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Feasibility Report 1 Copper Refinery Project Feasibility Report on Copper Refinery Project Products: - 1,000,000 TPA Copper Cathode - 500,000 TPA Copper Rod - 3,000,000 TPA Sulphuric Acid - 500,000 TPA Phosphoric Acid - 30,000 TPA Aluminum Fluoride Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) Mundra Gujarat Dec, 2018 Feasibility Report 2 Copper Refinery Project TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter – 1: Executive Summary...................................................................................... 11 1.1. Introduction .......................................................................................................... 12 1.2. Brief Description ................................................................................................... 13 1.3. Market Outlook: ................................................................................................... 14 1.4. Process Description: .............................................................................................. 15 1.5. Site Analysis: ......................................................................................................... 17 1.6. Raw Materials & Source: ....................................................................................... 17 1.7. Utilities Requirement: ........................................................................................... 17 1.7.1. Water: ..................................................................................................................... 18 1.7.2. Power: ..................................................................................................................... 18 1.7.3. Fuel Oil: ................................................................................................................... 18 1.7.4. LPG/ LNG:................................................................................................................ 18 1.7.5. Air Compressor: ...................................................................................................... 18 1.7.6. Oxygen Plant: .......................................................................................................... 19 1.7.7. Waste Heat recovery based power Plant: .............................................................. 19 1.7.8. DM Plant ................................................................................................................. 19 1.7.9. Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant: .................................................................................. 19 1.7.10. Multi Effect Evaporator: ......................................................................................... 19 1.8. Proposed Infrastructure: ....................................................................................... 19 1.9. Social Infrastructure: ............................................................................................. 20 1.10. Industrial Waste Management: ............................................................................. 20 1.11. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) Plan: ......................................................... 20 1.12. Project Schedule & Cost Estimates: ........................................................................ 21 Chapter-2: Introduction of Project & Market Outlook ...................................................... 22 2.1. General ................................................................................................................. 23 2.2. Brief Description of Project.................................................................................... 23 2.3. Need For Project ................................................................................................... 24 2.4. Price volatility ....................................................................................................... 25 2.5. Market Outlook..................................................................................................... 25 2.5.1. Copper Producing Nations and Technology ........................................................... 26 2.5.2. Consumption Pattern of Copper ............................................................................ 31 2.5.3. Usages of Copper .................................................................................................... 33 Feasibility Report 3 Copper Refinery Project 2.5.4. Factors Influencing Copper Demand ...................................................................... 36 2.5.5. Ensuring Long-Term Availability of Copper ............................................................ 43 2.5.6. Production, Trade and Consumption Scenario of Copper in India ......................... 45 2.5.7. Major Indian Producers .......................................................................................... 46 2.5.8. Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 49 2.6. Market Outlook for sulphuric acid: (Source Argusmedia Report) ............................ 50 2.6.1. Global Sulphuric Acid Demand & Supply................................................................ 50 2.6.2. India Sulphuric Acid Demand & Supply .................................................................. 50 2.7. Market Outlook for Phosphoric acid ...................................................................... 53 2.7.1. India Phosphoric Acid Demand & Supply ............................................................... 53 2.7.2. Demand Forecasting ............................................................................................... 57 2.7.3. Major producers ..................................................................................................... 58 2.7.4. Conclusion: ............................................................................................................. 59 2.8. Market Outlook for Aluminum Fluoride ................................................................. 60 2.8.1. India Aluminum Fluoride Demand & Supply .......................................................... 60 2.9. Market Outlook for Copper Slag ............................................................................ 62 2.10. Market Outlook for Gypsum: India Scenario .......................................................... 63 Chapter-3: Process Description ........................................................................................ 66 3.1. Process Description ............................................................................................... 67 3.1.1. Raw Material Handling ........................................................................................... 67 3.1.2. Concentrate Warehouse ........................................................................................ 67 3.1.3. Flux Storage Area .................................................................................................... 67 3.1.4. Bin Building ............................................................................................................. 67 3.1.5. Rotary Steam Dryer/ Paddle Mixer ........................................................................ 68 3.2. Smelting Furnace:.................................................................................................. 69 3.3. Settling Furnace(s)................................................................................................. 70 3.4. Pierce Smith Converter : ........................................................................................ 71 3.5. Ferro sand Cleaning Furnace (FSCF) :...................................................................... 73 3.6. Copper Scrap Melting system ................................................................................ 74 3.7. Anode furnace & Anode Casting Wheel: ................................................................ 74 3.8. Off gas handling: ................................................................................................... 76 3.9. Sulphuric acid plant ............................................................................................... 76 Feasibility Report 4 Copper Refinery Project 3.9.1. Gas Cleaning Systems ............................................................................................. 77 3.9.2. Conversion of SO2 to SO3....................................................................................... 82 3.9.3. Acid Section ............................................................................................................ 83 3.10. Oxygen plant: ........................................................................................................ 84 3.11. Refinery Unit: ........................................................................................................ 84 3.12. Precious Metal Recovery Plant (PMRP): ................................................................. 88 3.12.1. Selenium roasting process ...................................................................................... 88 3.12.2. Deselenised Anode Slime Smelting ........................................................................ 90 3.12.3. Silver electrolysis tankhouse .................................................................................. 90 3.12.4. Gold Leaching & Recovery ...................................................................................... 93 3.13. Continuous Cast Copper Wire Rod Plant (CCR): ...................................................... 94 3.14. Phosphoric Acid Plant:........................................................................................... 96 3.15. Aluminum Fluoride Plant ....................................................................................... 97 3.16. Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) .............................................................................. 98 3.17. Utilities Requirement: ........................................................................................... 99 3.17.1. Water: ...................................................................................................................100 3.17.2. Power: ...................................................................................................................100 3.17.3. Fuel Oil: .................................................................................................................100 3.17.4. LPG/ LNG:..............................................................................................................100 3.17.5. Air Compressor: ....................................................................................................101 3.17.6. Oxygen Plant: ........................................................................................................101 3.17.7. Waste Heat recovery based power Plant: ............................................................101 3.17.8. DM Plant ...............................................................................................................101 3.17.9. Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant: ................................................................................101 3.17.10. Multi Effect Evaporator: .......................................................................................101 Chapter-4: Resources Consumption ............................................................................... 103 4.1. Raw Material Consumption & Source: ................................................................. 104 4.2. Raw Material Chemical Analysis .......................................................................... 104 4.3. Fuel Consumption & Source: ............................................................................... 106 4.4. Water Consumption & Source: ............................................................................ 107 4.5. Electricity Consumption & Source ........................................................................ 107 Chapter-5: Products, Byproducts & Waste ..................................................................... 112 Feasibility Report 5 Copper Refinery Project 5.1. Products and Capacity: ........................................................................................ 113 5.2. By-Products and Quantity.................................................................................... 113 5.3. Waste Generation and Quantity .......................................................................... 114 5.4. By Product Characteristics (Typical) ..................................................................... 114 5.5. Waste Characteristics (Typical) ............................................................................ 115 Chapter-6: Site Analysis & Selection............................................................................... 117 6.1. Nature of Project:................................................................................................ 118 6.2. Project Location: ................................................................................................. 118 6.2.1. Connectivity ..........................................................................................................121 6.2.2. Land Form/land Use Pattern, Use & Ownership: .................................................121 6.2.3. Topography : .........................................................................................................122 6.2.4. Existing Infrastructure: .........................................................................................122 6.2.5. Soil Classification: .................................................................................................123 6.2.6. Climatic Data:........................................................................................................123 6.3. Selection of Land for the Project site: .................................................................. 124 6.3.1. Requirements for Copper Refinery Plant Site ......................................................126 6.3.2. Criteria For Site Selection .....................................................................................127 6.3.3. Description of all the considered sites .................................................................128 6.4. Site Analysis ........................................................................................................ 130 6.4.1. Salient Features of Sites Selected for Detailed Analysis ......................................130 6.4.2. Merits & demerits.................................................................................................132 6.4.3. Site Ranking .......................................................................................................... 132 6.5. Conclusion/Recommendation ............................................................................. 133 Chapter-7: Planning Brief ............................................................................................... 134 7.1. Planning Concept ................................................................................................ 135 7.2. Land Justification of Copper Refinery Plant Complex:........................................... 135 7.3. Land Use Plan:..................................................................................................... 137 7.4. Copper Refinery Infrastructure Requirements:..................................................... 137 7.4.1. Physical Infrastructure needs: ..............................................................................137 7.4.2. Social Infrastructure needs:..................................................................................140 Chapter-8: Proposed Infrastructure ............................................................................... 141 8.1. Industrial Area (Processing Area): ........................................................................ 142 Feasibility Report 6 Copper Refinery Project 8.2. Industrial Area (Non-Processing Area): ................................................................ 142 8.3. Social Infrastructure: ........................................................................................... 143 8.3.1. Sustainable livelihood options & Women Empowerment: ..................................143 8.3.2. Education Initiatives: ............................................................................................143 8.3.3. Health Initiatives:..................................................................................................144 8.3.4. Community Infrastructure & facilities: .................................................................144 8.3.5. Natural Resource Management: ..........................................................................144 8.3.6. Youth, sports & culture: .......................................................................................144 8.4. Connectivity: ....................................................................................................... 145 8.5. Drinking Water Management: ............................................................................. 146 8.6. Sewage System: .................................................................................................. 146 8.7. Industrial Waste Management: ........................................................................... 146 8.7.1. Air Emissions: ........................................................................................................147 8.7.2. Waste Water Management: .................................................................................147 8.7.3. Solid Waste Management: ...................................................................................148 8.8. Power Requirement & Supply:............................................................................. 149 Chapter-9: Rehabilitation & Resettlement Plan .............................................................. 150 9.1. Rehabilitation & Resettlement Plan ..................................................................... 151 Chapter-10: Project Schedule and Cost Estimate ............................................................ 152 10.1. General ............................................................................................................... 153 10.2. Project Execution Philosophy .............................................................................. 155 10.3. PROJECT Implementation Plan (PIM) ................................................................... 156 10.4. Project Cost Estimate .......................................................................................... 159 Chapter-11: Final Recommendations ............................................................................. 160 11.1. Benefits from the project .................................................................................... 161 11.1.1. Benefits to India and State of Gujarat: .................................................................161 11.1.2. Sustainable livelihood options & Women Empowerment: ..................................161 11.1.3. Education Initiatives: ............................................................................................162 11.1.4. Health Initiatives:..................................................................................................162 11.1.5. Community Infrastructure & facilities: .................................................................162 11.1.6. Natural Resource Management: ..........................................................................162 11.1.7. Youth, sports & culture: .......................................................................................163 Feasibility Report 7 Copper Refinery Project Annexure I – Copper Refinery Location Map .................................................................. 165 Annexure II – Satellite View of the Proposed Copper Refinery Plant Location ................. 166 Annexure III : Alternate Sites Evaluated for Copper Refinery Project .............................. 167 Annexure IV: Raw Material Conveying From West Port To Copper Refinery Plant Site .... 168 Annexure V : Composite Layout for Copper Refinery Project .......................................... 169 Annexure- VI Site Meteorological Data .......................................................................... 170 Annexure VII: Plot Plan for Copper Refinery Project ....................................................... 171 Annexure VIII: Copper Refinery Project Land Break Up ................................................... 172 Annexure IX – Composite Process Flow Sheet for Copper Refinery Plant ........................ 173 Annexure X – Material Flow Sheet for Integrated Copper Refinery Plant ........................ 174 Annexure XI – Water Balance for Integrated Copper Refinery Plant (M3/Day) ................ 175 Annexure XII – List of Abbreviations: ............................................................................. 176 Feasibility Report 8 Copper Refinery Project LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Production trends in the top five copper-producing nations ................................................. 26 Figure 2: Smelting Technology Market Share ........................................................................................ 27 Figure 3: Trends in Copper Smelting Capacity, 2000 and 2021 ............................................................. 27 Figure 4: World Copper Smelter Production, 1980-2017 ...................................................................... 28 Figure 5: Copper Smelter Production by Region, 1990-2017 ................................................................ 28 Figure 6: Copper Smelter Production by Country: Top 20 Countries in 2017 ....................................... 29 Figure 7: Top 20 Copper Smelter by Capacity (basis 2018) ................................................................... 29 Figure 8: Refined Copper Production by Region, 1900-2017 ................................................................ 30 Figure 9: Refined Copper Production: Top 20 Countries in 2017 .......................................................... 30 Figure 10: Top 20 Copper Refineries by Capacity (basis 2018) .............................................................. 31 Figure 11: Refined Copper Usage by Region, 1960 versus 2017 ........................................................... 32 Figure 12: Global Status of Copper Uses................................................................................................ 33 Figure 13: Copper Consumption – India Vs China.................................................................................. 34 Figure 14: Per Capita Copper Consumption in Kg .................................................................................. 35 Figure 15: Per Capita Electricity Consumption in KWHr ........................................................................ 36 Figure 16: Power generation (TWh )in India (FY 08 to FY 17) ................................................................ 37 Figure 17: Passenger car production growth ......................................................................................... 38 Figure 18: Passenger car production vs copper consumption ............................................................... 39 Figure 19: India’s expanding infrastructure industry (US$ billion) ........................................................ 40 Figure 20: Copper Intensity of various Electric Vehicle Types (Source: Deutsche Bank estimates) ...... 41 Figure 21: UN World Urbanisation Prospects % 1950 to 2050 – Source UN ......................................... 43 Figure 22: World Copper Reserves Status ............................................................................................. 44 Figure 23: Region-wise Growth in World Copper Mine Production ...................................................... 45 Figure 24: Installed Capacity of Primary Copper Resources in India (T/Yr) ........................................... 47 Figure 25: Strong Policies support influencing Growth of Metals vis-a-vis New Investments .............. 49 Figure 26: General Distribution of Phosphate Fertilizer Products ......................................................... 55 Figure 27: Global consumption share of Phosphoric Acid ..................................................................... 56 Figure 28: India’s share in global aluminum production ....................................................................... 61 Figure 29: Identified uses” contained within the Chemical Safety Report for Slag ............................... 63 Figure 30: Concentrate & Flux Material Handling ................................................................................. 68 Figure 31: Smelting Furnace Flow Sheet ................................................................................................ 70 Figure 32: Settling Furnace Flow Sheet.................................................................................................. 71 Figure 33: Pierce Smith Converter Flow Sheet ...................................................................................... 72 Figure 34: Slag Cleaning Furnace Flow Sheet ........................................................................................ 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g ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 6

