Clean, cost-effective smelting with a high intensity submerged lance.

Xstrata Technology’s ISASMELT™ provides an innovative, high intensity, yet low cost submerged lance smelting process that is simple to operate and that can be used for a range of applications including copper and lead smelting.

More than four million tonnes of copper-containing materials are smelted each year with ISASMELT technology and this will soon increase to more than six millions tonnes with the commissioning of two new smelters. ISASMELT is installed in major lead and copper smelting and converting operations around the world, including Australia, USA, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, India, Malaysia, China and Zambia. Further plants are under construction or design for installation in Peru and Kazakhstan.