Extractive metallurgy of copper. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark E. Schlesinger, Matthew J. King, Kathryn C. Sole, William G. Davenport.
• Other Names: Schlesinger, Mark E; King, Matthew J; Sole, Kathryn C; Davenport, W. G (William George)
• Contents: Overview. Introduction. Extracting copper from copper-iron-sulfide ores. Hydrometallurgical extraction of copper. Melting and casting cathode copper. Recycle of copper and copper-alloy scrap -- Production and use. Copper minerals and cut-off grades. Location of extraction plants. Price of copper -- Production of high copper concentrates: introduction and comminution. Concentration flowsheet. The comminution process. Blasting. Crushing. Grinding. Recent developments in comminution -- Production of Cu concentrate from finely ground Cu ore. Froth flotation. Flotation chemicals. Specific flotation procedures for Cu ores. Flotation cells. Sensors, operation, and control. The flotation products. Other flotation separations -- Matte smelting fundamentals. Why smelting? Matte and slag. Reactions during matte smelting. The smelting process: general considerations. Smelting products: matte, slag and offgas -- Flash smelting. Outotec flash furnace. Peripheral equipment. Flash furnace operation. Control. Impurity behavior. Outotec flash smelting recent developments and future trends. Inco flash smelting. Inco flash furnace summary. Inco vs. Outotec flash smelting -- Submerged Tuyere smelting: Noranda, Teniente, and Vanyukov. Noranda process. Reaction mechanisms. Operation and control. Production rate enhancement. Teniente smelting. Process description. Operation. Control. Impurity distribution. Discussion. Vanyukov submerged-Tuyere smelting -- Converting of copper matte. Chemistry. Industrial Peirce-Smith converting operations. Oxygen enrichment of Peirce-Smith converter blast. Maximizing converter productivity. Recent improvements in Peirce-Smith converting. Alternatives to Peirce-Smith converting -- Bath matte smelting: Ausmelt/Isasmelt and Mitsubishi. Basic operations. Feed materials. The TSL furnace and lances. Smelting mechanisms. Startup and shutdown. Current installations. Copper converting using TSL technology. The Mitsubishi process. The Mitsubishi process in the 2000s -- Direct-to-copper flash smelting. Advantages and disadvantages. The ideal direct-to-copper process. Industrial single furnace direct-to-copper smelting. Chemistry. Effect of slag composition on % Cu-in-slag. Industrial details. Control. Electric furnace Cu-from-slag recovery. Cu-in-slag limitation of direct-to-copper smelting. Direct-to-copper impurities -- Copper loss in slag. Copper in slags. Decreasing copper in slag I: minimizing slag generation. Decreasing copper in slag II: minimi. Decreasing copper in slag IV: slag minerals processing -- Capture and fixation of sulfur. Offgases from smelting and converting processes. Sulfuric acid manufacture. Smelter offgas treatment. Gas drying. Acid plant chemical reactions. Industrial sulfuric acid manufacture. Alternative sulfuric acid manufacturing methods. Recent and future developments in sulfuric acid manufacture. Alternative sulfur products. Future improvements in sulfur capture. Fire refining (S and O removal) and anode casting. Industrial methods of fire refining. Chemistry of fire refining. Choice of hydrocarbon for deoxidation. Casting anodes. Continuous anode casting. New anodes from rejects and anode scrap. Removal of impurities during fire refining -- Electrolytic Refining. The electrorefining process. Chemistry of electrorefining and behavior of anode impurities. Equipment. Typical refining cycle. Electrolyte. Maximizing copper cathode purity. Minimizing energy consumption. Industrial electrorefining. Recent developments and emerging trends in copper electrorefining -- Hydrometallurgical copper extraction: introduction and leaching. Copper recovery by hydrometallurgical flowsheets. Chemistry of the leaching of copper minerals. Leaching methods. Heap and dump leaching. Vat leaching. Agitation leaching. Pressure oxidation leaching. Future developments -- Solvent extraction. The solvent-extraction process. Chemistry of copper solvent extraction. Composition of the organic phase. Minimizing impurity transfer and maximizing electrolyte purity. Equipment. Circuit configurations. Quantitative design of a series circuit. Quantitative comparison of series and series-parallel circuits. Operational considerations. Industrial solvent-extraction plants -- Electrowinning. The electrowinning process. Chemistry of copper electrowinning. Electrical requirements. Equipment and operational practice. Maximizing copper purity. Maximizing energy efficiency. Modern industrial electrowinning plants. Electrowinning from agitated leach solutions. Current and future developments -- Collection and processing of recycled copper. The materials cycle. Secondary copper grades and definitions. Scrap processing and beneficiation -- Chemical metallurgy of copper recycling. Characteristics of secondary copper. Scrap processing in primary copper smelters. The secondary copper smelter -- Melting and casting. Product grades and quality. Melting technology. Casting machines -- Byproduct and waste streams. Molybdenite recovery and processing. Flotation reagents. Operation. Optimization. Anode slimes. Dust treatment. Use or disposal of slag -- Costs of copper production. Investment costs: mine through refinery. Overall direct operating costs: mine through refinery. Total production costs, selling prices, profitability. Concentrating costs. Smelting costs. Electrorefining costs. Production of copper from scrap. Leach/solvent extraction/electrowinning costs. Profitability.
• Edition: 5th ed
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 455 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 669.3; Copper -- Metallurgy; Copper -- Metallurgy -- Congresses; Copper; Nickel -- Metallurgy -- Congresses; Chemical engineering; Engineering; Mining engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Metallurgy; Copper -- Metallurgy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080967905; 0080967906
• Related ISBNs: 9780080967899; 0080967892
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record and online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost eBook Collection, viewed Oct. 14, 2013).
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