7

3.1.

2.

Conc

entr

ate

War

ehou

se ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 67

3.1.

3.

Flux

Sto

rage

Are

a ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

67

3.1.

4.

Bin

Build

ing .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

67

3.1.

5.

Rota

ry S

team

Dry

er/ P

addl

e M

ixer

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 68

3.2.

Sm

eltin

g Fu

rnac

e: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

69

3.3.

Se

ttlin

g Fu

rnac

e(s)

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 70

3.4.

Pi

erce

Sm

ith C

onve

rter

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

71

3.5.

Fe

rro

sand

Cle

anin

g Fu

rnac

e (F

SCF)

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

73

3.6.

Co

pper

Scr

ap M

eltin

g sy

stem

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 7

4

3.7.

An

ode

furn

ace

& A

node

Cas

ting

Whe

el: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 7

4

3.8.

O

ff g

as h

andl

ing:

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 7

6

3.9.

Su

lphu

ric a

cid

plan

t ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 76

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

4 Co

pper

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

3.9.

1.

Gas

Cle

anin

g Sy

stem

s ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 7

7

3.9.

2.

Conv

ersio

n of

SO

2 to

SO

3....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 8

2

3.9.

3.

Acid

Sec

tion

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

83

3.10

. O

xyge

n pl

ant:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 84

3.11

. Re

finer

y U

nit:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 84

3.12

. Pr

ecio

us M

etal

Rec

over

y Pl

ant (

PMRP

): ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 88

3.12

.1.

Sele

nium

roas

ting

proc

ess .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 88

3.12

.2.

Dese

leni

sed

Anod

e Sl

ime

Smel

ting

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

90

3.12

.3.

Silv

er e

lect

roly

sis ta

nkho

use

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 9

0

3.12

.4.

Gol

d Le

achi

ng &

Rec

over

y ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 9

3

3.13

. Co

ntin

uous

Cas

t Cop

per W

ire R

od P

lant

(CCR

): ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 9

4

3.14

. Ph

osph

oric

Aci

d Pl

ant:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 96

3.15

. Al

umin

um F

luor

ide

Plan

t ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

97

3.16

. Ef

fluen

t Tre

atm

ent P

lant

(ETP

) ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 98

3.17

. U

tiliti

es R

equi

rem

ent:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 99

3.17

.1.

Wat

er: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

00

3.17

.2.

Pow

er: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

00

3.17

.3.

Fuel

Oil:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

00

3.17

.4.

LPG/

LN

G: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

00

3.17

.5.

Air C

ompr

esso

r: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 101

3.17

.6.

Oxy

gen

Plan

t: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

01

3.17

.7.

Was

te H

eat r

ecov

ery

base

d po

wer

Pla

nt: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

01

3.17

.8.

DM P

lant

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

01

3.17

.9.

Reve

rse

Osm

osis

(RO

) Pla

nt: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 101

3.17

.10.

Mul

ti Ef

fect

Eva

pora

tor:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 10

1

Chap

ter-

4: R

esou

rces

Con

sum

ptio

n ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

03

4.1.

Ra

w M

ater

ial C

onsu

mpt

ion

& S

ourc

e: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

04

4.2.

Ra

w M

ater

ial C

hem

ical

Ana

lysi

s ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

04

4.3.

Fu

el C

onsu

mpt

ion

& S

ourc

e: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

106

4.4.

W

ater

Con

sum

ptio

n &

Sou

rce:

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

107

4.5.

El

ectr

icity

Con

sum

ptio

n &

Sou

rce .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

107

Chap

ter-

5: P

rodu

cts,

Byp

rodu

cts &

Was

te ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 112

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

5 Co

pper

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

5.1.

Pr

oduc

ts a

nd C

apac

ity: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

13

5.2.

By

-Pro

duct

s and

Qua

ntity

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

113

5.3.

W

aste

Gen

erat

ion

and

Qua

ntity

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

14

5.4.

By

Pro

duct

Cha

ract

eris

tics

(Typ

ical

) ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

114

5.5.

