The ore is loaded into a blast furnace along with measured quantities of coke and limestone Hot combustion air is supplied to the furnace and some form of fuel used to raise the temperature The iron is reduced from the ore by carbon in the coke the limestone aiding slag separation from the molten iron The slag and molten iron are tapped off from the bottom of the furnace the slag being
Get PriceThen the cathode copper which is as much as percent pure is extracted and recast The blast furnace and converter may be omitted from the process if average copper content of the scrap being used is greater than about 90 percent The process used by 1 U S facility involves the use of a patented top blown rotary converter
Get PriceCopper Anodes In copper processing a copper anode is an intermediate product from the smelting furnaces which is used as a copper source from which to make copper cathodes during electrolysis In electrolysis it is the positive terminal Oxidation occurs at the anode The anode is replaced when it s been eroded too far and risk falling apart
Get PriceWhat is copper smelting The method of extracting pure elemental copper Cu from copper concentrate CuFeS 2 Smelting is carried out in a structure called a smelting furnace For Slag from the smelting process can contain up to 20% copper It s allowed to cool and then reused in the smelting furnace to control the temperature or it s
Get PriceFIG 1 is a schematic cross sectional view of a continuous copper smelting apparatus used conventionally FIG 2 is a flow diagram showing a conventional copper smelting process and FIG 3 is a view similar to FIG 2 but showing a continuous copper smelting process in accordance with the present invention
Get PriceMany different methods are employed in the extraction of copper from sulfide ores The Mitsubishi Process as described by Yumin [] is the only technology that allows the direct production of blister copper as was practiced at the Kidd copper smelter in Timmins Ontario Canada starting in 1981 and is still used in Naoshima with the Mitsubishi Process the Fangyuan Two Step
Get Pricecopper mining process diagram Copper Process Flowsheet Example A simplified schematic drawing of copper flotation of mine open pit ore will be crushed in a gyrator
Get PriceThe flowchart above shows how the smelting process of sulfide ores produces sulphur dioxide which is converted to sulfuric acid The chart below shows how acid is used to leach out copper ions creating lakes of blue copper sulfate solution from which copper is recovered in a solvent and then electrolytically refined in a process called solvent
Get PriceThe invention provides a two step copper smelting process and equipment The process consists of the steps of bottom blowing smelting and converting The process equipment consists of a bottom blowing smelting furnace and two converting furnaces that are laid in the shape of a Chinese character pin The three devices are all rotatable horizontal cylindrical furnaces with shells made of a
Get PriceBased on process the copper smelting market can be divided into reverberatory smelting oxygen flash smelting acid plant tapping the flash furnace converter furnace and others Reverberatory smelting and oxygen flash smelting are methods that require the resultant molten copper to be further processed to attain % pure copper
Get PriceAny copper I oxide present will be converted into copper I sulfide during the smelting process because copper has a higher affinity for sulfur than it does for oxygen for example Cu 2 O FeS → Cu 2 S FeO Impurities form a slag which floats on the surface and is easily removed One of the reactions to remove iron impurities is shown below
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Get PriceDownload scientific diagram Copper smelting process from publication A Holonic Manufacturing System for a Copper Smelting Process In this article a holonic manufacturing system to coordinate
Get PriceA comparatively smooth band which is always found on the upper surface immediately within the perimeter is due to the more rapid cooling of the metal where it touched the cold tray The central part shows a marked rising due to the evolution of sulfurous acid and proves that at that time sulfide ores were being smelted
Get PriceIn the smelting process either hot calcine from the roaster or raw unroasted concentrate is melted with siliceous flux in a smelting furnace to produce copper matte The required heat comes from partial oxidation of the sulfide charge and from burning external fuel Most of the iron and 10/86 Reformatted 1/95 Metallurgical Industry 1
Get PriceIn the black copper route secondary copper smelting crude copper is produced during a reduction process and is refined by oxidation in a converter The black copper is an
Get PriceThis flowchart made of machinery icons explains or expresses in simple but clear terms the step of the Copper Mining and Copper Extraction Process Starting from either open pit or underground mining and using a different relevant treatment method for oxide or sulphide copper mineral ore
Get PriceThe main smelting product is molten black copper 80% Cu which is converted to rough copper 96% Cu then fire refined and cast into anodes % Cu These processes do not completely remove Ni and Sn from Cu so the refining furnace product must be electrorefined Electrorefining also recovers Ag Au and Pt group metals
Get PriceSep 27 2024· Copper Ore Processing Process Flow Diagram esic2017 Copper Mining and Processing Processing of Copper Ores Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore less than 1% copper and ends with sheets of % pure copper called cathodes which will ultimately be made into products for everyday use
Get PriceFigure TSL copper smelting concept diagram Ross 2024 The feed to the TSL Ausmelt/Isasmelt furnaces is composed of moist concentrate flux and recycle materials and sometimes in pelletized form Drying of the feed is not necessary because the smelting reactions take place in the matte and slag bath rather than above it
Get Pricef 2 introduction the conventional processes for smelting copper sulfide ores and con centrates involve successive steps or combinations of roasting in air to remove part of the sulfur melting and iron slagging in reverberatory furnaces to yield fused copper iron sulfides matte and reduction of the matte to blister copper in …
Get PriceCredit The British Museum The Egyptian copper smelting process utilized a bowl furnace which was supplied additional air to raise the temperature of the fire through the usage of foot bellows Malachite and azurite were used as a source ore for the copper charcoal was used as the reducing agent to separate oxygen from the copper and
Get PriceCopper smelting is the process through which the copper ore is purified through intense heating and melting to derive high quality copper or copper products As most copper ores are sulphur based the smelting process releases sulphur dioxide an air pollutant which has many harmful effects When the concentration of sulphur dioxide is so high
Get PriceMelting the Copper Copper melts at degrees Fahrenheit or 1083 degrees Celsius The question of how to melt copper is a straightforward one You will need a furnace capable of heating the metal to higher than that temperature and sustaining the heat Load your scrap copper into the crucible furnace and turn on the furnace
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Get PriceCopper Smelting Smelting is a metallurgy technique to extract base metals from their ores with the help of heat and a chemical reducing agent Click here for extraction process Copper Smelting means that the concentrated ore is heated strongly with silicon dioxide silica calcium carbonate CaCO 3 and air in a furnace The major steps in
Get PriceCopper is typically extracted by smelting copper concentrate copper 27 per cent iron 28 per cent and sulphur 30 per cent to produce copper Other ores are also extracted at the plant Dahej plant has two smelters smelter 1 based on Outotec Flash Smelting Process and Smelter 3 based on the Mitsubishi continuous process a superior technology
Get PriceOperation In the Metso Outotec PS Converting Process the molten matte from the smelting furnace is converted into blister copper Converting is carried out in two stages The first stage is the slag blow where iron contained in the matte is slagged and removed before the copper blow phase
Get PriceThe copper concentrate is first sent through the smelting furnace to be heated up to 2 300 °F and converted into molten liquid The heated liquid is poured into a slag settling furnace This step produces a combination of matte a mixture of copper sulfur and iron and slag a dense glassy material made of iron silica and other impurities
Get PriceThis oxidation reduction process is usually carried out in a separate furnace to ensure that the final smelter product reaches the level of percent copper that is required for electrolytic refining At this point the copper is cast into anodes the shape and weight of which are dictated by the particular electrolytic refinery Leaching
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