2022.11.15 The Chilean mining industry, after consolidating copper production through bioleaching in copper ore heaps, is now facing major challenges and changes in the exploitation of its copper reserves. The depletion of copper oxide ores, as well as a
Read More2014.12.1 In Chilean copper mining operations, copper sulphide ores predominate over copper oxide ores (Bulatovic, 2007). According to statistics from the Chilean Copper
Read More2022.6.15 This study examines the fate of molybdenum in the processing of copper ore in a Chilean processing plant. Molybdenum shares the path of Cu from grinding and
Read More2015.12.30 Chile had the first commercial operation in the world exclusively via bioleaching copper sulfides. Nowadays, all bioleaching operations run in the country
Read More2020.6.22 Production projections. Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 show the production of contained copper in Chile and in the copper-producing regions of the country in a full
Read MoreDownload scientific diagram BWF of the mining and ore dressing process in Chile. from publication: Water Footprint Inventory Construction of Cathode Copper Products in a
Read More2020.8.24 Smelting and refining all the copper ore in Chile on the one hand helps to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Sturla et al., 2020), but on the other
Read More2023.7.22 1. Introduction The aim of this paper is to use mathematical methods for the management of the processes of a mining company, improving the productivity by
Read More2014.12.1 The use of these waste materials in copper sulphide ore mining and mineral processing may have a positive impact on the cleaner production of copper from
Read More2022.1.28 The copper ore in Chilean copper porphyry deposits is often associated with molybdenum minerals. This copper–molybdenum (Cu–Mo) sulfide ore is generally
Read More2015.12.30 Chile has a great tradition of producing and exporting copper. Over the last several decades, it has become the first producer on an international level. Its copper reserves are also the most important on the planet. However, after years of mineral exploitation, the ease of extracting copper oxides and ore copper content has diminished.
Read MoreCopper mining activity is going through big changes due to increasing technological development in the area and the influence of industry 4.0. These changes, produced by technological context and more controls
Read More2016.11.7 First, ore grades (i.e. the share, in mass, of valuable mineral contained in the mined ore) are inversely correlated to energy consumption (Vidal et al., 2021) -see Page et al. (1975) and Cook ...
Read More2023.3.1 In 2021, the International Trade Administration (ITA) reports that the mining sector contributed US $317 billion to the Chilean economy, which equaled about 15% of Chile’s GDP. Mining exports were over 62% of the country’s total exports. The mining process is complex and often requires substantial amounts of water.
Read MoreThe largest consumer is the conventional ore dressing process with a concentrator as used for sulfidic ores, consisting of crushing, grinding and subsequent flotation. This is followed by processes for oxidic copper ores with heap leaching, solvent extraction and electrowinning (LS-SX-EW). ... In international comparison, the Chilean copper ore ...
Read MoreSeveral studies have been carried out to improve Chilean copper production, reducing operational costs, reprocessing tailings, reducing losses of valuable metals, and making the processes safer ...
Read More2021.8.11 The copper ore in Chilean copper porphyry deposits is often associated with molybdenum minerals. This copper–molybdenum (Cu–Mo) sulfide ore is generally mined from various locations in the mining site; thus, the mineral composition, oxidation degree, mineral particle size, and grade vary. Therefore, in the mining operation, it is
Read More2023.4.19 processed by acid leaching, which has led the copper industry to process more complex copper minerals. This has resulted in more complex threads, requiring more resources and energy consumption in the comminution stage [8–10], mainly in minerals whose downstream processing requires smaller particle sizes. The comminution process
Read More2022.3.4 Due to the significant growth of the world population, the accelerated growth of economic industries in various countries, and improved living conditions, freshwater consumption has increased dramatically and is currently under critical pressure. Its good use and rationing are essential. Even though mining is an industry that consumes much less
Read More2012.2.1 The recovered alloy contains about 0.60 mass% Mo and 2.4 mass% Cu. To use the recovered Fe-Mo alloy effectively in the special steel industry, which is the most important market for molybdenum, Cu ...
Read More2022.6.15 Nevertheless, since there are many old residues in Chile, the effort should be worthwhile, since results can be extrapolated to the many old heaps existent in Chile. 5. Conclusions. In the present work, the fate of Mo in a Chilean copper processing plant has been studied by mineralogical and geochemical methods.
