Fundición Chagres
Fundición Chagres is a copper smelter plant in Valparaíso Region, Chile.[1] The smelter is owned by Anglo American Sur, a joint venture owned in half by Anglo American plc.[2] It lies at 400 meters above sea level and is reported to produce 110.1 kTons of copper anodes in 2023.[2] It has a smelting capacity of 560 to 600 kTon per year but produced in the early to mid-2010s 140 to 145 kTon of copper per year.[3][4] The residual slag produced at the Fundición smelter had as of 2009 copper contents of 3±0.1% Cu.[3]
The smelter captures over 96% of its sulphur emissions.[4] Together with Fundición Altonorte they are the two only privately-owned copper smelters in Chile, while the remaining five are owned by state-owned Codelco or ENAMI.[4] The smelter operates with three Peirce Smith converter (PSC) and two rotary Slag Cleaning Furnaces (SCF).[4]
Fundición Chagres started operations in 1927 but closed in 1945 and then re-opened in 1956.[5][6]
The smelter had as of January 2024 a permanent workforce of 323 employees and 230 contractors.[2]
While Fundición Chagres held the The Copper Mark environmental certificate as of 2022,[7] in 2021 it was estimated that the smelter would require a series of improvements to comply with new Chilean environmental legislation.[8]
See also
- Alexander Sutulov
- Copper mining in Chile
- List of copper smelters in Chile
- Pollution in Quintero and Puchuncaví
References
- ↑ Costabal M., Francisco (2015-06-10). Fundiciones de Cobre en Chile (PDF) (Report) (in español). SONAMI. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Chagres". Consejo Minero (in español). Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cardona, N.; MacKey, P.J.; Coursol, P.; Parada, R.; Parra, R. (2012). "Thermodynamic Modeling of Peirce-Smith Converter Slag at the Chagres Smelter, Chile". Supplemental Proceedings. pp. 117–124. doi:10.1002/9781118357002.ch16. ISBN 978-1-118-29609-7. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Devia, Manuel; Parra, Roberto; Queirolo, Claudio; Sánchez, Mario; Wilkomirsky, Igor (2019). "Copper smelting and converting: past and present Chilean developments". Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy. 128 (1–2): 108–116. Bibcode:2019MPEM..128..108D. doi:10.1080/25726641.2018.1542050.
- ↑ Toro, Norman; Ayala, Luís; Pérez, Kevin; Castillo, Jonathan; Navarra, Alessandro (2020). "Environmental analysis of the current situation of Chilean copper smelters". AIP Conference Proceedings. 2281 (1): 020009. Bibcode:2020AIPC.2281b0009T. doi:10.1063/5.0026183.
- ↑ COPRIM (2008). Informe Final Asesoria Técnica Evaluación de costos de escenarios para una Norma de Emisión de Fundiciones de Cobre (PDF) (Report) (in español). Ministerio del Medio Ambiente.
- ↑ "The role of the Copper Mark in responsible mining". Bnamericas. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ↑ Pérez, Kevin; Toro, Norman; Gálvez, Edelmira; Robles, Pedro; Wilson, Ryan; Navarra, Alessandro (2021). "Environmental, economic and technological factors affecting Chilean copper smelters – A critical review". Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 15: 213–225. doi:10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.08.007.
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