World Copper Production at a Glance - FEECO International Inc.

Copper can be refined by one of two approaches: pyrometallurgy or hydrometallurgy. Pyrometallurgical Copper Refining. The pyrometallurgical approach, often referred to as smelting, is the primary method used for refining copper. In this process, used for sulphide ores, copper concentrates are thermally treated in a smelter and then refined into ...

How is copper obtained from its sulphide ore? What is the ...

Answer (1 of 3): Hari om, you are asking a question as to : " How is copper obtained from its sulphide ore? What is the equation of this reaction?". Hari om. Hari om. ANSWER :[ Excerpts] COPPER MINING AND EXTRACTION: SULFIDE ORES : It's hard to imagine a world without copper. We rely on copper...

Why is roasting carried out in sulphide ores? - Quora

Answer (1 of 2): Oxides of substance are easy to purify than other for purification all the ores are first converted into it's oxide.Sulphide ores are ...

Leaching of Copper Sulphides - SAIMM

Three copper sulphide leaching and refining processes are discussed: total pressure oxidation, ferric sulphate leaching and copper chloride leaching. The effect of mineralogy on the choice of processing technology is discussed as well as some of the unit processes used. Additionally, possible benefits that a hydrometallurgical process may offer ...

Review of copper pyrometallurgical practice: today and ...

An example of a company with production costs firmly under control is Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), which engages in the smelting and refining of copper concentrate in Spain and Indonesia (Barrios et al., 1998a, Barrios et al., 1998b; Barrios et al., 1997).

Project References – Malachite Consult

Copper/Gold Smelter & Refinery, Indonesia – Process reviews, technology selection, process modelling and prefeasibility study management Copper Sulphide Smelting – Review of smelting technology and site visits to copper smelters in Indonesia, Japan, Europe, USA and Canada

TECK'S CESL COPPER PROCESS: A COMMERCIAL READY …

underlying sulphide deposit represent an opportunity to integrate concentrate leaching with existing solvent extraction and electrowinning infrastructure to establish value added on-site metal production as an alternative to conventional concentrate sales. ... and refining of copper concentrates for the production of LME Grade A copper cathode ...

Project Description - Finders Resources Limited

The Wetar Copper Project is located on the north central coast of Wetar Island and is part of the Maluku Barat Daya Regency (MBD), Maluku Province of the Republic of Indonesia. Wetar Island is a remote island which supports a total population of around 9,000 people.

Copper Projects - ALTA Metallurgical Services

Wetar Copper Sulphide Heap Leaching-SX-EW Project – Indonesia – Finders Resources – Supervision of heap bio-leaching testwork (2007-2008) Leon Heap Copper/Silver Heap Leaching Project – Argentina – Alexander Mining – Review of metallurgical development project for …

Key mining permits for Wetar Copper Project granted

Mining Business Permit for Copper Processing and Refining (Izin Usaha Pertambangan, IUP) ... "The Wetar Project will be the first copper project in Indonesia which produces a value‐added product, LME grade A cathode, and the IUP processing and refining is the first of its kind to be ... plant to test copper sulphide leach kinetics, optimise ...

Porphyry Deposits: The World's Largest Source of Copper ...

Copper in these deposits generally occurs in copper-iron sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2) and bornite (Cu 5 FeS 4). Brassy chalcopyrite is one of the common ore minerals in porphyry deposits. Over time, weathering of the near-surface rocks and the infiltration of surface water, can cause secondary copper-bearing minerals to form.

Regency, Indonesia Copper Fire Refining Process

Regency, Indonesia Sofia Anita, T Ariful Amri, T Abu Hanifah et ... Principal technological scheme of pyrometallurgical copper production from sulphide ores; ... The process of the copper fire refining in terms of greenhouse gas emissions was considered in [8, 9].

Copper Mining and Extraction: Oxide Ores

The process used to treat sulfide copper ores begins at the mine site, where the copper-bearing minerals are physically separated from the rest of the rock. The flow diagram below shows how the percentage of copper increases as the ore is refined, first physically by froth flotation, then chemically by smelting and finally electrolytic refining.

Pia Sinisalo - Development Engineer in Hydrometallurgical ...

Pressure leaching of copper sulphide from nickel refining: Initial experiments for valorisation ... arrangement of separating elemental sulphur Finland WO2015086906. Other inventors. See patent. Method of recovering copper and precious metals Finland WO2014195586. Other inventors ... Bahasa Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) ...

Invest in the EV Revolution and Chinese Demand With Copper ...

If successful, the consortium's nickel mine in Indonesia will flood the market with refined nickel sulfide. Partners will supply cobalt from other mines for refining at the plant. Any sign that the Chinese consortium lags on its HPAL system could spur higher prices in nickel and cobalt.

