WO2003104504A1 - Method for producing blister copper - Google Patents
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- WO2003104504A1 WO2003104504A1 PCT/FI2003/000432 FI0300432W WO03104504A1 WO 2003104504 A1 WO2003104504 A1 WO 2003104504A1 FI 0300432 W FI0300432 W FI 0300432W WO 03104504 A1 WO03104504 A1 WO 03104504A1
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- slag
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B15/00—Obtaining copper
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B15/00—Obtaining copper
- C22B15/0026—Pyrometallurgy
- C22B15/0028—Smelting or converting
- C22B15/003—Bath smelting or converting
- C22B15/0045—Bath smelting or converting in muffles, crucibles, or closed vessels
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B15/00—Obtaining copper
- C22B15/0026—Pyrometallurgy
- C22B15/0028—Smelting or converting
- C22B15/0047—Smelting or converting flash smelting or converting
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- the invention relates to a method defined in claim 1 for producing blister copper.
- the primary function of slag is to collect in a fluid form that can be tapped all iron oxides and silicatic and oxidic ingredients of the gangue created in the smelting process.
- slag is cooled, crushed and flotated in order to recover the copper, or it is treated in reducing electric furnace processes.
- the matte phase which generally is further treated in converting, there is obtained 50 - 70 percentages of copper.
- the iron contained by the matte phase is oxidized when blasting oxygen in the melt and forms, together with the added silica sand, fajalite slag that in the initial step of the converting process floats in the reactor on the surface of the white metal that is rich in copper.
- the white metal contains 70 - 80 percentages of copper.
- the copper content whereof is of the order 99 percentages.
- the slag still contains 5 - 10 percentages of copper, which is recovered by flotation and by feeding the slag concentrate that is rich in copper back into the flash smelting furnace or by treating the slag in reducing conditions for example in an electric furnace.
- blister copper i.e. blister copper from sulfidic concentrate in one process step in a suspension reactor
- the biggest problem here is that in said process, there is created a lot of slag, and also a large amount of copper is collected in this slag.
- the treatment of slag in order to recover the copper contained therein causes extra expenses for the process.
- the copper content in the concentrate is sufficiently high, typically at least 37 percentages by weight, it is economically profitable to produce blister copper in one process step. If the concentrate contains only slight amounts of iron or other slag-forming components, in which case the amount of created slag is not so high, also the processing of a concentrate with a lower copper content is profitable.
- blister copper there is generally needed a two-step slag cleaning for the created slag in order to obtain a sufficiently high yield for the recovered copper.
- the method according to the invention for producing blister copper has several advantages.
- concentrate, flux and oxygen-enriched air are together fed into a suspension smelting furnace, such as a flash smelting furnace, so that there are created at least two molten phases, a white metal phase and a slag phase, and the white metal is oxidized after the suspension smelting furnace at least in one oxidizing reactor.
- the operations in the suspension smelting furnace are advantageously carried out in conditions that provide for the creation of white metal, which means that the oxygen potential in the furnace is within the range 10 "7 - 10 "6 and the sulfur dioxide partial pressure is within the range 0,2-1.
- White metal is essentially composed of copper (70 - 80%) and sulfur.
- the white metal created in the smelting does not substantially contain any slagging components.
- the white metal is tapped out of the furnace either in continuous operation or in batches, in order to be oxidized in an oxidizing reactor, where the sulfur contained in the white metal is oxidized by using oxygen-enriched air, so that there are created sulfur dioxide and blister copper, but hardly any slag.
- the oxidizing reactor is arranged in a stationary fashion in connection with the suspension smelting furnace.
- the oxidizing reactor is connected to the suspension smelting furnace by a closed melt launder that provides for the transferring of the melt.
- the oxidizing reactor is preferably a surface blasting reactor.
- the oxidizing reactor is an injection reactor, by which also white metal in a solid state can advantageously be melted by injecting it into the melt together with oxidizing gas.
- the employed oxidizing reactor is advantageously for example of the type Ausmelt, Isasmelt or Mitsubishi.
- Slag is tapped separately from the suspension smelting furnace and treated, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in an electric furnace in order to recover the copper content thereof.
