Pyrometallurgy Course
This Pyrometallurgy Course equips metallurgical professionals with essential tools for copper smelting, from feed analysis and thermodynamics to furnace optimisation, gas cleaning, sulfur management, and energy balances. Learn to make informed decisions for real-world plant enhancements, cutting costs and emissions while boosting efficiency across smelter operations.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
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What will I learn?
Gain a practical overview of copper smelting in this Pyrometallurgy Course, covering thermodynamics, matte-slag chemistry, concentrate composition, and minor element effects. Master flash smelting processes, mass and energy balances, gas cleaning, sulfur capture, and heat recovery to optimise operations, reduce fuel consumption, enhance SO2 control, and develop data-driven improvement plans.
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Develop skills
- Model copper smelting thermodynamics, confidently predicting matte, slag, and gas reactions.
- Design smelter feeds by blending 1,000 t/d Cu concentrates and managing key impurities.
- Perform rapid mass and energy balances to estimate matte, slag, off-gas, and fuel requirements.
- Optimise gas cleaning and SO2 control through slag chemistry adjustments and sulfur capture.
- Develop data-supported proposals for smelter upgrades to present to plant management.
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