Guixi copper smelter

The smelter is located in the Jiangxi province. The technology used is Flash with double contact acid plants. Guixi is the biggest smetler in China with a capacity of 2.13Mt conc (960kt/a copper). The overall sulphur collection efficiency is ~97%. 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.