Pyrometallurgy
MIPAC has designed and delivered services and solutions for control and automation for a range of minerals and metallurgical processes, including:
Copper, Lead,
Zinc,
Iron,
Steel,
Aluminium,
Magnesium
Smelting,
Refining,
Roasting,
Sintering,
Drying,
Gas Handling,
Combustion Management
"...Starting-up copper smelters is hazardous, noisy, and dirty work, but these guys consistently demonstrated a cheerful, "can-do” attitude and got it done - individually and as a team." ~ John Rapkoch, Fluor Commissioning Manager for the SPCC Project
Featured Technology: ISASMELT™
MIPAC has particular expertise in Xstrata Technology's ISASMELT™ top submerged lance smelting process and the related ISACONVERT™ for recycling. In fact, MIPAC is the exclusive supplier of process control, design and automation services for every ISASMELT™ project around the world.
“Our two companies have worked closely for more than a decade and MIPAC has an intimate knowledge of the ISASMELT™ process." said Philip Arthur, General Manager - Pyrometallurgy at Xstrata Technology. "MIPAC adds significant value to the end solution delivered to our customers. They have been, and will remain, our first choice supplier of electrical, instrumentation and process control requirements for ISASMELT™ & ISACONVERT™ projects."
Link to press release;
Link to ISASMELT™ website;
View ISASMELT™ User Group 2010 Photo