Smelting Practice at Olympic Dam

- Organization:
- The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 658 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1993
Abstract
The Olympic Dam smelter utilises Outokumpu Oy, flash smelting technology to produce blister copper direct from high grade copper concentrate.This paper describes the unit processes involved, including filtering/drying, materials handling, smelting, gas/dust handling, waste heat recovery, sulphur fixing, anode refining and casting.
Citation
APA: (1993) Smelting Practice at Olympic Dam
MLA: Smelting Practice at Olympic Dam. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1993.