W

aste

Cha

ract

eris

tics

(Typ

ical

) ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

115

Chap

ter-

6: S

ite A

naly

sis &

Sel

ectio

n ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

17

6.1.

N

atur

e of

Pro

ject

: .....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 118

6.2.

Pr

ojec

t Loc

atio

n: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

118

6.2.

1.

Conn

ectiv

ity ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 121

6.2.

2.

Land

For

m/la

nd U

se P

atte

rn, U

se &

Ow

ners

hip:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 121

6.2.

3.

Topo

grap

hy : .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 122

6.2.

4.

Exist

ing

Infr

astr

uctu

re: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

22

6.2.

5.

Soil

Clas

sific

atio

n: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

23

6.2.

6.

Clim

atic

Dat

a: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

23

6.3.

Se

lect

ion

of L

and

for t

he P

roje

ct si

te: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

124

6.3.

1.

Requ

irem

ents

for C

oppe

r Ref

iner

y Pl

ant S

ite ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

26

6.3.

2.

Crite

ria F

or S

ite S

elec

tion

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 127

6.3.

3.

Desc

riptio

n of

all

the

cons

ider

ed si

tes .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

28

6.4.

Si

te A

naly

sis .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 130

6.4.

1.

Salie

nt F

eatu

res o

f Site

s Sel

ecte

d fo

r Det

aile

d An

alys

is ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

130

6.4.

2.

Mer

its &

dem

erits

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 132

6.4.

3.

Site

Ran

king

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

32

6.5.

Co

nclu

sion

/Rec

omm

enda

tion

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

133

Chap

ter-

7: P

lann

ing

Brie

f ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 134

7.1.

Pl

anni

ng C

once

pt ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

35

7.2.

La

nd Ju

stifi

catio

n of

Cop

per R

efin

ery

Plan

t Com

plex

: .....

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 13

5

7.3.

La

nd U

se P

lan:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

137

7.4.

Co

pper

Ref

iner

y In

fras

truc

ture

Req

uire

men

ts:..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

37

7.4.

1.

Phys

ical

Infr

astr

uctu

re n

eeds

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 137

7.4.

2.

Soci

al In

fras

truc

ture

nee

ds: ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 140

Chap

ter-

8: P

ropo

sed

Infr

astr

uctu

re ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

141

8.1.

In

dust

rial A

rea

(Pro

cess

ing

Area

): ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

42

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

6 Co

pper

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

8.2.

In

dust

rial A

rea

(Non

-Pro

cess

ing

Area

): ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 142

8.3.

So

cial

Infr

astr

uctu

re: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

143

8.3.

1.

Sust

aina

ble

livel

ihoo

d op

tions

& W

omen

Em

pow

erm

ent:

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

43

8.3.

2.

Educ

atio

n In

itiat

ives

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

43

8.3.

3.

Heal

th In

itiat

ives

: .....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 14

4

8.3.

4.

Com

mun

ity In

fras

truc

ture

& fa

cilit

ies:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

44

8.3.

5.

Nat

ural

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

44

8.3.

6.

Yout

h, sp

orts

& c

ultu

re: .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 144

8.4.

Co

nnec

tivity

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

45

8.5.

D

rinki

ng W

ater

Man

agem

ent:

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

146

8.6.

Se

wag

e Sy

stem

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

46

8.7.

In

dust

rial W

aste

Man

agem

ent:

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

46

8.7.

1.

Air E

miss

ions

: .....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 14

7

8.7.

2.

Was

te W

ater

Man

agem

ent:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 14

7

8.7.

3.

Solid

Was

te M

anag

emen

t: ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 148

8.8.

Po

wer

Req

uire

men

t & S

uppl

y:...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 14

9

Chap

ter-

9: R

ehab

ilita

tion

& R

eset

tlem

ent P

lan .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 150

9.1.

Re

habi

litat

ion

& R

eset

tlem

ent P

lan .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 15

1

Chap

ter-

10: P

roje

ct S

ched

ule

and

Cost

Est

imat

e ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

52

10.1

. G

ener

al ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 153

10.2

. Pr

ojec

t Exe

cutio

n Ph

iloso

phy

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

155

10.3

. PR

OJE

CT Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

(PIM

) ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

56

10.4

. Pr

ojec

t Cos

t Est

imat

e ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

59

Chap

ter-

11: F

inal

Rec

omm

enda

tions

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

160

11.1

. Be

nefit

s fro

m th

e pr

ojec

t ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 16

1

11.1

.1.

Bene

fits t

o In

dia

and

Stat

e of

Guj

arat

: .....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

161

11.1

.2.

Sust

aina

ble

livel

ihoo

d op

tions

& W

omen

Em

pow

erm

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top

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asis

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asis

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truc

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ourc

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che

Bank

est

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a (T

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8: C

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9: S

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1: A

rran

gem

ent o

f Cop

per A

node

and

SS

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ode

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e in

Ele

ctro

lytic

Pol

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Cel

l-1 ..

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.. 86

Figu

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2: A

rran

gem

ent o

f Cop

per A

node

and

SS

Cath

ode

Plat

e in

Ele

ctro

lytic

Pol

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Cel

l-2 ..

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Figu

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3: M

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hode

dep

osite

d on

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g lif

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by C

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Figu

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e Sm

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2: C

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3: P

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horic

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4: A

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5: E

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9

Figu

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6: P

roce

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low

shee

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grat

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oppe

r Ref

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Figu

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7: M

ater

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low

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enta

tive)

: Pha

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00 K

TPA

Copp

er C

atho

de) .

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Figu

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8: M

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low

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et (T

enta

tive)

: Pha

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2 (5

00 K

TPA

Copp

er C

atho

de) .

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Figu

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9: W

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Bal

ance

for P

hase

# 1

(Qua

ntiti

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Day

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ntat

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0

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0: W

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Bal

ance

for P

hase

# 2

(Qua

ntiti

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Day

) (Te

ntat

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1

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1: L

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of t

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19

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re 6

2: C

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site

Layo

ut fo

r Cop

per R

efin

ery

Proj

ect .

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20

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3: A

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r Cop

per R

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25

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re 6

4: A

nnua

l maj

or ra

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ial r

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or p

rodu

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per .

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5: B

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6: P

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Figu

re 6

7: C

oppe

r Ref

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y Pr

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t Pha

ses –

Con

cept

to C

omm

issio

ning

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F

easib

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Rep

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10

Copp

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Proj

ect

LIS

T O

F TA

BLE

S Ta

ble

1: S

mel

ting

Tech

nolo

gy ..

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Tabl

e 2:

Con

sum

ptio

n of

sulp

huric

aci

d du

ring

2012

to 2

016

(KTP

A) ..

......

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......

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. 52

Tabl

e 3:

Dem

and

Fore

cast

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d in

Indi

a (K

TPA)

......

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.....

53

Tabl

e 4:

TO

P 10

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Expo

rtin

g / I

mpo

rtin

g Co

untr

ies .

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56

Tabl

e 5:

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Impo

rt -

Coun

try

Wise

Impo

rt (K

TPA)

.....

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......

......

57

Tabl

e 6:

Indi

a’s I

mpo

rt o

f DAP

dur

ing

2011

-12

to 2

015-

16 (K

TPA)

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 58

Tabl

e 7:

Mar

ket s

ize (d

eman

d fo

r im

port

-sub

stitu

tion)

of P

2O5

for t

he d

omes

tic p

laye

rs (K

TPA)

.....

. 58

Tabl

e 8:

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Prod

uctio

n Ca

paci

ty –

Pla

nts I

n In

dia .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

59

Tabl

e 9:

Pro

ject

ed d

eman

d fo

r Alu

min

um fl

uorid

e (T

onne

s) ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 61

Tabl

e 10

: Maj

or P

rodu

cers

of A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e in

Indi

a ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 6

2

Tabl

e 11

: Raw

Mat

eria

l Con

sum

ptio

n Q

uant

ity &

Sou

rce:

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

104

Tabl

e 12

: Cop

per C

once

ntra

te C

hem

ical

Com

posit

ion .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

04

Tabl

e 13

: Sili

ca S

and

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion.

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

05

Tabl

e 14

: Lim

e St

one

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion.

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 105

Tabl

e 15

: Qua

rtz C

hips

Che

mic

al C

ompo

sitio

n ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 105

Tabl

e 16

: Qui

ck L

ime

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 105

Tabl

e 17

: Alu

min

a Hy

drat

e Ch

emic

al C

ompo

sitio

n ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 10

6

Tabl

e 18

: Roc

k Ph

osph

ate

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

106

Tabl

e 19

: Fue

l Con

sum

ptio

n Q

uant

ity &

Sou

rce .

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

06

Tabl

e 20

: Pro

duct

s and

Qua

ntity

: ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

13

Tabl

e 21

: By-

Prod

ucts

and

Qua

ntity

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

13

Tabl

e 22

: Typ

e of

Was

te G

ener

atio

n &

Qua

ntity

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 11

4

Tabl

e 23

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f Gra

nula

ted

Ferr

o Sa

nd/ I

ron

Silic

ate/

Cop

per S

lag .

......

......

......

......

