2017-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2017 Volume 1. Barrios Intl. Symp. / Non-ferrous Smelting & Hydro/Electrochemical Processing

Editors:Kongoli F, Palacios M, Buenger T, Meza JH, Delgado E, Joudrie MC, Gonzales T, Treand N
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2017
Pages:264 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-61-4
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Comparison of Smelting Technologies for the 21st Century

    Thomas Gonzales1; Ian Candy2; John Bryant1;
    1HATCH ASSOCIATES, Scottsdale, United States; 2HATCH ASSOCIATES, Mississauga, Canada;
    Type of Paper: Plenary
    Id Paper: 269
    Topic: 6

    Abstract:

    The Copper Smelting Industry has transitioned into the new millennium compliant with environmental regulations, new smelter installations, and brown field expansions.
    The industry faces new challenges to achieve economies of scale for maximizing copper throughput as copper in concentrate grades have decreased while contained impurities have increased.
    This paper compares Double Flash, TSL, Mitsubishi, and Bottom Blown smelting technology flexibility to process current grades of concentrate in the custom market.

    Keywords:

    Copper; Smelting;

    Cite this article as:

    Gonzales T, Candy I, Bryant J. (2017). Comparison of Smelting Technologies for the 21st Century. In Kongoli F, Palacios M, Buenger T, Meza JH, Delgado E, Joudrie MC, Gonzales T, Treand N (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2017 Volume 1. Barrios Intl. Symp. / Non-ferrous Smelting & Hydro/Electrochemical Processing (pp. 89-90). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach