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The ISASMELT™ technologyTechnology offers copper smeltingCopper Smelting operators world-class and industrially proven performancePerformance. However, there are several main considerations to be made when selecting how this technologyTechnology is placed into a primary copper smeltingPrimary copper smelting flowsheet that suits an individual operationOperation. These considerations include total CAPEXCapex, OPEXOPEX, metal recoveryMetal recovery, feed gradeGrade, and feed rate flexibility, minor elementMinor element rejection, fast ramp-up, fugitive emissionsFugitive emission performancePerformance, project duration, and operational excellenceOperational Excellence. Due to its flexibility, the ISASMELT™ technologyTechnology can be deployed in different ways, working as an integrated system with many types and suppliers of equipmentEquipment upstream and downstream of the main furnaceFurnace. This paper will review and compare four ISASMELT™ flowsheet configurationsFlowsheet configuration already successfully practised in the industry, exploring how these offer unique advantages to a project. In addition, these four flowsheets will be compared with other industry-proven smelting technologiesSmelting technology and flowsheets.

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Selecting the Best ISASMELT™ Flowsheet for Your Copper Project

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • S. Nicol,
  • B. Hogg,
  • O. Mendoza,
  • S. Nikolic

摘要

The ISASMELT™ technologyTechnology offers copper smeltingCopper Smelting operators world-class and industrially proven performancePerformance. However, there are several main considerations to be made when selecting how this technologyTechnology is placed into a primary copper smeltingPrimary copper smelting flowsheet that suits an individual operationOperation. These considerations include total CAPEXCapex, OPEXOPEX, metal recoveryMetal recovery, feed gradeGrade, and feed rate flexibility, minor elementMinor element rejection, fast ramp-up, fugitive emissionsFugitive emission performancePerformance, project duration, and operational excellenceOperational Excellence. Due to its flexibility, the ISASMELT™ technologyTechnology can be deployed in different ways, working as an integrated system with many types and suppliers of equipmentEquipment upstream and downstream of the main furnaceFurnace. This paper will review and compare four ISASMELT™ flowsheet configurationsFlowsheet configuration already successfully practised in the industry, exploring how these offer unique advantages to a project. In addition, these four flowsheets will be compared with other industry-proven smelting technologiesSmelting technology and flowsheets.