... 1

14

Tabl

e 24

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f Pho

spho

Gyp

sum

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 115

Tabl

e 25

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f Scr

ubbe

r Cak

e....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... 1

15

Tabl

e 26

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f ETP

Cak

e ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

116

Tabl

e 27

: Pla

nt C

onfig

urat

ion

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 118

Tabl

e 28

: Lan

d Fo

rm/L

and

Use

Pat

tern

, Use

& O

wne

rshi

p ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 12

1

Tabl

e 29

: Site

Eva

luat

ion

for C

oppe

r Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 130

Tabl

e 30

: Cop

per R

efin

ery

Site

Ran

king

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... 1

32

Tabl

e 31

: Pro

ject

Impl

emen

tatio

n Sc

hedu

le ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. 158

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

11

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 1

: EX

ECU

TIV

E SU

MM

AR

Y

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

12

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 1

Exec

utiv

e Su

mm

ary

1.1.

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

Abo

ut A

DA

NI G

roup

Ada

ni G

roup

is

one

of I

ndia

’s l

arge

st i

nteg

rate

d in

fras

truc

ture

con

glom

erat

es

wit

h re

venu

es o

f ov

er U

SD

13

billi

on,

empl

oyin

g ov

er 1

0,0

00

peo

ple

wit

h di

vers

e in

tere

sts

in

Res

ourc

es

(coa

l m

inin

g an

d tr

adin

g),

Logi

stic

s (p

orts

, lo

gist

ics,

shi

ppin

g an

d ra

il), E

nerg

y (r

enew

able

and

the

rmal

pow

er g

ener

atio

n,

tran

smis

sion

an

d di

stri

buti

on),

and

Agr

o (c

omm

odit

ies,

ed

ible

oi

l, fo

od

prod

ucts

, co

ld

stor

age

and

grai

n si

los)

, R

eal

Est

ate,

P

ublic

Tr

ansp

ort

Infr

astr

uctu

re, C

onsu

mer

Fin

ance

and

Def

ense

.

Sin

ce A

dani

was

fou

nded

in 1

98

8, i

ts r

even

ue, a

sset

s an

d m

arke

t ca

pita

lisat

ion

have

in

crea

sed

expo

nent

ially

. A

fter

cr

eati

ng

its

mar

k in

In

dia,

A

dani

ha

s ex

pand

ed i

ts o

pera

tion

in

Indo

nesi

a an

d A

ustr

alia

by

acqu

irin

g co

al m

ines

and

po

rts.

The

Gro

up h

as s

ix li

sted

ent

itie

s na

mel

y;

�A

dani

Ent

erpr

ises

Lim

ited

(A

EL)

– t

he d

iver

sifi

ed c

ongl

omer

ate

oper

ates

in a

ra

nge

of

sect

ors

such

as

co

al

min

ing,

co

al

trad

ing,

bu

nker

ing,

ag

ri-

com

mod

ity,

Coa

l MD

O o

pera

tion

s, E

dibl

e O

il R

efin

ing

& m

arke

ting

and

sol

ar

PV

cel

l man

ufac

turi

ng.

AE

L lis

ted

sinc

e 19

94

.

�A

dani

Por

ts a

nd S

peci

al E

cono

mic

Zon

e Li

mit

ed(A

PS

EZ)

– t

he o

pera

ting

co

mpa

ny f

or P

ort,

SE

Z an

d lo

gist

ics

busi

ness

, whi

ch w

as li

sted

in N

ovem

ber

200

7;

�A

dani

Tra

nsm

issi

on L

imit

ed (

ATL

) –

the

oper

atin

g co

mpa

ny f

or t

rans

mis

sion

as

sets

list

ed in

Jul

y 20

15;

�A

dani

Pow

er L

imit

ed (

AP

L) –

the

ope

rati

ng c

ompa

ny f

or p

ower

uti

litie

s,

whi

ch w

as li

sted

in A

ugus

t 20

09

; &

�A

dani

Gre

en E

nerg

y Li

mit

ed (

AG

EL)

– t

he o

pera

ting

com

pany

for

ren

ewab

le

pow

er g

ener

atio

n, w

hich

was

list

ed in

Jun

e 20

18.

�A

dani

Gas

Lim

ited

(A

GL)

- th

e op

erat

ing

com

pany

for

the

cit

y ga

s di

stri

buti

on

busi

ness

, whi

ch w

as li

sted

in N

ov’1

8.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

13

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Ada

ni

Ente

rpri

ses

Lim

ited

(A

EL),

wou

ld

impl

emen

t th

e C

oppe

r P

roje

ct

at

Mun

dra,

Guj

arat

.

1.2.

BR

IEF

DES

CR

IPTI

ON

The

proj

ect

cost

est

imat

ed t

o be

aro

und

US

$ 1

.5 b

illio

n (R

s. 1

0,0

00

cro

re)

incl

udes

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

, C

oppe

r R

efin

ery,

Con

tinu

ous

Cas

t C

oppe

r W

ire

Rod

Pla

nt,

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y P

lant

, P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

Pla

nt, A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e P

lant

, et

c. T

he p

roje

ct w

ould

be

loca

ted

in M

undr

a,

Guj

arat

will

pro

duce

10

LTP

A o

f C

oppe

r C

atho

de;

5 LT

PA

of

Cop

per

Rod

; 30

LT

PA

of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid;

5 L

TPA

of

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d; 3

0,0

00

TP

A o

f A

lum

inum

Fl

uori

de,

288

TP

A o

f S

elen

ium

, 50

TP

A o

f G

old;

50

0 T

PA

of

Silv

er;

etc.

wit

h st

ate

of a

rt e

nvir

onm

ent

frie

ndly

tec

hnol

ogy.

The

follo

win

g w

ere

the

prin

cipl

e ob

ject

ives

, kep

t in

min

d w

hile

wor

king

on

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f th

is p

ropo

sal,

Ado

ptin

g en

viro

nmen

t fr

iend

ly t

echn

olog

y &

Equ

ipm

ent

and

wor

king

on

redu

ctio

n of

pol

luti

on lo

ad in

air

, wat

er &

sol

id w

aste

. �

Con

serv

ing

natu

ral r

esou

rces

like

wat

er, T

herm

al &

ele

ctri

cal e

nerg

y.

�W

aste

red

ucti

on a

nd r

ecyc

ling

opti

ons.

Aim

ing

at w

aste

hea

t re

cove

ry t

o be

st p

ossi

ble

exte

nt b

y st

ate

of a

rt

prov

en t

echn

olog

y �

Val

ue a

dded

By-

Pro

duct

s.

Pla

nt C

onfi

gura

tion

:

Sl.N

o.

Pla

nt

Pha

se #

1

Pha

se #

2

1 C

oppe

r S

mel

ter

Pla

nt

4.5

0 L

TPA

4

.50

LTP

A

2 C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt

5.0

0 L

TPA

5.

00

LTP

A

3 C

onti

nuou

s C

ast

Cop

per

Rod

Pla

nt

2.50

LTP

A

2.50

LTP

A

4

Cop

per

Scr

ap &

E-S

crap

Mel

ting

Fac

ility

0

.50

LTP

A

0.5

0 L

TPA

5

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt

15.0

0 L

TPA

15

.00

LTP

A

6

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d P

lan

t (1

00

% P

2O5)

2.

50 L

TPA

2.

50 L

TPA

7

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

Pla

nt

0.1

5 LT

PA

0

.15

LTP

A

8

Sel

eniu

m R

ecov

ery

Pla

nt

144

TP

A

144

TP

A

9

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y P

lant

A

G

old

25 T

PA

25

TP

A

B

Silv

er

250

TP

A

250

TP

A

10

Oxy

gen

(Ind

ustr

ial)

Pla

nt

48

,00

0 T

PM

4

8,0

00

TP

M

11

Was

te H

eat

reco

very

boi

ler

base

d po

wer

pl

ant

20 M

W

20 M

W

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

14

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

The

adva

nced

cut

ting

edg

e, s

tate

-of-

the-

art

tech

nolo

gy o

f th

e C

oppe

r pr

oduc

ts

will

giv

e su

peri

or p

rodu

ct q

ualit

y, w

hich

will

pro

vide

eas

y m

arke

t pe

netr

atio

n of

th

e pr

oduc

t in

Indi

a as

wel

l as

over

seas

.

Maj

or e

quip

men

t of

Cop

per

proj

ect

wou

ld b

e tr

ansp

orte

d by

sea

rou

te a

nd

wou

ld b

e un

load

ed in

Mun

dra

Por

t.

1.3.

MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K:

Cop

per

is c

onsi

dere

d to

be

the

thir

d m

ost

impo

rtan

t in

dust

rial

met

al n

ext

only

to

iro

n an

d al

umin

ium

. C

oppe

r is

use

d in

pow

er c

able

s, e

ithe

r in

sula

ted

or

unin

sula

ted,

fo

r hi

gh,

med

ium

an

d lo

w

volt

age

appl

icat

ions

. In

ad

diti

on,

copp

er's

ex

cept

iona

l st

reng

th,

duct

ility

an

d re

sist

ance

to

cr

eepi

ng

and

corr

osio

n m

akes

it

the

pref

erre

d an

d sa

fest

con

duct

or f

or c

omm

erci

al a

nd

resi

dent

ial

build

ing

wir

ing.

C

oppe

r is

an

es

sent

ial

com

pone

nt

of

ener

gy

effi

cien

t ge

nera

tors

, m

otor

s, t

rans

form

ers

and

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y pr

oduc

tion

sy

stem

s.

