2015 Fall Winter Issue
First Quantum Minerals brings largest acid plant on-line in Zambia
When you mine copper ore from a very productive source, you also need an efficient way to smelt all that ore and clean the off-gases from that smelting process. The Kansanshi mine in Zambia, the largest copper mine in Africa, is just such a source. But the nearest smelters were 180 kilometers away, in the county’s Copperbelt region. That is, until a new copper smelter, complete with the world’s largest single-train metallurgical gas cleaning and sulfuric acid facility, was built on site.
Features & Guest Columns
- Low commodity prices—impact on the sulfuric acid market
- WESPs: Answering a critical need for gas cleaning efficiency
- Solutions for common problems in sulfur spraying
- Case studies in next generation furnace designs for sulfuric acid plants
- Safety at the forefront of every sulfuric acid project
- NOx! Here today, here to stay
- Clark Solutions: reflecting on over 20 years in the industry
- Direct optical gas monitoring systems: just looking, not touching
- Hydrogen incidents in sulfuric acid plants–why now and what can we do?
- Sulfuric acid plant training for managers, engineers and operators
- Pitfalls of using published stainless steel and ductile iron corrosion data for sulfuric acid plant design
- Maintaining your anodic protection systems
- PFA Teflon®-lined butterfly valves eliminate the need for spray shields, allow for easy automated operation
- Successful filtration by improved pumping systems
- SYMPHOS 2015 draws industry experts world wide
- Phosphate fertilizer, sulfuric acid professionals gather for annual conference
- Sulfuric Acid Today hosts Sulfuric Acid Roundtable in Central Florida
Also included in this issue …
- Sulfuric acid plant slated to open early next year
- Potash Ridge acquires Valleyfield Fertilizer
- MAA growth subject of new report
- Rentech to merge with CVR
- PQ and Eco Services agree to merge
- Consortium focuses on raw materials