On-line developments at the BCL smelter
CIM Bulletin, Vol. 88, No. 991, 1995
R.A. Hall and G.A. Highcock, BCL Limited, Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana
Operations started at BCL in December 1973, and the smelter is currently in the seventh year of its fifth campaign. The next major shutdown is scheduled for 1995. During the current campaign, a number of major on-line refurbishments have been carried out without any significant disruption to production. These include the complete rebuild of both drying plant electrostatic precipitators, the installation of a new electrostatic precipitator at the flash furnace, the conversion to a distributed control system throughout the smelter, and the installation of a converter air blowing control system.
Mots Clés:
Smelter operation, Nickel mining, Copper mining, Metallurgy.
