Metals and Material's Recovery from Lead Waste

Dirección INPPAMET: Avda. Las Industrias 341, Puerto Seco, Calama

Circunvalación

Camino Chiu-Chiu (Ruta 21)

LOCATION OF THE PROJECT

Companies

Company of Treatment and Final Disposition of Lead Residues

Anodes Mud

Anodes Scrap

Batteries (Lead – acid)

SUPREME DECREE 148/2003

- Anodes Mud: II.13 y A1020 lead compound of lead.

- Anodes Scrap: II.13 y A1020 lead compound of lead.

- Batteries (Lead – acid) : II.13 y A1160 complete, discarded ore crushed.

Treatment and Final Disposition of Lead Residues

DANGEROUS TOXIC RESIDUES AND HIS CLASSIFICATION:

MINERALS EXTRACTION

GEOLOGICAL

EXPLORATION

SCRAMBLED

GRINDING

EW SHIPPRODUCTS TO RECOVER

MINER PROCESS

LEACHING

COMPANIES WITH EW PROCESS

EW

USED ANODES

SCRAP ANODES

MUD ANODES

GENERATORS OF THE RESIDUES

USEDLES

LEAD-ACID

BATTERIES

MINERAL COMPANIES

COMPANIES IN GENERAL

OTHERS GENERATORS

TRANSPORTS ACTIVITY

ANODE MUD, ANODE SCRAP Y USELESS BATTERIES

TRUCK CABCONTINGENCY PLAN

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

SIDREP

STUDY GUIDE

SAFETY DATA SHEET

TRUCK AND ROUTES RESOLUTIONS

CURRENTLY TRANSPORTED, ANODES MUD, ANODES SCRAP AND BATTERIES,

BY COBERED TRUCKS VERY WELL STABILIZED

USELESS ANODES PROCESSANODES SCRAP

(ANODES MUD)

MECHANICAL SEPARATION

Cu Bar

ANODES PLAQUE

PbWASHING

RIL

LEAD CLEANUP

RICH SLAGELECTROLYTIC

CLEANUP

CLEANING CONTROL

CLEAN Cu

NATIONAL MARKET SELLS

REFINING POTS

By belt incline disused batteries are loaded subsequently fall trituration mill and separate components: lead-polypropylene-electrolytes.

USELESS BATTERIES PROCESS

BATTERIES PROCESS

Grinding mill Electrolytes and Lead chip

Polipropilene chips

BATTERIES PLANTS

LEAD MATERIAL POLYPROPYLENE ELECTROLYTE

LEAD CHIP

ANODES MUD

ROTARY SMELTER

PROCESS CAPACITY 60 TONS/DAY

ROTARY SMELTER

OUT LEAD

RETAINED OXIDES

RET (DUST)

Pb process recycle

SLAG

FILTRATION PLANT

(GAS)

ANODES MUD

LEAD CHIPS

TOXIC HAZARDOUS WASTE

NON HAZARDOUS

PRODUCTS

FINAL DISPOSITION

REFINING OUT LEAD

REFINING POTS Pb

OUT LEAD

AND

ANODES SCRAP

Pb process recycle

SLAG ROTARY SMELTER

SMELTING SLAG DUMP

Free Resolution 308 date 8 Feb. 2006, Environmentally qualified for the project.

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BATTERIES

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ANODES SCRAP