Asset Report
Pirdop copper smelter
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Report summary
The smelter was constructed as a state owned operation using Soviet expertise to treat concentrate from the local mines at Assarel, Elatsite and Chelopech. At commissioning in 1958 it used an electric furnace as the prime smelting unit. Anodes were refined in the adjacent 64kt/a cathode Pirdop refinery. A slag flotation plant was added in 1977 and a single contact acid plant was constructed in 1981. In 1987 the electric furnace was replaced by an Outokumpu flash furnace rated at 120t/h...
Table of contents
- Emissions
- Flowsheet
- Feed preparation
- Smelting process
- Auxiliary plants
- Environmental
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Pirdop Emission Intensity Quartile ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu
- Detailed map
What's included
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