Read More2022.8.5 Use of Alternative Water Resources in Copper Leaching Processes in Chilean Mining Industry—A Review Norman Toro 1,* , Edelmira Gálvez 2, Pedro Robles 3, Jonathan Castillo 4, Grecia Villca 5 and Eleazar Salinas-Rodríguez 6 1 Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique 1100000, Chile
Read More2022.9.13 A review of magnetite geochemistry of Chilean iron oxide–apatite (IOA) deposits and its implications for ore-forming processes. Ore Geol. Rev. 126 , 103748 (2020). Article Google Scholar
Read More2022.6.1 The fate of molybdenum in the residues of a Chilean copper ore processing plant. June 2022; Minerals Engineering 183(1-2):107606; ... Considering the general process, the missing step of Mo ...
Read More2022.4.20 resource for the copper mining industry, is used in many stages of the mining process [21]. Based on projections, total water consumption for copper mining in Chile will be 23.3 (m3/s) by 2031, representing an annual average increment of 2.1% [22]. The increase in water consumption is due to two main reasons. The first is a change
Read More2023.4.19 Optimization of the SAG Grinding Process Using Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning: A Case Study of the Chilean Copper Mining Industry April 2023 Materials 16(3220)
Read More2016.7.25 2. Analysis of current energy demand of the Chilean mining industry The mining sector is the main pillar of the Chilean economy; it represents 62% of all exports for the year 2012 (Gajardo et al. 2012). Copper is the most important mineral being exported with 87% of contribution in the mining exports for the same year (Gajardo et al. 2012).
Read More2020.7.6 Copper Content in Ores and Concentrates. A global copper mine-by-mine review undertaken by ICSG found that the global average copper ore grade was as low as 0.45% copper in reported reserves and only 0.65% copper in 2015 copper mine production. Global weighted average of copper concentrate output in a large sample of plants was
Read More2018.2.10 Abundant evidence suggests that the massive global exploitation of copper mines over the last two decades led to mine aging expressed as ore grade reduction, deepening of open pits and underground operations, hardening of the rock, and increasing stripping ratios. These processes have affected the evolution and change of key
Read MoreThe mining industry faces diverse challenges to maintain sustainable production, particularly regarding critical water and energy supplies. As a significant player in the copper mining industry, Chile has become a global reference. Therefore, this research analyses the distinct challenges of the Chilean copper mining industry in terms of water and energy. We also
Read More2020.11.4 In this work, an analytical model for estimation of copper recovery from chalcocite in the heap leaching process is derived. Creation of analytical models (theoretical and/or empirical ...
Read More3 天之前 The mining industry represents one of the main economic activities in Chile, currently representing between 12% and 14% of the GDP. This is largely explained by the fact that Chile has important reserves of
Read More2023.8.24 its prominence and strategic relevance in global copper market, Chilean copper mining industry is here considered as case study. KeywordsKeywords: Membrane technology; Mining waste treatment; Acid ...
Read More2019.12.13 The process has four sub-processes that are crushing the ore, crushing the crushed ore, flotation of the ground ore to obtain copper concentrate and drying, in which the water is extracted.
Read More2018.5.5 between very low-grade metamorphism and Cu-stratabound ore deposits in the Coastal Range of central Chile, 6th International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics (ISAG 2005, Barcelona), Extended Abstracts, p. 527-530. Munoz, J.U., 1975, On stratiform copper deposits of Chile, Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, v.98, p.17-21.
Read More2015.8.3 Ore dressing is a process of mechanically separating the grains of ore minerals from the gangue minerals. It is done in order to produce a concentrate containing most of the ore minerals and a ...
Read More2022.8.1 As the world's largest copper exporter, Chile is encountering a growing number of sulfur-based ore layers containing toxic arsenic in its copper mines. Conven-tional strategies for separating and landfilling arsenic are proving limited in this area. The German-Chilean project team, led on the German side by the Fraunhofer Research Institution for
Read More2023.2.16 License to Operate. Mining has always been about securing access to land and its resources, having the people to develop them efficiently, and having access to capital. Social and environmental ...
Read More2022.11.21 08 Sep. 50 years of nationalized copper in Chile. Last July 11th, 50 years of one of the most important processes were commemorated. Nationalizing copper, a state policy driven by Salvador Allende, was a turning point for mining in our company, an industry which by those times, was exploited by foreign companies.
Read More2020.8.1 Chile has a long history of mining and large-scale mining started in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 2016, Chilean mining exports were valued at 30,379 million USD according to the National Service of Geology and Mining (SERNAGEOMIN), 90% of which came from copper mining (SERNAGEOMIN, 2017).Chile is the world’s
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