Friday 22 May 2020

Top 10 Weird Mining Projects (according to twitter)

1. How a plant KGHM "SIERRA GORDA (SCM)" (Chile) can have a 117 % recovery of copper and 250 % recovery of molybdenum? Owners: KGHM International (Poland), Sumitomo Corp. (Japan)  More

2. Two plants "División El Teniente de Codelco" and "Minera Valle Central" processed the same ore and extracted 70000-75000 tons of copper more than theoretically possible? More

3. How a plant Antofagasta Minerals "CENTINELA" (Chile) can have a 125 % recovery of copper? Owners: Antofagasta Minerals (Chile) and Marubeni Corp. (Japan)  More

4. How can copper recovery at a plant TECK "QUEBRADA BLANCA" (Chile) be 242-160 %? Owners: Teck (Canada), Sumitomo Corp. (Japan), ENAMI (Chile) More

5. Copper concentrate from the plant NEWMONT GOLDCORP - TECK "NuevaUnión" (Chile) is an intermediate product that is cheap and requires further processing and significant financial costs. Owners: Newmont Goldcorp (USA), (Teck) Canada More

6. How can copper recovery at a plant "COMPAÑÍA MINERA DOÑA INÉS DE COLLAHUASI (Chile)" be 159-129%? Owners: Anglo American plc (UK), Glencore (Switzerland), Mitsui, Nippon (Japan) More

7. They at the plant Freeport-McMoRan "EL ABRA" (Chile) promise to get "fine copper in concentrate"? It's impossible! Copper concentrate contains minerals (e.g. chalcopyrite ...)! Owners: Freeport-McMoRan (USA), Codelco (Chile)  More

8.Technologies of copper-porphyry ore processing have been used for over 100 years, but they are "Innovative technologies" for RUSSIAN COPPER COMPANY? More

9.  Copper concentrate deficit at the plant BHP "SPENCE GROWTH OPTION" (Chile) may reach more than 165000-123000 tons per year? Owner: BHP (Australia) More

10. How can copper recovery at a plant CODELCO "División Radomiro Tomic" (Chile) be 155-124 %? More

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

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