Asset Report

Altonorte copper smelter

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The smelter is located near Antofagasta and it uses the Noranda reactor technology. The smelter capacity is 1.2Mt/a conc (349kt/a copper) and its sulphur collection efficiency is 95%. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.

Table of contents

  • Summary
  • Key issues
  • Emissions
  • Flowsheet
  • Feed Preparation
  • Smelting Process
  • Auxiliary Plants

Tables and charts

This report includes 9 images and tables including:

  • Altonorte Emission Intensity Quartile Ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu equivalent
  • Detailed map

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