Asset Report
Potrerillos copper smelter
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Report summary
The Potrerillos smelter was originally commissioned as a conventional reverberatory furnace smelter in 1927. The concentrate treatment capacity was 100kt/a. By 1983 concentrate treatment capacity had increased to 250kt/a. A Teniente converter was added in 1985 and a system to inject concentrate through the tuyères was introduced in 1986. The introduction of an oxygen plant in 1988 permitted the introduction of oxy-fuel burners in the reverberatory furnace and enrichment of the blast to...
Table of contents
- Emissions
- Flowsheet
- Environmental
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Potrerillos Emission Intensity Quartile ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu
- Detailed map
What's included
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