Extractive Metallurgy of Copper
International Series on Materials Science and Technology
Description
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
1 Synopsis
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Extraction of Copper from Sulphide Ores
1.3 Extraction of Copper from Oxide Ores
1.4 Melting and Casting of Copper
1.5 Miscellaneous Copper Processes
1.6 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
2 Production Statistics, Ores, Beneficiation
2.1 Copper Statistics
2.2 Beneficiation of Copper Ores
2.3 Comminution
2.4 Froth Flotation
2.5 Specific Flotation Procedures for Copper Ores
2.6 The Flotation Product
2.7 Improvements in Flotation Practice
2.8 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
3 Roasting of Copper Concentrates
3.1 Roasting Prior to Smelting
3.2 Roasting Prior to Leaching
3.3 Chemistry of Roasting
3.4 Choice of Roasting Temperature
3.5 Kinetics of Roasting
3.6 Roasting Furnaces and Methods
3.7 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
4 Matte Smelting
4.1 Physical Chemistry of Matte Smelting
4.2 Formation, Constitution and Characteristics of Matte
4.3 Formation, Constitution and Characteristics of Slags
4.4 The Smelting Criterion: Separating Matte from Slag
4.5 Magnetite in Matte Smelting
4.6 Behavior of Other Metals during Smelting
4.7 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
5 Blast-Furnace Matte Smelting
5.1 Process Description
5.2 Reactions in the Blast Furnace
5.3 Recent Developments in Blast Furnace Smelting
5.4 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
Appendix 5A The TORCO (Segregation) Process
6 Reverberatory-Furnace Matte Smelting
6.1 Description of Process
6.2 Construction Details
6.3 Combustion, Temperatures, Heat Balances
6.4 Production Rates
6.5 Charging Methods
6.6 Reverberatory Slags
6.7 Magnetite Formation and Hearth Control
6.8 Recent Developments in Reverberatory Smelting
6.9 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
7 Electric-Furnace Matte Smelting
7.1 Advantages and Disadvantages
7.2 Description of Process
7.3 Construction Details
7.4 Electrical System
7.5 Μatte and Slag Conductivities, Automatic Power Control
7.6 Power Input, Productivity, Temperature Control
7.7 Energy Requirements and Costs
7.8 Slag and Hearth Control
7.9 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
8 Flash-Furnace Matte Smelting
8.1 Advantages and Disadvantages
8.2 INCO Oxygen Flash Smelting Process
8.3 Outokumpu Flash Smelting Process
8.4 Heat Balances for Flash Smelting
8.5 Comparison of INCO and Outokumpu Processes
8.6 Computer Control of Flash Smelting
8.7 Future of Flash Smelting
8.8 Use of Oxygen in Flash Smelting
8.9 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
9 Converting of Copper Matte
9.1 Stages of the Converting Process
9.2 Magnetite Formation in the Converter
9.3 Industrial Converting Operations
9.4 Recent Developments in Copper Converting
9.5 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
10 Copper Losses in Slags
10.1 Magnitude of the Copper-loss Problem
10.2 Copper Losses in Smelting Furnace Slags
10.3 Treatment of Flash-furnace Slags
10.4 Treatment of Converter Slags
10.5 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
11 Continuous Production of Blister Copper: Single-step and Multistep Processes
11.1 Single-step Processes
11.2 Noranda Process
11.3 W or era Process
11.4 Mitsubishi Process
11.5 Comparison of Continuous Copper-making Processes
11.6 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
12 Preparation of Anodes: Sulphur and Oxygen Removal
12.1 Industrial Methods of Anode Preparation
12.2 Chemistry of Fire Refining
12.3 Choice of Hydrocarbons for Deoxidation
12.4 Casting of Anodes
12.5 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
13 Hydrometallurgical Copper Extraction: Introduction and Leaching
13.1 Leaching: Ores and Reagents
13.2 Chemistry of Leaching Processes
13.3 Bacterial Leaching of Sulphides
13.4 Leaching Methods
13.5 Discussion of Leaching Methods
13.6 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
14 Recovery of Copper from Dilute Leach Solutions: Cementation and Solvent Extraction
14.1 Cementation
14.2 Solvent Extraction
14.3 Use of Solvent Extraction for Strong Leach Liquors
14.4 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
15 Electrolytic Relining of Copper
15.1 Principles of Electrolytic Copper Refining
15.2 Behavior of Anode Impurities
15.3 Industrial Tankhouse Equipment
15.4 Tankhouse Procedures
15.5 Control of the Refining Process
15.6 The Electrolyte
15.7 Purification of Electrolyte
15.8 Organic Additions to Electrolyte
15.9 Current Density and Production Rate
15.10 Recent Developments in Electrorefining
15.11 Summary of Chapter
