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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).
First Meeting on Minor
Element Contaminants in Copper
Metallurgy
October 25-26, 2007.
Concepción-CHILE
OCTOBER 25
08:30
- 09:00 h
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Inauguration ceremony.
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09:00
- 09:30
h
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Evaluation and control of lead anodic slimes in copper EW plants.
F. Vergara and A. Pagliero.
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09:30
- 10:00
h
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Acid mist capture and
treatment at Escondida
Hydrometallurgical
Plants.
A. Olivares C., L.
Sánchez
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10:00
– 10:30 h
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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
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10:30-11:00 h COFFEE
BREAK
11:00
– 11:30
h
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The behaviour of
bismuth and
antimony in the
electrorefining
of copper.
J.E. Dutrizac,
T.T. Chen and S.
Beauchemin
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11:30 - 12:00 h
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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
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12:00 - 12:30 h
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Oxidation of
ferrous ion in
raffinate
solution
Collahuasi Mine
with hydrogen
peroxide.
J. Ipinza,
J. Ibáñez, C. García and R.
Reyes
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12:30-14:50 h
LUNCH
14:50
- 15:30 h
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PLENARY LECTURE: The extractive metallurgy of copper
in the
twenty first century.
Jorge Menacho
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15:30
- 16:00 h
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Ferric
arsenate
formation
by
direct
reaction
between
arsenic
trioxide
and
hematite.
I.
Wilkomirsky,
R.
Parra,
F.
Parada
and D.
Gutiérrez.
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16:00
- 16:30 h
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Development
of a
novel
approach
to
atmospheric
scorodite
synthesis.
T.
Fujita,
R.
Taguchi,
M.
Abumiya,
M.
Matsumoto,
E.
Shibata
and T.
Nakamura
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16:30-17:00
h COFFEE
BREAK
17:00 - 17:30 h
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Analysis of the
main variables
that influence
in the cathodic
rejection in
copper
electrorefining.
G. Cifuentes,
C. Vargas and J.
Simpson
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17:30 - 18:00 h
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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
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18:00 - 18:30 h
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An industrial experience: Cause of impurities increase in cathode from permanent cathode electro-refining technology.
W. Rebolledo and M. Cifuentes
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21:00 h
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Social dinner -
Restaurant “Riquén” – Lomas San Andrés, Av. Ramón Carrasco 295, Concepción. Teléfono: 2482707 ó 2482501.
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OCTOBER
26
08:50 - 09:30 h
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PLENARY lecture: Negative and positive impact of minor elements up to the 0/00 range on downwards properties.
Jean-Marie Welter
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09:30 - 10:00 h
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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
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10:00 - 10:30 h
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Rehabilitation of landscapes affected by mining activities – Aspects of environmental control in German mining industry.
R. Carrasco
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10:30-11:00 h COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:30 h
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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
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11:30 - 12:00 h
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Arsenic, antimony and bismuth extraction from refinery electrolyte Chuquicamata by means of activated charcoal
J. Vergara, A. Reghezza, M. Cifuentes and R. Alvarez
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12:00 - 12:30 h
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Non ferrous metals iron recovery, from smelting and refining process residues
P. C. Guillaume, J. L. Roth, C. Solver and M. Houbart
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12:30 - 13:00 h
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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
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13:00 - 13:30 h
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Direct capture of arsenic from copper smelter’s gases.
M. Sánchez, R. Parra and E. Balladares
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13:30-14:30 h
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CLOSURE COCKTAIL (Metallurgical Engineering Department; Edmundo Larenas 285; 3rd Floor)
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Sponsors
THE WORLD BANK
ANGLO AMERICAN CHILE
BHP BILLITON
CIA MINERA ZALDIVAR
CODELCO CHILE,
DIV. CODELCO NORTE
DIV. VENTANAS
DIV. EL TENIENTE
ENAMI,
FUNDICIÓN PAIPOTE
INPPAMET,
electrodos EW
XSTRATA COPPER
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