- slag is after the suspension smelting furnace treated in flotation in order to recover the copper content.
- Figure 1 A sulfur-oxygen potential diagram for a Cu-Fe-S-0-Si0 system at the temperature of 1300° C
- FIG. 2a A process diagram of the process according to the invention.
- Figure 2b A process diagram of a process according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2a illustrates the method according to the invention.
- Now concentrate 5, flux 6 and oxygen-enriched air 7 are together fed into a flash smelting furnace 1 , so that at the lower part 4 thereof there are created two molten phases, a white metal phase 11 and a slag phase 10.
- White metal 11 is oxidized after the flash smelting furnace in one oxidizing reactor 12, and there is created blister copper 15.
- blister copper In addition to white metal and slag, in the flash smelting furnace there is created a small amount of blister copper, which also is conducted into the oxidizing reactor in 12.
- the process gases created in the flash smelting furnace 1 are conducted via the furnace uptake shaft 2 to a waste heat boiler 8, where the created dusts 9 are recirculated back into the flash smelting furnace, and the gases 17 are conducted to further treatment.
- the white metal 11 is tapped out of the furnace 1 either in continuous operation or in batches into the oxidizing reactor 12, where the sulfur contained in the white metal is oxidized by oxygen-enriched air 16, so that there are created sulfur dioxide and blister copper 15, but not slag.
- the oxidizing reactor 12 is arranged to be installed in connection with the flash smelting furnace in a stationary fashion.
- the oxidizing reactor 12 is connected by means of a melt launder 13 directly to the flash smelting furnace.
- the slag 10 created in the flash smelting furnace 1 is conducted into slag treatment 14, alternatively either into an electric furnace or into flotation in order to recover the copper content of the slag.
- the oxidizing reactor is preferably a surface blasting or injection reactor, in which case also solid white metal can advantageously be melted by injecting it into the melt together with the oxidizing gas.
- the oxidizing reactor is preferably for example of the type Ausmelt, Isasmelt or Mitsubishi.
- the slag is treated in a slag enrichment plant, so that the rate of created slag is 8,844 kg/h (content 46% Cu, 25% Fe), and said slag is then fed back into the flash smelting furnace together with the concentrate.
- the created white metal is treated in an oxidizing reactor, into which there is fed technical oxygen at 4,328 Nm 3 /h and air at 18,979 Nm 3 /h. Now there is created blister copper at 49,274 kg/h (content 98% Cu, 0.04% Fe) and a small amount of slag (1 ton/h, content 50% Cu, 27% Fe). The slag is granulated and fed back into the flash smelting furnace.
- the total quantity of copper recirculated back into the flash smelting furnace in slag concentrate and in the slag from the oxidizing reactor is 4,575 kg Cu, which corresponds to about 9% of the whole copper quantity contained in the concentrate. If the concentrate were smelted directly into blister, the slag quantity would be about 130 t/h, and it would contain even more than 50% of the total copper quantity contained in the concentrate.
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CA002488398A CA2488398A1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
US10/517,506 US20050199095A1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
YUP-1077/04A RS107704A (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
AU2003232264A AU2003232264A1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
EA200401402A EA007445B1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
EP03757080A EP1511868A1 (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
JP2004511562A JP2005536629A (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Crude copper production method |
BR0311758-8A BR0311758A (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for the production of vesicular copper |
MXPA04012084A MXPA04012084A (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper. |
KR10-2004-7020015A KR20050007600A (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2003-06-02 | Method for producing blister copper |
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FI20021114A FI116069B (en) | 2002-06-11 | 2002-06-11 | Procedure for making raw cups |
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EP (1) | EP1511868A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2005536629A (en) |
KR (1) | KR20050007600A (en) |
CN (1) | CN100385024C (en) |
AR (1) | AR040256A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2003232264A1 (en) |
BR (1) | BR0311758A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2488398A1 (en) |
EA (1) | EA007445B1 (en) |
FI (1) | FI116069B (en) |
MX (1) | MXPA04012084A (en) |
PE (1) | PE20040137A1 (en) |
PL (1) | PL372533A1 (en) |
RS (1) | RS107704A (en) |
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