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Metallurgy – Key to Recycling

M a r k u s A . R e u t e rDirector – Technology Management Outotec Oy, Finland

Adjunct Professor Aalto University Helsinki

Guest Professor Central South University China

Professorial Fellow University Melbourne Australia

Sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources


Sales EUR 2,078 million (2012)

• Over 5,745 national patents or applications,

630 patent families and 70 trademarks

Ranked Globally 12th most sustainable corporation• http://corporateknights.com/report/9th-annual-global-100

Knowledge in the processing of >60 elements

>130 Non-ferrous smelters (58 Flash, 56 TSLs, 17 Kaldo)• 2013 Flash Milestones (Tongling>400,000tpa & Fanchenguang>400,000tpa)

• ca. 50% Cu , >30% Sn in TSL , close to 40% PGM matte converting

• Ca. 70% Cu in China through Outotec

650 sulfuric acid plants• World’s largest metallurgical based, Zambia and largest in Ma’aden

Minerals Processing / Hydrometallurgy• 1100 grinding mills (28MW worlds’ largest saving around 15% energy)

• >10000 flotation units (reaching 500m3)

• 1800 thickeners / >3500 filters

Ironmaking and Ferroalloys• 20 pelletizing and sintering plants for chromites (ferroalloys),

• 13 ferroalloy smelters

• 340 iron ore sintering plants / 93 iron ore pelletizing plants

Light metals / Roasting / Waste to Energy• 290 fluidized bed roasting plants / alumina calcining

World’s largest

pellet plant

(7.5 million tpy)

Samarco; Brazil

Grinding mills

LKAB Sweden

Xiangguang Copper highest

environmental award

Chinese Government.

Outotec in Brief

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http://corporateknights.com/report/9th-annual-global-100








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Geological vis-à-vis Urban Mine “Minerals”“Mineral Centric” from classical mining equivalent to “Product Centric” in Urban Mining

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Geological Minerals

Chalcopyrite CuFeS2

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>15 minors

e.g. Au, Ag, PGMs, Se etc.

Designer “Minerals”>40 elements complexly linked

NVMP

Material combinations and Designed Consumer “Minerals”

Material connections

Joined Materials

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Outotec Secondary Smelting Processes

Copper Recycling GRM Danyang

Smelter TSL (S. Korea)

E-Waste and Copper Recycling Dowa

TSL (Japan)

Lead Battery Recycling

Recylex TSL (Germany)

Xiangguang Yanggu Smelter

Kaldo (China)

Boliden – Rönnskår Smelter

Kaldo (Sweden)

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Company Location Technology Feed Capacity

Dowa Mining Kosaka, Japan Ausmelt TSL 150,000

Korea Zinc Onsan, ROK Ausmelt TSL 70,000

Global Resources & Materials Danyang, ROK Ausmelt TSL 120,000


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DOWA Flowsheet

Outotec


Product Centric - Processing Infrastructure

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Outotec understands the metals business

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M.A. Reuter et al., “UNEP Metal Recycling: Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure”,

United Nations Environmental Programme 2013

http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/MetalRecycling/tabid/106143/Default.

aspx.

http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/MetalRecycling/tabid/106143/Default.aspx

http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/MetalRecycling/tabid/106143/Default.aspx


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Controlling the FurnaceControlling the slag…

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Simulation results for 1% & 8% Al on PCBAt 1150, 1200 and 1250oC

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Metal Recycling UNEP

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Launched April 24th 2013 by

UNEP via Bundesministerium

für Umwelt, Naturschutz und

Reaktorsicherheit (BMU) in

Berlin in the presence of the

German Federal Minister of

Environment.

Lead Author: Markus A. Reuter


Sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources

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