Workshop

The need for a better knowledge about contaminants involved in copper industries, mining, processing, smelting, refining and manufacturing, will be considered in a one-day work, on October 24, with an active participation of invited specialists from the industry, university and research centers. The invited panelists will present the actual status of the impurity related problems in the copper producing processes. In the morning, discussions will be on smelting and refining. Afternoon sessions will deal with hydro-electrometallurgy and properties and quality of copper product.

Program

Problems and Handling Alternatives for Contaminants in the Extractive Metallurgy of Copper
October 24, 2007. Concepción-CHILE

08:30 - 09:00 h

Registration.

09:00 - 09:30 h

Inaugural Ceremony. Opening words by an authority of the University of Concepción, President of Organizing Committee and Representative of the Bicentennial Program of Science and Technology (PBCT).

09:30 - 10:15 h

Presentation of the Workshops Technical Approach for the Seminar, PhD. Antonio Luraschi (CADE-IDEPE).

10:15 - 10:45 h

Impurity Issues in Smelting and Refinery in Chuquicamata. Ing. Jorge Zúñiga.

10:45-11:15 h COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 12:00 h

Minor Elements in Copper Smelting – A Look Back at Progress and Review of Improved Modelling Techniques, Pascal Coursol and Phillip Mackey (Xstrata Process Support, Canada).

12:00 - 12:30 h

Experimental determination of the As and S volatilization, MSc. Roberto Parada (Anglo American Chile, Div. Fundición Chagres)

12:30 - 13:00 h

Discussions Moderators: Dr. Ing. Mario Sánchez/Dr. Ing. Roberto Parra (Universidad de Concepción).

13:00-15:00 h LUNCH

15:00 - 15:45 h

An Overview of the Behaviour of Impurities in Copper Electrorefining, PhD. John Dutrizac (CANMET, Canada).

15:45 - 16:30 h

Impurities Effects in Commercial Copper, Dr. Michel Ignat (INPG, Grenoble, France).

16:30 - 17:00 h

Discussions Moderators: PhD. Rafael Padilla/Dr. Ing. Froilán Vergara (Universidad de Concepción).

17:00-17:30 h COFFEE BREAK

17:30 - 18:30 h

Closing discussions and conclusions, Moderators: Florian Kongoli (Executive President CEO, Flogen Technologies Inc., Canada and USA.); PhD. María Cristina Ruiz/PhD. I.Wilkomirsky (Universidad de Concepción).