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Acid Plant Database December 14, 2019
| Owner | BHPBilliton - Nickel West - Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter |
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| Location | Kalgoorlie,
Western Australia Australia |
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| Background | Formerly Western Mining Corporation - WMC | |
| Website | www.bhpbilliton.com | |
| Plant | Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter | |
| Coordinates | 30º 52' 29" S, 121º 29' 4" E | |
| Type of Plant | Metallurgical | |
| Gas Source |
Nickel - Outokumpu Flash Smelting Furnace |
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| Plant Capacity | 2252 MTPD | |
| SA/DA |
3/1 DA Overall Conversion: 99.8% |
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| Emissions | SO2: 200 ppm | |
| Status | Operating | |
| Year Built | 1996 | |
| Technology | MECS | |
| Contractor | Simon Carves Australia | |
| Equipment |
Blower Supplier: KKK Delivery Year: 1995 Model: SFO 14 Quantity: 2 Flow Rate: 66.6 m3/s Pressure Rise: 667 mbar Power: 4400 kW |
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| Remarks | -
Reported cost of sulphuric acid plant: A$145 million - 2003 - Cold Heat Exchanger replaced by one Chemetics radial flow exchanger due to fouling and failure of original two parallel units (see picture) |
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| Pictures |     
Old Gas-Gas HX removed during shutdown |
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| General | The
Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter and Kambalda Nickel Concentrator consist of a
smelter in Kalgoorlie and a concentrator in Kambalda. Opened in 1973 and located just south of Kalgoorlie, the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter uses a flash smelting method. Dry concentrate is transported from Kambalda and Leinster to the Smelter which produces granulated nickel matte, containing about 68 per cent nickel, 2-3 per cent copper and 1 per cent cobalt. The matte is railed to the Kwinana Nickel Refinery to produce premium nickel briquettes and to the Port of Fremantle, Perth, for export. The Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter is currently producing 100,000-110,000 tonnes of nickel-in-matte a year. The Kambalda Nickel Concentrator, located 60 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie, processes feed from third party suppliers and the concentrate is subsequently purchased and supplied to the Kalgoorlie Smelter. The concentrator produces 35,000-40,000 tonnes of nickel-in-concentrate per annum. |
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day
STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per
Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
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