| Deposit ID | 10230969 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 3370491001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Las Ventanas Copper Smelter |
| Alternate or previous names | Ventanas Smelter |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -71.49954, -32.72747 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valparaiso(province)
Chile(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Chile | Valparaiso |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Selenium | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Secondary |
| Plant (1) | -71.49954, -32.72747 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1960 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Milling method | Pyrometallurgy Unspecified |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empresa Nacional De Mineria (Enami) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Chile |
| Year | 1979 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Anode 94400 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Copper Anode 98400 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Description | Copper Anode 96700 Mt |
| Year | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Description | Copper Anode 93500 Mt |
| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Copper Anode 94700 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 3370491001 |
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES, SMELTER PROFILE LAS VENTANAS
SMELTER, AUGUST 18, 1986.
THE UNITED NATIONS PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL MINING FINANCE;
FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MINING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
APPENDIX 1, PART A, 1977, P. 19.
BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES; COPPER, QUARTERLY SERVICE ISSUE
1, 1977, P. 3.21.
PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,
OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL
COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - LAS VENTANAS
(ENAMI), CHILE. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF.,
CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES, LAS VENTANAS SMELTER SMELTER
SMELTER PROFILE, AUGUST 18, 1986.
"LAS VENTANAS SMELTER SET TO LOSE CAPACITY", METALS
BULLETAN, 7/19/93, P. 6.
"ENAMI CONTRACT TO CHILE-GERMAN CONSORTIUM", LATIN
AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 11/15/93, PP. 5, 6.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES AT THE LAS VENTANAS SMELTER INCLUDE A REVERBERATORY SMELTING FURNACE, AN EL TENIENTE REACTOR, PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTERS, TILTING ANODE FURNACE, REVER- BERATORY ANODE FURNACES, AND CASTING WHEELS. A 290,000 MTPA DOUBLE CONTACT ACID PLANT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SMELTER CAPACITY IS 330,000 MTPA NEW METAL BEARING MATERIAL. THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP THAT WILL REQUIRE ENAMI TO SPEND $46 MILLION ON THE LAS VENTANAS SMELTER, AND REDUCE THE CONCENTRATE CAPACITY TO 390,000 TPY OF CONCENTRATES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-OCT-1996 | Towle, Stewart W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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