the slag amount, which contributes to high copper recovery in the DBF and in the entire process. This could be affected by selecting suit-able slag and flux type.
Additional dedi- cated user interfaces are made with Outotec ACT to be able to follow the simulated values in more 10 Proceedings of EMC 2019 Plant-wide optimization of a copper smelter detail. The PSC process advisor presents simulations as a soft sensor for parameters that are not measured like the amounts of matte, slag and blister copper ...
Outotec® Direct Blister Flash Smelting plant in Chingola, ... Recent operation and environmental control in the Kennecott Smelter. The plant is operating at production rates above the original ... In copper production, this process produces blister copper, usually about 98% copper. Anode production/fire refining.
· Thanks to the long operating history of the Outotec Flash Smelting process feedback from the numerous operating references are available and is utilized. The general goals for development work are to improve equipment performance, thus realizing savings in Smelter plant operation costs by increasing the process efficiency and online availability.
· A 3D illustration of the planned direct-to-blister flash smelter at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine that will have a nameplate capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum of blister copper. Aerial view of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex.
· In a conventional smelter operation, it appears that the necessity to process the copper converter off-gas simultaneously with the high-grade smelter gas in a single plant, does not justify any at-tempt to design such an acid plant for any higher SO2 concentration than approximately 10-12 %-vol.
· The smelter has been sized to process the majority of the copper concentrate forecast to be produced by Kamoa-Kakula's Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 concentrators. ... A Metso Outotec direct-to ...
Konkola Copper Mines' (KCM) Nchanga smelter in Zambia utilizes Outotec Flash Smelting technology and it is designed to produce blister copper in one stage. There are two other Direct Blister Flash Smelters operating in the world, KGHM in Poland and Olympic Dam in Australia. However, the process concept of the KCM smelter is unique tailored for the treatment of …
The Metso Outotec Direct Blister Process offers new options for using different raw materials and optimizing plant layout while minimizing investment, operating costs, and the environmental impact even further. Results in high recovery of …