The

gove

rnm

ent

of I

ndia

has

tar

gete

d 10

0%

ele

ctri

fica

tion

of

all

rura

l ho

uses

by

20

22. A

lso

gove

rnm

ent,

by

allo

win

g fo

reig

n di

rect

inve

stm

ent

in t

he t

elec

om

sect

or, h

as a

ccel

erat

ed t

he t

ele-

dens

ity.

To s

uppo

rt t

he a

vera

ge G

DP

gro

wth

of

abou

t 7%

& b

eyon

d, t

here

has

bee

n a

co

nsid

erab

le in

crea

se in

the

pri

mar

y en

ergy

dem

and.

The

aim

is a

lso

to im

prov

e su

pply

sid

e ef

fici

ency

by

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e di

stri

buti

on s

yste

m a

nd r

educ

ing

the

syst

em e

ffic

ienc

y. A

ll th

is w

ill r

esul

t in

an

incr

ease

in d

eman

d fo

r co

pper

in

pow

er g

ener

atio

n, t

rans

mis

sion

and

dis

trib

utio

n.

For

the

last

few

yea

rs, t

he in

dust

ry p

rodu

ctio

n is

gro

win

g at

a v

ery

heal

thy

rate

an

d th

e sa

me

is e

xpec

ted

to r

emai

n si

mila

r in

the

fut

ure

also

. Fo

r im

prov

ing

effi

cien

cy i

n th

e co

re i

ndus

try

sect

or,

Indi

a ne

eds

mor

e re

liabl

e el

ectr

icit

y at

ch

eape

r co

st. T

his

will

cre

ate

dem

and

for

mor

e en

ergy

eff

icie

nt

wir

es, b

us-b

ars

and

addi

tion

al p

oten

tial

in

heat

exc

hang

e pr

oduc

ts,

in w

hich

the

cop

per

is

mos

t es

sent

ial i

ngre

dien

t.

Gov

ernm

ent’

s ta

rget

of

sa

ving

th

e eq

uiva

lent

of

23

,70

0

MW

in

po

wer

ge

nera

tion

cap

acit

y, b

y in

vest

ing

in e

nerg

y co

nser

vati

on i

niti

ativ

es, w

ill c

reat

e ad

diti

onal

dem

and

for

copp

er u

sed

in p

rodu

cts,

sys

tem

s an

d ap

plia

nces

.

Ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y co

nsum

es c

oppe

r m

ore

inte

nsel

y th

an c

onve

ntio

nal

pow

er

gene

rati

on –

cop

per

usag

e pe

r m

egaw

att

hour

of

offs

hore

win

d an

d so

lar

pow

er g

ener

atio

n is

sig

nifi

cant

ly h

ighe

r th

an t

hat

for

coal

or

nucl

ear

pow

er

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

15

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

gene

rati

on.

Gov

ernm

ent

targ

et t

o ha

ve a

ren

ewab

le c

apac

ity

of 1

75 G

W b

y 20

22 p

rovi

des

a m

ajor

boo

st t

o th

e co

pper

indu

stry

.

�E

very

GW

of

Sol

ar E

nerg

y re

quir

es 6

00

0 M

T of

Cop

per.

�E

very

GW

of

Win

d E

ner

gy r

equi

res

384

0 M

T of

Cop

per.

The

auto

mob

ile s

ecto

r in

Ind

ia i

s gr

owin

g at

the

rat

e of

16

% p

.a.

and

is

expe

cted

to

have

sim

ilar

grow

th i

n th

e fu

ture

. Th

e in

crea

se i

n so

phis

tica

tion

an

d si

ze o

f pa

ssen

ger

vehi

cles

will

giv

e ri

se t

o a

high

er d

ensi

ty o

f au

to w

irin

g ha

rnes

ses.

Con

vers

ion

from

oil

fuel

to

elec

tric

ity

has

crea

ted

a ni

che

for

copp

er in

rai

lway

se

ctor

. Th

e ra

ilway

ele

ctri

fica

tion

is

cont

inuo

usly

on

rise

and

will

con

tinu

e to

ri

se in

nea

r fu

ture

gen

erat

ing

addi

tion

al d

eman

d fo

r co

pper

. Apa

rt f

rom

thi

s, a

n

addi

tion

al c

oppe

r de

man

d w

ill a

lso

be c

reat

ed i

n u

rban

mas

s ra

pid

tran

spor

t sy

stem

s m

eant

for

red

ucin

g th

e tr

affi

c pr

oble

m in

cro

wde

d ci

ties

.

The

curr

ent

grow

th r

ate

in a

pplia

nces

mar

ket

is a

bout

20

% p

.a. a

nd is

exp

ecte

d to

gro

w w

ith

the

sam

e pa

ce f

or t

he n

ext

5 ye

ars.

The

re is

a la

rge

pote

ntia

l for

im

prov

emen

t in

the

lev

els

of e

nerg

y ef

fici

ency

, w

hic

h w

ould

inc

reas

e th

e de

nsit

y of

cop

per

usag

e in

the

sec

tor.

The

per

capi

ta c

onsu

mpt

ion

of c

oppe

r in

Indi

a is

less

tha

n 1

kg a

s co

mpa

red

to

3.2

kg

as

the

Wor

ld

aver

age.

Th

ere

is,

ther

efor

e,

a gr

eat

pote

ntia

l fo

r de

velo

pmen

t of

cop

per

- bas

ed in

dust

ries

in t

he c

ount

ry.

Con

side

ring

all

the

abov

e, t

he p

ropo

sal

of s

etti

ng u

p C

oppe

r S

mel

ting

and

R

efin

ing

com

plex

by

M/s

Ada

ni E

nter

pris

es L

imit

ed a

t M

undr

a se

ems

to b

e a

tim

ely

deci

sion

whi

ch c

an c

reat

e si

gnif

ican

t va

lue

to c

ount

ry a

s w

ell.

1.4

.PR

OC

ESS

DES

CR

IPTI

ON

:

Cop

per

is b

eing

pro

duce

d fr

om c

once

ntra

te r

oute

by

pyro

-met

allu

rgic

al r

oute

. Th

ere

are

vari

ous

tech

nolo

gies

ava

ilabl

e in

the

wor

ld. T

echn

olog

ies

are

maj

orly

di

vide

d in

to 2

typ

es,

such

as

Bat

h sm

elti

ng T

echn

olog

y an

d Fl

ash

smel

ting

Te

chno

logy

.

Sta

te o

f th

e ar

t te

chno

logy

will

be

used

to

prod

uce

10LT

PA

of

Cop

per

Cat

hode

at

pro

pose

d si

te. T

he p

rinc

ipal

raw

mat

eria

l for

the

pro

duct

ion

of c

oppe

r m

etal

is

cop

per

conc

entr

ate

cont

aini

ng a

bout

22-

35%

Cop

per,

25-3

5% I

ron,

28

-35%

S

ulph

ur a

nd 7

-10

% m

oist

ure.

App

roxi

mat

ely

2LTP

A C

oppe

r sc

rap

is a

lso

used

as

inpu

t to

Pro

pose

d co

pper

sm

elti

ng p

lant

and

Cop

per

Scr

ap M

elti

ng F

acili

ty.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

16

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

The

maj

or s

teps

in c

oppe

r ex

trac

tion

incl

ude:

�B

lend

ing

of d

iffe

rent

gra

des

of c

once

ntra

tes.

Sm

elti

ng

of

conc

entr

ate

in

Sm

elti

ng

furn

ace

to

prod

uce

an

inte

rmed

iate

cop

per

rich

pro

duct

kno

wn

as ”

mat

te”

cont

aini

ng 5

8 -

63%

co

pper

. �

Con

vert

ing

of l

iqui

d m

atte

to

blis

ter

copp

er (

98

- 9

9%

Cu)

in

Pie

rce

- S

mit

h co

nver

ter.

Fire

ref

inin

g of

blis

ter

copp

er t

o pr

oduc

e an

ode

copp

er (

99

.5%

Cu)

in

anod

e fu

rnac

e an

d ca

stin

g of

the

ano

des.

Ele

ctro

lyti

c re

fini

ng o

f an

odes

to

prod

uce

cop

per

cath

odes

(9

9.9

9%

C

u).

In t

he p

roce

ss o

f ex

trac

tion

of

copp

er m

etal

, Sul

phur

ic a

cid

is r

ecov

ered

as

a by

-pro

duct

fro

m t

he o

ff-g

ases

gen

erat

ing

from

the

Sm

elti

ng a

nd c

onve

rtin

g fu

rnac

es.

Par

t of

Sul

phur

ic a

cid

prod

uced

is

utili

zed

for

phos

phor

ic a

cid

prod

ucti

on a

nd

rest

will

be

sold

in t

he

Mar

ket

base

d on

mar

ket

requ

irem

ent.

Hyd

ro f

luro

Sili

cic

acid

gen

erat

ed f

rom

Pho

spho

ric

acid

pla

nt w

ill b

e pa

rtly

sol

d to

Flu

orid

e ba

sed

indu

stri

es

and

rest

w

ill

be

conv

erte

d in

va

lue

adde

d A

lum

inum

Fl

uori

de.

Alu

min

um

Fluo

ride

pr

oduc

ed

will

be

so

ld

to

Alu

min

um

man

ufac

turi

ng

Com

pani

es.

