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Naoshima copper smelter
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Report summary
The Naoshima Smelter was built in 1917 to treat domestic copper concentrates using a green fed reverberatory furnace with a capacity of 3.6kt/a copper. In 1939 capacity was increased to 12kt/a and an acid plant to treat converter offgas was installed. Capacity was further increased to 36kt/a anode in 1957 and a 220t/d Lurgi acid plant was added in 1958. By 1968 smelter capacity had been increased to 72kt/a copper and in 1969 a calcine fed reverberatory furnace, a 720t/d Lurgi acid plant...
Table of contents
- Flowsheet
- Feed preparation
- Smelting process
- Auxiliary plants
- Environmental
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