UdeC
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN
 
CONICYT

METALLURGICAL ENG. DEPART.

Workshop

Seminar
Seminar
The Metallurgical Engineering Department, DIMET, of the University of Concepción – Chile, with the support of the Bicentennial Program of Science and Technology, CONICYT/World Bank, invites  you to the seminar that will be held on October 25-26, 2007.

Registration value include: Proceedings, social dinner and closure cocktail.


Exposition Paper - Author
Written presentation in Power Point must be in english language.  Oral presentation, english or spanish (optional).

Program


First Meeting on Minor Element Contaminants in Copper Metallurgy
October 25-26, 2007. Concepción-CHILE


OCTOBER 25

08:30 - 09:00 h

Inauguration ceremony.
 

09:00 - 09:30 h

Evaluation and control of lead anodic slimes in copper EW plants.
F. Vergara and A. Pagliero.

 

09:30 - 10:00 h

Acid mist capture and treatment at Escondida Hydrometallurgical Plants.
A. Olivares C., L. Sánchez
 

10:0010:30 h

Crystallization of impurities as and alternative to the control and erradication of undesired elements in the extraction process of copper an other metals.
S. Rivera, A. Ramírez and N. Monsalve
 

10:30-11:00 h COFFEE BREAK

11:0011:30 h

The behaviour of bismuth and antimony in the electrorefining of copper.
J.E. Dutrizac
, T.T. Chen and S. Beauchemin
 

11:30 - 12:00 h

 

Effect to the Codelco Norte smelter operation on the impurities content (As and Sb) in the anode required by the electrolytic refinery.
C. Caballero,  J. Zúñiga, A. Moyano and J. Font
 

12:00 - 12:30 h

Oxidation of ferrous ion in raffinate solution Collahuasi Mine with hydrogen peroxide.
J. Ipinza, J. Ibáñez, C. García and R. Reyes
 

12:30-14:50 h LUNCH

14:50 - 15:30 h

PLENARY LECTURE: The extractive metallurgy of copper in the twenty first century.
Jorge Menacho
 

15:30 - 16:00 h

Ferric arsenate formation by direct reaction between arsenic trioxide and hematite.
I. Wilkomirsky, R. Parra, F. Parada and D. Gutiérrez.
 

16:00 - 16:30 h

Development of a novel approach to atmospheric scorodite synthesis.
T. Fujita, R. Taguchi, M. Abumiya, M. Matsumoto, E. Shibata and T. Nakamura
 

16:30-17:00 h COFFEE BREAK

17:00 - 17:30 h

Analysis of the main variables that influence in the cathodic rejection in copper electrorefining.
G. Cifuentes, C. Vargas and J. Simpson
 

17:30 - 18:00 h

Minor elements behavior  and development of a predictive model at the Teniente Converter - Electric Furnace system in the Hernán Videla Lira
V. Navarro, J.C. Vargas and R. Parra

 

18:00 - 18:30 h

An industrial experience: Cause of impurities increase in cathode from permanent cathode electro-refining technology.
W. Rebolledo and M. Cifuentes
 

21:00 h

Social dinner - Restaurant “Riquén” – Lomas San Andrés,  Av. Ramón Carrasco 295, Concepción. Teléfono: 2482707 ó 2482501.

 

OCTOBER 26

08:50 - 09:30 h

PLENARY lecture: Negative and positive impact of minor elements up to the 0/00 range on downwards properties.
Jean-Marie Welter
 

09:30 - 10:00 h

Use of surface – modified natural zeolitas to remove cations and anions in mineral industrial effluents.  Application of modified natural zeolites to mineral effluents from Codelco Chile, División El Teniente.
C. Torres, L. Gómez and A. Barrientos
 

10:00 - 10:30 h

Rehabilitation of landscapes affected by mining activities – Aspects of environmental control in German mining industry.
R. Carrasco
 

10:30-11:00 h COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 11:30 h

Analysis of impurities as per concentration/ore grade range in the flow object of the study in accordance with a new characterization model that sets the impurities into groups of similar features and responses facing high yield technical demands.
S. Rivera, A. Ramírez and S. Sepúlveda
 

11:30 - 12:00 h

Arsenic, antimony and bismuth extraction from refinery electrolyte Chuquicamata by means of activated charcoal
J. Vergara, A. Reghezza, M. Cifuentes and R. Alvarez
 

12:00 - 12:30 h

Non ferrous metals iron recovery, from smelting and refining process residues
P. C. Guillaume, J. L. Roth, C. Solver and M. Houbart
 

12:30 - 13:00 h

Concentrate preparation model and simulation of the anode impurity content in Altonorte.
J. Arrian, J. Carrasco, O. Zamorano, M. González, R. Bustamante and S. Jara
 

13:00 - 13:30 h

Direct capture of arsenic from copper smelter’s gases.
M. Sánchez, R. Parra and E. Balladares
 

13:30-14:30 h

CLOSURE COCKTAIL  (Metallurgical Engineering Department; Edmundo Larenas 285; 3rd Floor)

 
Sponsors


THE WORLD BANK

conicyt



ANGLO AMERICAN CHILE

BHP BILLITON

CIA MINERA ZALDIVAR

CODELCO CHILE,
DIV. CODELCO NORTE
DIV. VENTANAS
DIV. EL TENIENTE


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FUNDICIÓN PAIPOTE

INPPAMET,
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