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2011-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
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| Editors: | Florian K |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 764 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9879917-5-1 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
ISASMELT At Mufulira-Increased Flexibility On The Zambian Copperbelt
Alistair Burrows1; Phil Partington1; John Sakala2; Paul Hermit Mascrenhas2;1XSTRATA TECHNOLOGY, Brisbane, Australia; 2MOPANI COPPER MINES, Kitwe, Zambia;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 528
Topic: 14
Abstract:
Since the first plant was built at Mount Isa, twenty ISASMELT plants have either been constructed or are under construction. A recent addition to the family of ISASMELT licensee plants is the Mufulira smelter in the Zambian Copperbelt, where the ISASMELT plant has replaced a rotary drier and an electric smelting furnace. The change has been beneficial to Mufulira smelter.The primary copper ISASMELT top submerged lance (TSL) technology continues to attract interest from potential users who seek high productivity smelting. In addition to the known benefits of productivity, and flexibility, ISASMELT operators have also achieved improved energy efficiency. Plant production statistics from the Mufulira smelter shows that power consumption per unit of production has been significantly reduced following the introduction of ISASMELT technology.