How to get a process certificate in 28 days of exactly what your smelter feed could produce

A key need for metallurgical plants, mineral processing companies, engineering companies, consultancies and universities is to test the new processes they need to explore. ?But it takes time, effort and money to get ideas tested and proven for the real world.

Glencore Technology’s ISASMELT? Test Hub at the University of Queensland in Australia is a new service offered in conjunction with the renowned PYROSEARCH group. The ISASMELT? Test Hub uses a dedicated F600 furnace for piloting your ideas.

28 Days, Most Feeds

The Test Hub takes as little as twenty-eight days after the samples arrival to deliver you the results. ?A standard 5-test service is likely to cost about $USD 93,000.

The ISASMELT? Test Hub lets you to explore concepts, test new feeds and bring forward critical financial decisions. ?It lets you test a material for how it behaves when smelted, what products that can be generated, the elemental distribution, fuming factors the slag quality and other factors.

Any non-ferrous feed that is mostly solids can be tested, including any primary ores, concentrates and post-consumer materials. ?Some limits may apply to some hazardous substances and of course an MSDS is mandatory for transport and testing.

What Happens

Consultation helps design the pilot testing campaign to produce the clearest and most practical array of options for your feed and potential products.

Before the testing begins, we design our process chemistry and predict outcomes of the planned tests to determine:

• Slag fluxing targets
• Element distribution
• Fuming rates; and
• Fuel requirements

We use effective tools for the planning like FactSage (UQPY) for slag chemistry design and to predict the behaviour of different elements; and HSC SIM to create batch and steady state models to predict the fuel and coolant requirements.

Certification

Glencore Technology’s Test Work Certificate, final product samples and Test Hub Report provides evidence that you can take to a management committee or board or bank to advance your project. ?It ‘certifies’ the material can be smelted in an ISASMELT? and describes how it could behave in other bath smelting technologies.

Elemental assaying will be performed using techniques suitable for the materials being processed. XRF and ICP are the assaying techniques which are most likely to be suitable. ?We will also help you determine a path forward to realise your smelting objective. ?

Unusual or complicated test briefs are welcome, and these may shift the price slightly. ?A standard 5 test runs, including elemental assays, will apply to most test needs.

In your packaged Glencore Technology?Test Work Certificate Report,?you can expect:

• Flowsheet design
• Equipment selection
• Element distribution ratios
• Element fuming rates
• Slag chemistry assessment; and
• Slag operability assessment

A standard five-test service, including elemental assays, will apply to most test needs. Unusual or complicated test briefs are welcome but may change the price.

Glencore Technology will sign an NDA with you for IP protection. ?And if you’re geographically close, you are welcome to observe your testing.

At a Glance

1. Reduce the time, effort and money to get your ideas tested and proven for the real world.
2. Allows metallurgical plants, mineral processing companies, engineering companies, consultancies and universities to test new processes.
3. Two spheres of research in one: pilot plant testing using the ISASMELT? Test Hub; thermodynamic and laboratory testing by colleagues at PYROSEARCH.

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