Engineering Pyrometallurgical Area

In cooperation with Inconsult, Coppex develops engineering for projects in prometallurgical operations and acid plants for Latin America.

Relevant Projects.

• Chagres Smelter Expansion Project, Compañia Minera Disputada de Las Condes.
• Teniente Slag Treatment Furnace Project, Codelco Division Chuquicamata.
• Anode Furnace and Casting Wheel Project, Refimet (now Falconbridge).
• Las Ventanas Smelter Modernization Project, Enami.
• Fugitive Gases Handling/ Cleaning Project, Potrerillos Smelter Codelco.
• Decontamination of Labor Areas of the Smelter Project, Smelting Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Modernization of Anode Furnaces and Casting Area Project, Codelco Chuquicamatang).
• Electrical Slag Treatment Furnace Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Smelter Modernization Phase III, Altonorte-Noranda.
• Concentrate Dryer Plants, Altonorte-Noranda.
• Modernization of the Thermoelectric Power Plant, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Slag Granulation Plants, Coppex/ Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Effluent Treatment Plant, Codelco Mejillones Project.
• Mejillones Smelter and Refinery Project, Codelco Mejillones Project.
• Acid Plant Revamping Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Smelter Improvements Project, Altonorte-Noranda.
• Flash Furnace Revamping Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Descontaminacion Plan of the Smelter Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Crushing Plant Capacity Increase, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Effluent Treatment of Smelter and Refinery Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Process Control Improvement Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• CT for Treatment of High Arsenic Concentrate Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Ferronickel Granulation Project, Falcondo Smelter, Falconbridge Dominicana.
• Fugitive Gases Handling/ Cleaning Project, Codelco El Salvador.
• Moly Plant Improvement Project, Codelco Chuquicamata.
• Ferronickel Slag Granulation Project, Falconbridge Dominicana C. por A. (EPCM).
• Drying Tower for Acid plant N°12 Project, ENAMI Paipote (EPC).
• Quenching System for Acid plant N°12 Project, ENAMI Paipote (EPC).