Energy Consumption in Copper Sulphide Smel ting

Copper, smelting, converting, slag cleaning, fire refining, energy, emissions. Abstract . Using thermochemical modeling and industrial data, energy consumption in copper sulphide con-centrate smelting was calculated for the following processing routes: a) Flash smelting + flash con-

Benjamin Kalokoni - Process Operations Superintendent - Ma ...

Oct 2011 - Jan 20131 year 4 months. Solwezi, Zambia. - Process control of high pressure leaching of low grade copper sulphide concentrates. - Carry out work as directed by the Area Supervisor in the process areas of the HPL Plant. and ensure that all safe working procedures are observed.

Copper Environmental Profile - Copper Alliance

electro-refining is refined copper cathode, containing over 99.99 percent copper. Alternatively, the hydrometallurgical route extracts copper from mainly low grade oxide ores and some sulfide ores through leaching, solvent extraction (also referred to as solution extraction), and electrowinning, often

Hydromet Technology - Vale

Hydromet Technology. Hydrometallurgy, or "hydromet" for short, is a metal processing technology that uses a chemical process combining water, oxygen or other substances in a pressurized or other vessel to dissolve a metal from its ore, concentrate or an intermediate product (such as matte). The nickel industry worldwide has traditionally ...

lecture 4 - Copper and copper alloys

Electrolytic refining of tough pitch copper •Further refining of copper to about 99.95% is for electronics applications . •Electrolytic refining converts fire-refined copper at anode into high-purity copper at cathode . •Electrolyte used is CuSO 4 + H2SO 4 •This high-purity copper is subsequently melted and cast into shapes.

COPPER SULPHIDE PROBLEMS - Gold Refining Forum.com

re: copper sulphide problems Post by Reno Chris » November 11th, 2011, 6:26 pm When I did a heap leach project in the early 1980s, we kept a concentration of half a pound of cyanide per ton of water (0.25%) and the pH at around 11.

Copper Sulfide Flotation - Mineral Processing & Metallurgy

Flowsheet for treatment of Copper Sulfide ores rich inminerals such as chalcopyrite with gold and silver as well as arsenopyrite. The above flowsheet is designed for the treatment by flotation of copper as chalcopyrite with gold and silver values. The ore, ranging from 60-65% silica, with pyrite, arsenopyrite, and calcite with 3 to 4% copper.

Vale's Base Metals Video Series

Copper sulphide concentrate containing 33% copper can be produced in the mill by flotation, or it can further refined to nearly 99% purity. The platinum group metals, cobalt, gold and silver are also recovered at different stages throughout the refining process, as these trace minerals are found in the same ore.

copper extraction and purification - chemguide

Getting copper from chalcopyrite, CuFeS 2. Chalcopyrite (also known as copper pyrites) and similar sulphide ores are the commonest ores of copper. The ores typically contain low percentages of copper and have to be concentrated by, for example, froth flotation before refining.

Rizwani Amit - AGM Projects - emew India Pvt Ltd | LinkedIn

Rizwani Amit | Vadodara, Gujarat, India | AGM Projects at emew India Pvt Ltd | Rizwani Amit, a Metallurgy Graduate having 18 Years of experience in Green Field / brown field project management and operations of Copper smelting for oxide ore (submerged arc furnace technology), Copper Sulphide smelting - Outokumpu, Mitubishi processes, Hydrometallurgy of copper/cobalt, Electro refining and ...

Hydromet Group - Hydrometallurgy at the University of ...

UBC/Cominco copper chloride leach. This process was invented by Dr. Ernie Peters and COMINCO Ltd. (now TECK) to extract copper and iron from copper sulphide concentrates in an acidic chloride solution. It is one of the first examples of chloride hydrometallurgy. (Canadian Patent 938,793).

copper sulphide refining in indonesia

copper sulphide refining in indonesia. Copper Mining and Extraction Sulfide Ores. ... Three copper sulphide leaching and refining processes are discussed: total pressure oxidation, ferric sulphate leaching and copper chloride leaching. The effect of mineralogy on the choice of processing technology is discussed as well as some of the unit ...

Pressure leaching of copper sulphide from nickel refining ...

Copper sulphide rich leach residue from nickel refining is a marketable product and may be treated by smelting. In looking for another refining technology for its valorisation, the raw material was characterised and suitability of medium-temperature sulphate …

Unlocking Value in Copper Arsenic Sulphide Resources with ...

specific to copper arsenic sulphides are briefly discussed below [12]. Pressure oxidation involves oxidation of sulphide minerals at elevated pressure and temperature in the presence of catalytic chloride ions. In the case of arsenic bearing concentrates, a significant portion of the copper value can be found in minerals such as enargite (Cu 3AsS

Copper Mining and Extraction Sulfide Ores

These mines have now closed and today the biggest copper mines are in Chile (Escondida mine) and Indonesia (Grasberg mine). These produce many millions of tonnes of copper ore per year. The main ores of copper are sulfides and oxides. From their chemical formulas you can calculate the percentage of copper in each mineral.