Pyrometallurgy Course
This Pyrometallurgy Fundamentals Course equips metallurgical professionals with essential skills for copper smelting, from feed analysis and thermodynamics to furnace optimisation, gas cleaning, sulfur management, and energy-efficient plant improvements. Participants learn to perform accurate mass and energy balances, design smelter feeds, control emissions, and propose evidence-based upgrades for operational excellence.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
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What Will I Learn?
Gain a practical overview of copper smelting processes, covering thermodynamics, matte-slag chemistry, concentrate composition, and minor element effects. Master flash smelting flowsheets, mass and energy balances, gas cleaning, sulfur capture, and heat recovery techniques 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, including matte, slag, and gas reactions.
- Design smelter feeds by specifying 1,000 t/d Cu concentrate blends and managing impurities.
- Calculate mass and energy balances swiftly to determine matte, slag, off-gas, and fuel requirements.
- Optimise gas cleaning and SO2 control through slag chemistry adjustments and sulfur capture.
- Develop concise, data-supported proposals for plant upgrades and efficiency gains.
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