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November 23, 2007
| Owner |
Boliden Harjavalta Oy |
| Background |
Formerly
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Outokumpu Oy |
| Location |
Suurteollisuuspuisto Industrial Park
Harjavalta
Findland |
| Website |
www.boliden.se |
| Plant
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Harjavalta Smelter |
| Coordinates |
61º 19' 4" N, 22º 6' 57" E (approximate) |
| Type of Plant |
Metallurgical |
| Gas Source |
Cu
Outotec (Outokumpu) Flash Furnace |
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| General |
Boliden Harjavalta
comprises two plants – the smelter in Harjavalta, which produces anode
copper, and the refinery in Pori, where copper anodes are refined into
copper cathodes. At the Harjavalta smelter Boliden Harjavalta also carries
out nickel smelting on a tolling basis. The cities Harjavalta and Pori are
situated on the western coast of Finland and are at some 30 kilometers'
distance from each other. The number of personnel is approximately 415.
The company has a long and creditable tradition starting from the first
copper smelter, established in eastern Finland in 1936. It was transferred
to Harjavalta during the final stages of the World War II. Today's most used
metal recovery method, the flash smelting method, was developed at
Harjavalta and implemented in 1949. The copper refinery in Pori has been
operating since 1941.
The Harjavalta copper smelter has the nominal annual capacity of 160,000
tonnes of copper. Most of the copper produced is cast into copper anodes for
further refining into pure copper cathodes. Sulphur is recovered and sold as
sulphuric products.
The nickel smelter of Boliden Harjavalta, operating on a tolling basis,
produces nickel matte for customer needs.
The copper anodes are transported by train from Harjavalta to the copper
refinery in Pori to be refined into cathodes. The nominal annual capacity of
the copper refinery is 125,000 tonnes. Besides copper cathodes, the copper
refinery produces e.g. gold and silver. |
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per
Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
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