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Acid Plant Database
December
8, 2007
| Owner |
Codelco - El Teniente Division |
| Background |
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| Location |
Chile |
| Website |
www.codelco.cl
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| Plant
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Caletones Smelter |
|
Mitsubishi Plant |
Chemetics Plant |
| Coordinates |
34º 6' 30" S, 70º 26' 57" W |
34º 6' 28" S, 70º 26' 57" W |
| Type of Plant |
Metallurgical |
Metallurgical |
| Gas Source |
Cu
Teniente |
Cu
Teniente |
| Plant
Capacity |
1500 MTPD |
2350 MTPD |
| SA/DA |
SA |
DA |
| Status
|
Operating |
Operating |
| Year Built |
1998 |
2000 |
| Technology |
Outotec (Lurgi) |
Chemetics |
| Contractor |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Kvaerner |
| Remarks |
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| General |
The Teniente
division, eighty kilometers South of Santiago and 2,500 meters above the sea
level, its operations is the exploitation of the underground copper mine,
which is the largest of its kind in the world. This
mine, which began activities in 1904, has 2,400 kilometers of underground
drifts. El Teniente produces 418,332 metric
tons of fine copper per year as fire refined lingots (RAF), and copper
cathodes. As a result of ore processing, 4,749 metric tons of Molybdenum
were also obtained. |
MTPD - Metric Tonne per
Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
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