15.12 Suggested Reading and References
Suggested Reading and References
16 Electrowinning of Copper
16.1 Electrowinning Reactions
16.2 Cell Voltage and Energy Consumption
16.3 Cathode Current Efficiency: Interjering Iron Reactions
16.4 Purity of Cathode: Behavior of Electrolyte Impurities
16.5 Electrowinning Tankhouse Practice
16.6 Special Problems of Solvent Extraction Electrolytes
16.7 Recent Improvements in Electrowinning Practice
16.8 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
17 Melting and Casting; Quality Control; Recovery of Copper from Scrap
17.1 Melting and Casting of Cathode Copper
17.2 Melting Techniques
17.3 Casting into Fabrication Shapes
17.4 Continuous Casting
17.5 Southwire Continuous Rod and Hazelett Contirod Systems
17.6 Quality Control of Final Copper Product
17.7 Recovery of Copper from Scrap
17.8 Smelting and Refining of Low-grade Scrap
17.9 Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
18 The Sulphur Problem and Possible Solutions
18.1 The Fixing of SO2
18.2 SO2 Concentrations in Smelter Gases
18.3 Hydrometallurgical Answers to the Sulphur Problem
18.4 Discussion and Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
19 Costs of Extracting Copper
19.1 Overall Capital Costs: Mine to Refinery
19.2 Overall Direct Operating Costs: Mine to Refinery
19.3 Total Production Costs: Selling Prices: Profitability
19.4 Beneficiation Costs
19.5 Smelting Costs
19.6 Electrorefining Costs
19.7 Costs of Hydrometallurgical Processes
19.8 Discussion and Summary of Chapter
Suggested Reading and References
Appendixes
A.I Units and Conversion Factors
A.II Stoichiometric Data
A.III Thermodynamic Data
A.IV Properties of Electrolytic Tough Pitch Copper
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 454
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Pergamon 1980
- Published: January 1, 1980
- Imprint: Pergamon
- eBook ISBN: 9781483182216
About the Authors
A. K. Biswas
W. G. Davenport
Professor William George Davenport is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Royal School of Mines, London. Prior to his academic career he worked with the Linde Division of Union Carbide in Tonawanda, New York. He spent a combined 43 years of teaching at McGill University and the University of Arizona.
His Union Carbide days are recounted in the book Iron Blast Furnace, Analysis, Control and Optimization (English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Spanish editions).
During the early years of his academic career he spent his summers working in many of Noranda Mines Company’s metallurgical plants, which led quickly to the book Extractive Metallurgy of Copper. This book has gone into five English language editions (with several printings) and Chinese, Farsi and Spanish language editions.
He also had the good fortune to work in Phelps Dodge’s Playas flash smelter soon after coming to the University of Arizona. This experience contributed to the book Flash Smelting, with two English language editions and a Russian language edition and eventually to the book Sulfuric Acid Manufacture (2006), 2nd edition 2013.
In 2013 co-authored Extractive Metallurgy of Nickel, Cobalt and Platinum Group Metals, which took him to all the continents except Antarctica.
He and four co-authors are just finishing up the book Rare Earths: Science, Technology, Production and Use, which has taken him around the United States, Canada and France, visiting rare earth mines, smelters, manufacturing plants, laboratories and recycling facilities.
Professor Davenport’s teaching has centered on ferrous and non-ferrous extractive metallurgy. He has visited (and continues to visit) about 10 metallurgical plants per year around the world to determine the relationships between theory and industrial practice. He has also taught plant design and economics throughout his career and has found this aspect of his work particularly rewarding. The delight of his life at the university has, however, always been academic advising of students on a one-on-one basis.
Professor Davenport is a Fellow (and life member) of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and a twenty-five year member of the (U.S.) Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. He is recipient of the CIM Alcan Award, the TMS Extractive Metallurgy Lecture Award, the AusIMM Sir George Fisher Award, the AIME Mineral Industry Education Award, the American Mining Hall of Fame Medal of Merit and the SME Milton E. Wadsworth award. In September 2014 he will be honored by the Conference of Metallurgists’ Bill Davenport Honorary Symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia (his home town).
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