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Mortimer Smelter SO2 Abatament Plant

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ProposalDescription: 

The installation of an SO2 Abatement Plant at the existing Mortimer Smelter. The Plant will be located on an existing impacted footprint, however the construction laydown area will be located on a disturbed area which was not previously accessed.

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Anglo American Platinum Limited (AAP) owns and operates three smelting complexes, namely Polokwane, Mortimer and Waterval. This project relates to the Mortimer Smelter, which is located at the Union Mine Operations (RPM-UM), straddling the Limpopo and North-West Provinces of South Africa. The Mortimer Smelter is situated in the North-West Province. The Mortimer Smelter is an existing metallurgical industrial furnace where sulphide ores are smelted. Wet concentrate is received and dried in flash driers. The dry concentrate is smelted in an electric furnace, resulting in the recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) and other base metals. The furnace matte is then tapped, cast and crushed. The resulting furnace slag is currently stockpiled. The Mortimer Smelter has been upgraded, with Phase One of the upgrade occurring in 2008/2009 and Phase Two in 2011, resulting in an increase in the furnace power from 19 MW to 38 MW. The off-gas is currently being treated via an electrostatic precipitator (ESP); exhaust from the ESP is vented into the atmosphere via a stack at 80m above the ground. The emissions include particulate matter (PM), SO2 and nitrogen oxide (NOx). The National Environmental Management Air Quality Act (No. 39 of 2004) (NEM:AQA) requires that furnaces at metallurgical industries be operated with efficient SO2 abatement systems by 2015, however Mortimer Smelter was given an extension until 2020. In order to comply with new South African legislation and associated more stringent emission standards, an SO2 abatement system must be installed at the Mortimer Smelter. The proposed strategy to reduce SO2 to achieve the Minimum Emission Standards (MES) is the installation of a Wet gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA) Plant that will convert the SO2 contained in the off-gas into commercial-grade concentrated sulphuric acid (H2SO4). The exhaust from the WSA plant (containing reduced SO2 concentrations) will be vented into the atmosphere, and the commercial grade sulphuric acid will be temporarily stored before being dispatched into the commercial market. The area upon which the WSA Plant and associated SO2 abatement equipment (development) will be located, is within the Mortimer Smelter complex, and is hereafter referred to as the development site. This report is in support of the application for the new activities along with the amendment of the existing EMPR held by RPM-UM.

ApplicationDate: 

Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 11:39

CaseID: 

10904

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CaseReferenceDepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDateContactPerson
NW30/5/1/2/3/2/1/366 EM
Department of Mineral Resources - North West
29/04/2017
Tshilidzi Phalala

Heritage Reports: 

Mortimer Heritage Assessment
Paleontological Desktop Assessment SO2 Mortimer

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