COPPER. ONE MORE ORE PROCESSING

 

Copper is one of the top seven metals known since the ancient time, actually humankind knows of a 170 copper containing minerals. Copper melts at 1083⁰ C, Copper and zinc is known as brass. Copper and tin known as bronze and alliance with nickel turns copper into malkia. Copper presents in olympic medals of two values, bronze medal contains abou 97% of copper and silver medal about 7.5% .

However we need our captain mined and processed first. The ore from cows minerals is the processed at municated contraction concentrators. First of all, mine trucks deliver the ore to the primary crusher, the capacity of the crusher recieving being allows containingt wo truck load. This crusher reduces the all size by approximately a 2% then crushed ore into this shipped to the concentrator. The initial processing point at the concentrator as they sa GML where large or lumps are gorund rotatingand colliding with each other and small amounts of steel balls process water is to be added to the process,  at this stage do you know that operating  mill sound may change depending on ground or quantity and size, uncharged mill produces higher noise level compared to the full  load mill. A mixture of water and ores from SAGML to be processed by ball mill, where quantity of steel bolts is 5 to 10 times more. The oil is actually powdered here to feed flotation process in a liqiud slurry form, new matic rotation  cells have been installed at newcastle minerals concentrators to aerate the slurry, how it works, metal minerals contained in this slurry flowed out to the cities where they are flushed away through  these special ducts in order to recover different minerals from the all mouths. Different chemical agents to be added to this slurry consequntly. A final forth is collected in different cells with different metal concentrations. All remaining mass on this cell bottom is known asa a slime or more simply process waste, that is to becollected in the designated area, those are known as tailings. We know these high concentration for off the mixture as a concentrate, that it is very inconvenient and expensive to the ship liquid concentrate to the customers, therefore the concentrate is to be dried. The concentrate id packed in flexible big  bags 2000 kg of concentrate each in average. Copper weighed in the dry powdered concentrate about 20-28% . Approximately 940 big bags or 1900 tons of concentrate over 30 loaded rail cars are packed daily as the concentrator achieves the design capacity and after several transformation at the smelter, it may turn olympic medal for example.

Plant In The Processing Of Copper Ore

1.      Haul Truck

 

2.      Primary Crusher

 

3.      Conveyor Belt

 

4.      Sag Mill

 

5.      Ball Mill

 

6.      Pneumatic Flotation Cell

7.      Tailings Thickener

 

Copper In Daily Life

1.      Wall Clocks and Watches

Due to the non-magnetic nature of copper they do not interfere with the operation of small mechanical devices. As a result, watchmakers use a lot of copper pins and wheels in their watch designs.

2.      For a basic home furnishing material 

3.      For mixture of bronze and silver medals

4.      Musical Instruments

Copper alloys such as brass are used to make trumpet, trombone, and saxophone instruments due to their corrosion resistance and anti-bacterial properties.

5.      Electronic

The benefits of copper in the electricity sector are arguably very vital. Apart from silver, copper is the most effective conductor of electricity. This is due to its resistance to corrosion, ductility, flexibility and ability to conduct strong electric currents, making it ideal for making electrical cables. Almost all electrical wiring, except for the overhead power lines (which are made of aluminum because they are lighter) is formed from copper. The busbar, which is the power distribution conductor, transformer, and motor windings (dynamo) also all depends on the conductivity of the copper. Because of its effectiveness as a conductor of electricity, the efficiency value of a transformer made of copper can reach 99.75 percent.

6.      Health Copper

in the health sector, is a mineral needed by the human body. Copper minerals help the human body's metabolism to produce energy. So, if a person weighs 70 kg, approximately 72 mg of copper for his body. In addition to metabolism, copper is also needed for certain conditions in the human body. For example, the need for copper for people who have hypertension and heart disease caused by cholesterol. In addition, copper is also needed to prevent osteoporosis, collagen production, maintain immunity and antioxidant properties.

7.      Construction

In the building sector, copper pipe is now the standard material for drinking water pipes and heating systems in most developed countries. Here copper is used because of its bacteriostatic properties, or in other words the ability of copper to inhibit the growth of bacteria and viruses in water. Another benefit of copper in the construction sector is as a tubing material because of its malleability and soldering which can be easily bent and assembled, as well as its resistance to corrosion caused by extreme temperatures. Copper and its alloys are also considered to be the most stable and corrosion resistant, making them ideal for use not only in the manufacture of drinking water (fresh water) pipes but also pipes in contact with sea water (salt water).

8.      Transportation

The benefits of copper in the transportation sector can be seen in the core components of aircraft, trains, cars and ships all depending on the electrical and thermal properties of copper. In automobiles, copper, brass, and oil coolers have been industry standards since the 1970s. Recently, the increasing use of electronic components, including onboard navigation systems, anti-lock braking systems and heat-resistant seats, has continued to increase the demand for this metal.