BHP, Rio Tinto to build low-carbon iron pilot plant in …
The facility will use renewable power and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology in an electric smelting furnace (ESF) to produce molten iron, with a potential annual output of 30,000 to 40,000 tonnes.
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Copper smelting and converting: past and present Chilean …
At the end of the eighties, Teniente Converters became a standard technology for smelting in Chile, allowing the gradual replacement of reverberatory furnaces; however, the production of high grade mattes in Teniente Converters affected the thermal balance of Peirce Smith operation.
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Chile copper firms begin talks on combining smelter efforts
Strengthening smelting capacity in the biggest copper-mining nation is a priority for President Gabriel Boric's leftist government. A new-generation smelter would be cleaner than …
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Smelting and Refining Copper in Chile: The Importance …
In Chile the most important smelters and refineries are Chuiquicamata and Potrerillos from the state-owned Codelco, which are also refineries; Caletones of Codelco, Altonorte of Glencore, …
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(PDF) Environmental, Economic and Technological …
Chile is faced with a significant risk posed by its collection of the most unsustainable and antiquated smelter operations among major copper producers worldwide.
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Chile wants to boost local copper smelting capacity to rely …
Chile, the top copper-mining nation, is moving forward with a strategy to grow local processing capacity in a bid to reduce its dependence on Asian smelters and make shipping cleaner.
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Chile closes state copper smelter that polluted bay for …
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's state-owned copper mining giant Codelco on Wednesday shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases and turning it, along with 15 other companies, into what environmentalists called a "sace zone."
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Copper Recovery Through Smelter Slag Flotation in Atacama, Chile…
In this study, iron selectivity behaviour of copper smelter slag (CSS) flotation tailings (38.08% Fe, 0.35% Cu, 4.48% Zn, 0.16% Co, 0.37% S) having fayalite and magnetite as major minerals was ...
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RECOVERY OF IRON FROM COPPER FLASH SMELTING …
Copper slag is produced in large amounts in seven copper smelter plants in Chile, and it is estimated that and around 4 million tons of slag are disposed every year and another 40 to 45 million tons are historically cumulated. Copper slag contains iron in the range of 42 to 45%,
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COPPER DIVISION: Altonorte Smelter
Noranda purchased a 25% interest in the Altonorte copper smelter 25 km southeast of the port of Antofagasta, northern Chile in late 1995, when it was known as Refimet. The interest was increased to early in 1998.
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Chile copper firms begin talks on combining smelter efforts
Strengthening smelting capacity in the biggest copper-mining nation is a priority for President Gabriel Boric's leftist government. A new-generation smelter would be cleaner than existing plants ...
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(PDF) Environmental, Economic and Technological Factors Affecting
Chile is faced with a significant risk posed by its collection of the most unsustainable and antiquated smelter operations among major copper producers worldwide.
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Chile wants to boost local copper smelting …
Chile, the top copper-mining nation, is moving forward with a strategy to grow local processing capacity in a bid to reduce its dependence on Asian smelters and make shipping cleaner.
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Recovery of iron from copper flash smelting slags
Copper slag is produced in large amounts in seven copper smelter plants in Chile, and it is estimated that around four million tons of slag are disposed every year, and another 40–45 million tons a... Skip to main content. ... Copper slag contains iron in the range of 42–45%, which can be recovered and recycled along with the contained ...
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Chile closes state copper smelter that polluted bay for decades
People protest the contamination produced by the Ventanas Smelter, of the state-owned company Codelco, on the first day of its closure, at the site of the smelter in Quintero …
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Smelting and Refining Copper in Chile: The …
smelter waste from minerals that are contaminated with it, which is often the case with copper. Near a copper smelter in Bor, Serbia, the suspended particulate content of As was found to be consistently above the annual limit (Tasic, et al., 2017). In Huelva a copper smelter caused it to be one of the most arsenic particulate matter contaminated
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Copper smelting and converting: past and present …
This paper shows how pyrometallurgical processing of copper concentrates has been developed in Chile and how the Teniente reactor was conceived and implemented.
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Chile copper producers begin talks on combining smelter …
Strengthening smelting capacity in the biggest copper-mining nation is a priority for President Gabriel Boric's leftist government.A new-generation smelter would be cleaner than existing plants ...
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Chile Copper Producers Begin Talks on Combining Smelter …
Codelco and Enami, Chile's two state copper companies, are discussing the possibility of combining their respective efforts to expand smelting capacity into a single project, according to people with knowledge of the matter. A new working group is looking into collaboration between a project to ...
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Guide to Modern Smelting Processes
Early iron smelting was accomplished using charcoal- fueled furnaces known as bloomeries. Iron's Impact: Iron tools and weapons were harder and more durable than bronze, leading to transformative changes in agriculture, construction, and warfare. Iron was the foundation of empires like the Roman Empire, as it enabled the construction of
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The seven copper smelter in Chile. | Download Scientific …
Most mining residues in Chile originate from the many copper porphyry and some polymetallic deposits. A short overview on the processing of copper sulfides shall be given (Davenport et al., 2002 ...
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Recovery of iron from copper flash smelting slags
However, in the presence of carbon in excess and copper, iron forms an Fe–Cu alloy. The solubility of carbon in copper is negligible, while the iron rich alloy (L 1) dissolves carbon and copper, and its solubility decreases with increasing carbon content, as shown in Fig. 1a.Furthermore, this figure shows the miscibility gap between copper (L 2) and iron (L 1) rich …
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MINING WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CHILE: EXPERIENCE, …
CMP magnetite plant (iron ore operator) • Since 2008, this plant treats tailings (10% mag Fe and 1% S) from a flotation plant (a copper operation) located in Atacama region.
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Chile copper producers begin talks on combining smelter …
Codelco and Enami, Chile's two state copper companies, are discussing the possibility of combining their respective efforts to expand smelting capacity into a single …
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Primetals Technologies intends to implement the first …
technologies. Primetals Technologies' team that received the award has been developing the Smelter since 2022. This solution is a furnace powered by electrical energy used for melting and final reduction of direct reduced iron (DRI) based on lower-grade iron ores. It produces alternative green hot metal for the steelmaking plant.
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Chilean copper smelter project drawing interest …
Chinese groups are exploring the possibility of participating in a copper smelting project in Chile — some of them in a bid to lock in supplies of a key metal in the energy transition.
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Chile Copper Producers Begin Talks on Combining Smelter …
Codelco and Enami, Chile's two state copper companies, are discussing the possibility of combining their respective efforts to expand smelting capacity into a single …
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Recovery of iron from copper flash smelting slags
Copper slag is produced in large amounts in seven copper smelter plants in Chile, and it is estimated that around four million tons of slag are disposed every year, and another 40–45 million tons are historically cumulated. ... and the obtained results show the feasibility for recovering an iron rich alloy with iron contents higher than 98% ...
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Smelting and Refining Copper in Chile: The …
In Chile the most important smelters and refineries are Chuiquicamata and Potrerillos from the state-owned Codelco, which are also refineries; Caletones of Codelco, Altonorte of Glencore, Chagres of Anglo American, which is also a sulfuric acid plant; Hernán Videla Lira of Enami; and lastly, Ventanas of Codelco, also a refinery and a
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Recovery of iron from copper flash smelting slags
Copper slag is produced in large amounts in seven copper smelter plants in Chile, and it is estimated that around four million tons of slag are disposed every year, and another 40–45 million tons are historically cumulated. Copper slag contains iron in the range of 42–45%, which can be recovered and recycled along with the contained copper to obtain an …
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