Pre

ciou

s m

etal

in

the

form

of

anod

e sl

ime

is c

olle

cted

dur

ing

elec

trol

ytic

re

fini

ng o

f co

pper

will

be

proc

esse

d to

pro

duce

Gol

d, S

ilver

and

PG

M (

Pla

tinu

m

Gro

up o

f M

etal

s) C

once

ntra

te.

Cop

per

Cat

hode

pro

duce

d fr

om C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

will

be

mel

ted

and

draw

n in

th

e fo

rm o

f C

oppe

r w

ire

rod

on c

onti

nuou

s ba

sis

from

a c

onti

nuou

s ca

stin

g an

d ro

lling

mac

hine

. Rod

will

be

of v

ario

us s

izes

as

per

mar

ket

requ

irem

ent

such

as

8 t

o 32

mm

.

Com

posi

te P

roce

ss F

low

she

et f

or C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt is

in A

nnex

ure

- IX

Was

te w

ater

gen

erat

ed f

rom

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

and

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y w

ill b

e tr

eate

d in

sta

te o

f ar

t ef

flue

nt t

reat

men

t fa

cilit

y. T

reat

ed

effl

uent

will

be

cons

umed

wit

hin

the

plan

t op

erat

ions

to

max

imum

ext

ent.

A

Rev

erse

Osm

osis

(R

O)

will

be

inst

alle

d at

the

out

let

of t

reat

ed e

fflu

ent

to r

euse

w

ater

inte

rnal

ly a

nd r

educ

e w

ater

con

sum

ptio

n. R

ejec

ts f

rom

the

RO

pla

nt w

ill

be f

ed t

o M

ulti

Eff

ect

Eva

pora

tor

(ME

E)

to e

nsur

e th

at p

lant

will

be

Zero

Liq

uid

Dis

char

ge (

ZLD

)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

17

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

1.5.

SITE

AN

ALY

SIS:

Th

e P

roje

ct s

ite

is l

ocat

ed i

n S

irac

ha a

nd N

avin

al V

illag

es a

t A

PSE

Z, M

undr

a ta

luka

, D

istr

ict

Kut

ch i

n th

e st

ate

of G

ujar

at a

nd a

bout

9

.0 k

m f

rom

Mun

dra

Wes

t P

ort,

G

ujar

at,

(lat

itud

e 2

2°4

8'5

5.78

"N a

nd l

ongi

tude

6

9°3

4'3

2.0

2"E

pr

ojec

t ar

ea c

ente

r ap

prox

.).Th

e vi

llage

is

acce

ssib

le b

y ro

ad f

rom

NH

-8A

wit

h ex

tens

ion

betw

een

G

andh

idha

m a

nd M

andv

i tow

ns. P

lant

is lo

cate

d ne

xt t

o S

tate

Hig

hway

.

The

site

is

wel

l co

nnec

ted

by t

he N

atio

nal

/ S

tate

Hig

hway

s, b

road

gau

ge r

ail

link

and

is a

bout

3.0

km

aw

ay f

rom

the

Nav

inal

rai

lway

Sta

tion

. T

he n

eare

st

airp

ort

is B

huj A

irpo

rt lo

cate

d at

a d

ista

nce

of 6

5 km

s fr

om t

he p

roje

ct s

ite.

The

ne

ares

t ra

ilway

sta

tion

is

Adi

pur/

Gan

dhid

ham

, w

hich

is

abou

t 6

3 km

s fr

om

proj

ect

site

and

nea

rest

tow

n is

Mu

ndra

whi

ch i

s ab

out

15.0

km

s fr

om t

he

proj

ect

site

. Th

e na

tion

al h

ighw

ay N

H-8

A i

s pa

ssin

g at

abo

ut 1

0.0

km

s aw

ay

from

the

sit

e. S

tate

Hig

hway

SH

-6 i

s ad

jace

nt a

t no

rth

of p

ropo

sed

site

. Th

e si

te is

wel

l con

nect

ed w

ith

Ahm

edab

ad c

ity

loca

ted

at a

bout

46

0 k

ms.

The

area

ear

mar

ked

for

prop

osed

Cop

per

plan

t is

ow

ned

by A

PS

EZL

and

is f

ree

from

any

hum

an a

ctiv

ity.

The

re i

s no

iss

ue o

f R

ehab

ilita

tion

& R

eset

tlem

ent

need

. A

roun

d 6

34 a

cre

land

wou

ld b

e re

quir

ed f

or e

ntir

e C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

inc

ludi

ng i

ts G

reen

belt

(33

% o

f to

tal

land

). T

he i

dent

ifie

d la

nd i

s no

t an

agr

icul

tura

l la

nd a

nd h

as a

lrea

dy b

een

desi

gnat

ed/

reco

rded

as

indu

stri

al

land

. Lan

d fo

r di

ffer

ent

corr

idor

s (P

ower

/ R

oad/

Raw

Mat

eria

l Con

veyo

r) w

ould

be

add

itio

nal.

Ther

e is

no

sign

ific

ant

vege

tati

on o

r ha

bita

tion

in t

he p

roje

ct s

ite.

The

nea

rest

si

gnif

ican

t fe

atur

es f

rom

the

pro

ject

sit

e ar

e 4

620

MW

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt a

nd

Tata

Pow

er (

Wes

tern

sid

e of

pro

ject

are

a), a

nd W

est

Por

t of

AP

SE

ZL (

Sou

th –

w

est

dire

ctio

n fr

om p

roje

ct).

The

vill

ages

whi

ch a

re i

n cl

ose

prox

imit

y to

th

e pr

ojec

t si

te a

re S

irac

ha a

nd N

avin

al.

From

Sou

th W

est

to N

orth

Eas

t m

ajor

ity

of a

rea

is o

f A

PS

EZL

whe

re w

est

port

is

als

o lo

cate

d..

The

land

is

havi

ng u

ndu

lati

ons

and

min

or g

radi

ng w

ill b

e re

quir

ed.

1.6

.RA

W M

ATE

RIA

LS &

SO

UR

CE:

The

maj

or r

aw m

ater

ial r

equi

red

for

Cop

per

smel

ter

is C

oppe

r C

once

ntra

te a

nd

Roc

k P

hosp

hate

for

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d pl

ant

will

be

impo

rted

thr

ough

Mun

dra

Por

t. R

est

of t

he r

aw m

ater

ial a

nd p

roce

ss c

onsu

mab

les

will

be

sour

ced

larg

ely

thro

ugh

dom

esti

c m

arke

t.

1.7.

UTI

LITI

ES R

EQU

IREM

ENT:

Follo

win

g ut

ility

item

s ar

e co

nsid

ered

.

a)P

ower

– In

com

ing

Su

bsta

tion

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

18

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

b)R

equi

red

Fuel

Oil

supp

ly s

yste

m

c)LN

G/L

PG

d)

Pro

cess

air

com

pres

sor

e)

Air

Sep

arat

ion

Pla

nt f

or O

xyge

n &

Nit

roge

n pr

oduc

tion

f)

Req

uire

d E

lect

rica

l & In

stru

men

tati

on

g)W

aste

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

Bas

ed P

ower

Pla

nt

h)R

equi

red

Raw

wat

er s

tora

ge f

acili

ty.

i)D

M P

lant

j)

RO

Pla

nt,

k)M

ulti

Eff

ect

Eva

pora

tor,

etc

1.7.

1.W

ATE

R:

The

Req

uire

men

t W

ater

for

the

pla

nt h

as b

een

esti

mat

ed a

rou

nd 3

2,8

00

M

3/D

ay.

M/s

. A

dani

Por

ts &

Spe

cial

Eco

nom

ic Z

one

Lim

ited

(A

PS

EZL

) w

ill b

e su

pply

ing

the

tota

l wat

er r

equi

rem

ent

for

the

plan

t .

1.7.

2.P

OW

ER:

The

tota

l est

imat

ed p

ower

req

uire

men

t fo

r C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt is

30

0

MW

out

of

whi

ch 4

0 M

W w

ould

be

gene

rate

d fr

om i

nter

nal

pro

cess

st

eam

and

bal

ance

26

0 M

W p

ower

wou

ld b

e so

urce

d fr

om A

PS

EZL

th

roug

h M

/s. M

undr

a U

tilit

y P

vt L

td.

1.7.

3.FU

EL O

IL:

Fuel

oil

stor

age

faci

lity

will

be

built

as

per

requ

irem

ent

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

guid

elin

es f

rom

Pet

role

um &

Exp

losi

ves

Saf

ety

Org

anis

atio

n (P

ES

O).

C

apac

ity

of t

he s

yste

m w

ill b

e ba

sed

on t

he d

esig

n re

quir

emen

t af

ter

fina

lizat

ion

of t

he e

ngi

neer

ing.

1.7.

4.

LPG

/ LN

G:

LPG

/LN

G s

tora

ge f

acili

ty w

ill b

e bu

ilt a

s pe

r re

quir

emen

t in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h gu

idel

ines

fro

m P

etro

leum

& E

xplo

sive

s S

afet

y O

rgan

isat

ion

(PE

SO

).

Cap

acit

y of

the

sys

tem

will

be

base

d on

the

des

ign

requ

irem

ent

afte

r fi

naliz

atio

n of

the

en

gine

erin

g.

1.7.

