Asset Report
Saganoseki copper smelter
Report summary
The smelter is located in Saganoseki, Kyushu island and it uses the Flash technology. The smelter capacity is 1.7Mt/a conc (528kt/a copper) and its sulphur collection efficiency is 99.7%. 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
- Smelting process
- Auxiliary plants
Tables and charts
This report includes 6 images and tables including:
- Saganoseki Emission Intensity Quartile ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu
- Detailed map
What's included
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