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Creating wealth from new resources - High temperature extraction of metals from complex copper ores and recycled materials (2015–2017)

Abstract:
Most of the world's copper is produced using high temperature chemical processing (smelting). Both primary ores and recycled raw materials contain valuable elements and also potentially harmful impurity elements. To unlock and utilise current and new resources, and also minimise the environmental impacts the industry has identified the need new fundamental scientific data that describe the chemical behaviour of impurity elements in these systems. The data will be used to develop powerful computer-based thermodynamic models that can predict the products of complex industrial processes. These sophisticated tools will then be used to improve the performance of existing industrial operations and assist in the development of new process designs.
Grant type:
ARC Linkage Projects
Researchers:

  • Professor Evgueni Jak

    Professor
    School of Chemical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

  • Emeritus Professor Peter Hayes

    Emeritus Professor
    School of Chemical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Funded by:
Australian Research Council