5.A

IR C

OM

PR

ESSO

R:

A

ded

icat

ed a

ir c

ompr

esso

r st

atio

n w

ill in

stal

led

to s

uppl

y pr

oces

s ai

r as

w

ell

as m

oist

ure

free

air

as

Inst

rum

ent

air

for

oper

atio

n of

pne

umat

ic

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

19

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

base

d in

stru

men

ts.

Cap

acit

y of

the

sys

tem

will

be

base

d on

the

des

ign

re

quir

emen

t af

ter

fin

aliz

atio

n of

the

eng

inee

ring

.

1.7.

6.

OX

YG

EN P

LAN

T:

2 O

xyge

n P

lant

s ea

ch

of

160

0

TPD

C

apac

ity

deliv

erin

g 9

5%

puri

ty

Oxy

gen

will

be

set

up f

or C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

requ

irem

ent.

1.7.

7.W

AS

TE H

EAT

REC

OV

ERY

BA

SED

PO

WER

PLA

NT:

Wit

h fo

cus

on r

ecov

ery

of h

eat

ener

gy, w

aste

hea

t re

cove

ry b

ased

pow

er

plan

t w

ith

~4

0 M

W c

apac

ity

will

be

inst

alle

d.

1.7.

8.

DM

PLA

NT

A

ded

icat

ed D

M p

lant

will

be

set

up t

o fu

lfill

the

req

uire

men

t of

pla

nts

such

as

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Ta

nk H

ouse

, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

, C

onti

nuou

s C

ast

Cop

per

Rod

Pla

nt, e

tc.

1.7.

9.

REV

ERS

E O

SM

OSI

S (

RO

) P

LAN

T:

A

dedi

cate

d R

O

plan

t w

ill

be

inst

alle

d at

th

e do

wn

stre

am

of

the

prop

osed

Eff

luen

t Tr

eatm

ent

Pla

nt.

This

will

hel

p to

reu

se a

nd r

ecyc

le

the

trea

ted

wat

er e

ffec

tive

ly w

ithi

n th

e pl

ant

requ

irem

ent.

1.7.

10.

MU

LTI E

FFEC

T EV

AP

OR

ATO

R:

Rej

ects

fro

m t

he R

O p

lant

will

be

fed

to M

ulti

Eff

ect

Eva

pora

tor

(ME

E)

to

ensu

re t

hat

plan

t w

ill b

e Ze

ro L

iqui

d D

isch

arge

(ZL

D)

1.8

.PR

OP

OSE

D IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E:

The

prop

osed

Cop

per

Pla

nt o

f A

dani

Ent

erpr

ises

Lim

ited

wou

ld r

equi

re a

to

tal

land

are

a of

634

Acr

es (

~ 2

56 H

ecta

res)

. Th

is a

rea

is b

ased

on

a pl

ot p

lan

of C

oppe

r P

lant

as

Ann

exur

e V

II w

hich

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

taki

ng

into

ac

coun

t th

e C

oppe

r P

lant

fa

cilit

y pr

oces

s,

the

site

in

fras

truc

ture

req

uire

men

t an

d ex

tern

al i

nter

face

s. T

hese

are

as w

ill b

e fi

rmed

up

w

ith

ongo

ing

engi

neer

ing

stud

ies

to

suit

th

e fa

cilit

y’s

oper

atin

g co

ndit

ions

, co

nstr

ucti

on a

nd m

aint

enan

ce p

hilo

soph

ies

and

stor

age

requ

irem

ents

.

Cop

per

Pla

nt a

rea

wou

ld c

ompr

ise

of f

acili

ties

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r, C

oppe

r S

crap

& E

- S

crap

Mel

ting

Fac

ility

, C

oppe

r R

efin

ery,

Cop

per

Rod

Pla

nt,

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y P

lant

, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

, P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

20

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Pla

nt,

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

Pla

nt,

Was

te w

ater

Tre

atm

ent

Faci

lity,

Was

te

Hea

t re

cove

ry b

ased

pow

er p

lant

, Air

Sep

arat

ion

Pla

nt, e

tc.

The

Cop

per

Pla

nt

Infr

astr

uctu

re

incl

udes

fa

cilit

ies

like

Raw

m

ater

ial

Sto

rage

are

a,

Cop

per

Sla

g (I

ron

Sili

cate

/ Fe

rro

San

d) &

Ph

osph

o G

ypsu

m

Sto

rage

A

rea,

S

ecu

red

Land

fi

ll fo

r st

orag

e of

H

azar

dous

W

aste

, P

ipel

ines

, R

oad/

Dra

inag

e,

Pip

e R

acks

/Tre

nche

s &

C

able

Tr

ays,

B

uffe

r Zo

ne,

Non

P

lant

B

uild

ings

, La

bora

tori

es,

Fabr

icat

ion

Yar

d,

Dis

patc

h S

ecti

on,

Gen

eral

st

ores

/ W

areh

ouse

, Fi

re

&

Saf

ety

Dep

artm

ent,

M

aint

enan

ce W

orks

hop,

Occ

upat

iona

l Hea

lth

Cen

ter

etc.

A

rea

for

gree

nbel

t de

velo

pmen

t as

per

pre

vaili

ng s

tatu

tory

gui

delin

es

from

GS

PC

B/C

PC

B/

MO

EF

will

als

o be

pro

vide

d.

1.9

.SO

CIA

L IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E:

AE

L be

lieve

s th

at a

n ef

fect

ive

grow

th p

olic

y m

ust

also

tak

e in

to a

ccou

nt

the

fulf

illm

ent

of b

asic

nee

ds o

f th

e m

asse

s, e

spec

ially

of

thos

e liv

ing

in

rura

l are

as.

AE

L ha

s on

e of

the

bes

t so

cial

inf

rast

ruct

ure

prop

osal

s w

hich

are

bas

ed

on t

he i

mpl

emen

tati

on a

lrea

dy d

one

by A

dani

Gro

up a

t M

undr

a, i

n th

e co

re a

rea

of H

ealt

h, E

duca

tion

, Sus

tain

able

liv

elih

ood

opti

ons

& w

omen

em

pow

erm

ent,

C

omm

unit

y in

fras

truc

ture

, Y

outh

sp

ort

&

cult

ural

ac

tivi

ties

, Cal

amit

y m

anag

emen

t. A

EL

is s

tric

tly

com

mit

ted

and

is g

oing

to

im

plem

ent

the

prop

osal

to

up

lift

the

soci

al

infr

astr

uctu

re

surr

ound

ings

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

lant

are

a.

1.10

.IN

DU

STR

IAL

WA

STE

MA

NA

GEM

ENT:

Sta

te o

f A

rt f

acili

ty w

ill b

e in

stal

led

wit

h a

focu

s on

the

fol

low

ing:

a.

Usa

ge o

f A

dvan

ced

and

Pro

ven

Tech

nolo

gy

b.R

educ

ed S

olid

was

te G

ener

atio

n

c.V

alue

fro

m W

aste

d.

Rec

yclin

g an

d R

euse

s e.

Sto

rage

of

was

te in

line

wit

h C

PC

B/G

SP

CB

/MoE

F gu

idel

ines

.

1.11

.R

EHA

BIL

ITA

TIO

N A

ND

RES

ETTL

EMEN

T (R

&R

) P

LAN

:

Sin

ce t

he e

ntir

e la

nd is

vac

ant,

hen

ce n

o di

spla

cem

ent

and

reha

bilit

atio

n of

loca

l pop

ulat

ion

is e

nvis

aged

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

21

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

1.12

.P

RO

JEC

T SC

HED

ULE

& C

OST

EST

IMA

TES:

Impl

emen

tati

on s

ched

ule

for

Cop

per

Pla

nt p

ost

all t

he r

elev

ant

appr

oval

s an

d co

nsen

ts w

ill b

e 36

Mon

ths.

The

tota

l est

imat

ed p

roje

ct C

ost

of t

he C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

proj

ect

is a

roun

d 1.

5 B

illio

n U

SD

(10

,00

0 C

r.).

Aro

und

200

0 p

eopl

e w

ould

be

dire

ctly

em

ploy

ed d

urin

g op

erat

ion

of t

he

plan

t. A

roun

d 30

00

peo

ple

wou

ld b

e re

quir

ed d

urin

g co

nstr

ucti

on p

hase

of

the

pro

ject

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

22

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

-2: I

NTR

OD

UC

TIO

N O

F

PR

OJE

CT

& M

AR

KET

OU

TLO

OK

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

23

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 2

Intr

oduc

tion

of

Pro

ject

&

Mar

ket

Out

look

2.1.

GEN

ERA

L

Met

al

indu

stry

fo

rms

an

indi

spen

sabl

e pa

rt

of

the

econ

omy

and

it

is

cons

ider

ed t

o be

the

bac

kbon

e of

the

indu

stri

al d

evel

opm

ent

of a

ny c

ount

ry.

Met

al i

s th

e cr

ucia

l sec

tor

for

any

econ

omy

as i

t m

eets

the

req

uire

men

ts o

f va

riou

s ot

her

sect

ors.

