Metallurgical Operation at Gunpowder

- Organization:
- The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 513 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1974
Abstract
Gunpowder Copper Limited processes 1,000 tonne/day of Mammoth ore in a conventional flot- ation concentrator. Run of mine ore is prepared for flotation by three stages of crushing and two stages of ball milling. The concentrate, in which the primary copper mineral is chalcocite, is solar dried and exported to Japan. The history of operation is summarised, and plant practice and metallurgical problems are discussed.
Citation
APA: (1974) Metallurgical Operation at Gunpowder
MLA: Metallurgical Operation at Gunpowder. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1974.