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ISASMELT AT MUFULIRA – INCREASED FLEXIBILITY ON THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT

Alistair Burrows, Phil Partington, John Sakala, Paul Hermit Mascrenhas

2026encopper smeltingISASMELTenergy efficiencyprocess engineeringZambiasulphuric acid

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Since the first plant was built at Mount Isa, twenty ISASMELT™ plants have either been constructed or are under construction. A recent addition to the family of ISASMELT™ licensee plants is the Mufulira smelter in the Zambian Copperbelt, where the ISASMELT™ plant has replaced a rotary drier and an electric smelting furnace. The change has been beneficial to Mufulira smelter. The primary copper ISASMELT™ top submerged lance (TSL) technology continues to attract interest from potential users who seek high productivity smelting. In addition to the known benefits of productivity, and flexibility, ISASMELT™ operators have also achieved improved energy efficiency. Plant production statistics from the Mufulira smelter shows that power consumption per unit of production has been significantly reduced following the introduction of ISASMELT™ technology.

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