KGHM Copper Mining and Smelting Combine, Poland
Key Data:
Location
Lubin area, southwest Poland
Ownership
KGHM Polska Miedz SA (100%)
Geology
Stratiform ore deposit in host rocks of Permian age
Mineral types
Chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite
Reserves
922Mt mineable material (2005)
Annual production
560,000t copper, 1,244t silver plus crude lead and salt (2005)
Mining method
Predominantly room-and-pillar
Recovery method
Conventional concentrators feed two shaft and one flash smelter; copper is electro-refined, silver etc recovered in precious metals plant
Employment
17,900
Key Equipment:
Mining
Atlas-Copco electro-hydraulic drill rigs, Mine Master (Boart-Longyear) low-profile production and rockbolting drill rigs, BTZ roofbolters, Stamler ore feeders
Ore processing
Nordberg cone crushers
Smelting
Outokumpu flash furnace (Glogow II)
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