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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicants:
Glencore Technology Pty Ltd, Brisbane, AU;
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Campbell, AU;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Glencore Technology Pty Ltd, Brisbane, AU;
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Campbell, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 15/00 (2006.01); C22B 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 15/0054 (2013.01); C22B 15/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for the pyrometallurgical processing of a sulphide material containing copper, the sulphide containing relatively high quantities of silica and relatively low quantities of iron, wherein the process comprises feeding the sulphide material to a TSL furnace operated under oxidising conditions such that the sulphide material forms blister copper containing between 1.2 and 1.5 wt % sulphur and a slag containing between 7 and 13 wt % copper.