Sin

ce it

is a

cor

e se

ctor

, it

trac

ks t

he o

vera

ll gr

owth

of

the

econ

omy

in t

he l

ong

term

. Th

e m

etal

ind

ustr

y ca

n be

div

ided

int

o tw

o m

ain

segm

ents

:

1.Fe

rrou

s M

etal

s –

a.Th

ey p

rim

arily

con

sist

of

iron

and

dif

fere

nt

vari

etie

s of

ste

el

b.D

eman

d of

su

ch

met

als

mai

nly

com

es

from

au

tom

obile

an

d co

nstr

ucti

on s

ecto

rs

2.N

on F

erro

us M

etal

s –

a.Th

ey c

onsi

st o

f al

umin

um, c

oppe

r, zi

nc, l

ead,

nic

kel a

nd t

in

b.D

eman

d fo

r th

ese

met

als

com

es f

rom

sec

tors

suc

h as

aut

omob

iles,

ag

ricu

ltur

e, r

ailw

ays,

tel

ecom

mun

icat

ion,

con

stru

ctio

n an

d ch

emic

als

2.2.

BR

IEF

DES

CR

IPTI

ON

OF

PR

OJE

CT

The

proj

ect

cost

est

imat

ed t

o be

aro

und

US

$ 1

.5 b

illio

n (R

s. 1

0,0

00

cro

re)

incl

udes

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

, C

oppe

r R

efin

ery,

Con

tinu

ous

Cas

t C

oppe

r W

ire

Rod

Pla

nt,

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y P

lant

, P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

Pla

nt, A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e P

lant

, et

c. T

he p

roje

ct w

ould

be

loca

ted

in M

undr

a,

Guj

arat

will

pro

duce

10

LTP

A o

f C

oppe

r C

atho

de; 5

LTP

A o

f C

oppe

r R

od; 3

0LT

PA

of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid;

5LT

PA

of

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d; 3

0,0

00

TPA

of

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide,

50

TPA

of

Gol

d; 5

00

TPA

of

Silv

er;

etc

wit

h st

ate

of a

rt e

nvir

onm

ent

frie

ndly

te

chno

logy

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

24

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

2.3.

NEE

D F

OR

PR

OJE

CT

Cop

per

is c

onsi

dere

d to

be

the

thir

d m

ost

impo

rtan

t in

dust

rial

met

al n

ext

only

to

iron

and

alu

min

ium

. Th

e su

peri

or p

rope

rtie

s of

cop

per

such

as

its

benc

hmar

k in

el

ectr

ical

an

d th

erm

al

cond

ucti

vity

, w

itho

ut

sacr

ific

ing

perf

orm

ance

and

ene

rgy

effi

cien

cy, m

ake

it v

alua

ble

acro

ss in

dust

ries

. Th

e av

erag

e ex

pect

ed g

row

th o

f th

e co

nstr

ucti

on in

dust

ry o

f ap

prox

imat

ely

7% t

o 9

% w

ill c

onti

nue

to d

rive

the

dem

and

for

copp

er b

uild

ing

wir

es.

Impr

ovem

ent

in l

ivin

g st

anda

rds

on a

ccou

nt o

f pe

r ca

pita

l in

com

e gr

owth

w

ill in

crea

se t

he d

ensi

ty o

f co

pper

usa

ge in

bui

ldin

g w

ires

as

wel

l. Th

e go

vern

men

t of

Indi

a ha

s ta

rget

ed 1

00

% e

lect

rifi

cati

on o

f al

l rur

al h

ouse

s by

20

22. A

lso

gove

rnm

ent

by a

llow

ing

fore

ign

dire

ct in

vest

men

t in

the

sec

tor

of t

elec

om h

as a

ccel

erat

ed t

he t

ele-

dens

ity.

The

tel

e-de

nsit

y an

d br

oadb

and

conn

ecti

vity

of

10

m

illio

n su

bscr

iber

s (t

arge

ted)

w

ill

crea

te

a hu

ge

oppo

rtun

ity

for

copp

er in

Indi

a.

To s

uppo

rt t

he a

vera

ge G

DP

gro

wth

of

abou

t 7%

dur

ing

the

last

3 y

ears

the

re

has

been

a c

onsi

dera

ble

incr

ease

in

prim

ary

ener

gy d

eman

d. T

he g

row

th i

n

seco

ndar

y so

urce

suc

h as

ele

ctri

city

was

mor

e th

an 1

0%

. Th

e ai

m i

s al

so t

o im

prov

e su

pply

sid

e ef

fici

ency

by

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e di

stri

buti

on s

yste

m a

nd

redu

cing

the

sys

tem

eff

icie

ncy.

All

this

will

res

ult

in a

n in

crea

se i

n de

man

d fo

r co

pper

in p

ower

gen

erat

ion,

tra

nsm

issi

on a

nd d

istr

ibut

ion.

Fo

r th

e la

st 3

yea

rs, t

he in

dust

ry p

rodu

ctio

n is

gro

win

g at

an

aver

age

rate

of

6%

to

8%

. Th

e gr

owth

rat

e is

exp

ecte

d to

rem

ain

sim

ilar

in t

he f

utur

e. F

or

impr

ovin

g ef

fici

ency

in

the

core

ind

ustr

y se

ctor

, In

dia

need

s m

ore

relia

ble

elec

tric

ity

at c

heap

er c

ost.

Thi

s w

ill c

reat

e de

man

d fo

r m

ore

ener

gy e

ffic

ient

w

ires

, bu

s-ba

rs a

nd a

ddit

iona

l po

tent

ial

in h

eat

exch

ange

pro

duct

s, w

hich

w

ill c

reat

e an

add

itio

nal d

eman

d of

cop

per.

Th

e G

ovt.

tar

get

to p

rodu

ce 2

27 G

W o

f re

new

able

ene

rgy

by 2

022

, pro

vide

s an

un

prec

eden

ted

oppo

rtun

ity

for

copp

er

mar

ket

grow

th

in

Indi

a.

The

rene

wab

le

ener

gy

is

know

n to

co

nsum

e m

ore

quan

tity

of

co

pper

pe

r m

egaw

att

as c

ompa

red

to t

radi

tion

al t

herm

al b

ased

pow

er p

lant

s �

Eve

ry G

W o

f S

olar

Ene

rgy

requ

ires

60

00

MT

of C

oppe

r &

Eve

ry G

W o

f W

ind

En

ergy

req

uire

s 38

40

MT

of C

oppe

r.

�E

very

GW

of

Ther

mal

Ene

rgy

requ

ires

10

00

MT

of C

oppe

r.

Ano

ther

se

ctor

, w

hich

w

ill

lead

a

mas

sive

de

man

d fo

r co

pper

is

th

e au

tom

obile

sec

tor,

part

icul

arly

the

bat

tery

ope

rate

d el

ectr

ic v

ehic

les

(EV

s)..

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

25

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

The

incr

ease

in s

ophi

stic

atio

n an

d si

ze o

f pa

ssen

ger

vehi

cles

will

giv

e ri

se t

o a

high

er d

ensi

ty o

f au

to w

irin

g ha

rnes

ses.

Th

e el

ectr

ic v

ehic

le is

to

ente

r it

s st

rong

est

phas

e ev

er in

the

nex

t de

cade

&

is e

stim

ated

to

repl

ace

all

the

exis

ting

veh

icle

s ba

sed

on t

he t

radi

tion

al

fuel

s. T

he I

ndia

n go

vt.

targ

et t

o ac

hiev

e 30

% o

f al

l ve

hicl

es t

o be

ele

ctri

c ve

hicl

e w

ill b

e a

maj

or b

oost

to

the

copp

er i

ndus

try

as t

he E

Vs

cons

umes

m

ore

than

6 t

imes

of

copp

er p

er v

ehic

le a

s co

mpa

red

to t

he e

xist

ing

inte

rnal

co

mbu

stib

le (

IC)

engi

ne v

ehic

les.

C

onve

rsio

n fr

om o

il fu

el t

o el

ectr

icit

y ha

s cr

eate

d a

nich

e fo

r co

pper

in

ra

ilway

sec

tor.

The

rai

lway

ele

ctri

fica

tion

will

con

tinu

e in

nex

t 5

year

s.

Add

itio

nal c

oppe

r de

man

d w

ill a

lso

be c

reat

ed in

urb

an m

ass

rapi

d tr

ansp

ort

to r

educ

e th

e tr

affi

c pr

oble

m in

cro

wde

d ci

ties

. Th

e cu

rren

t gr

owth

ra

te

in

appl

ianc

es

mar

ket

is

abou

t 20

%

pa

and

is

expe

cted

to

grow

wit

h sa

me

pace

for

the

nex

t 5

year

s. T

here

is

a la

rge

pote

ntia

l fo

r im

prov

emen

t in

the

lev

els

of e

nerg

y ef

fici

ency

, w

hich

wou

ld

incr

ease

the

den

sity

of

copp

er u

sage

in t

he

sect

or.

The

per

capi

ta c

onsu

mpt

ion

of c

oppe

r in

Indi

a is

less

tha

n 1

kg a

s co

mpa

red

to 3

.2 k

g as

the

Wor

ld a

vera

ge.

Ther

e is

, th

eref

ore,

a g

reat

pot

enti

al f

or

deve

lopm

ent

of c

oppe

r -

base

d in

dust

ries

in

the

coun

try.

In

view

of

the

abov

e; t

he p

ropo

sal o

f se

ttin

g up

Cop

per

Sm

elti

ng a

nd R

efin

ing

capa

city

by

M/s

Ada

ni E

nter

pris

es L

imit

ed a

t M

undr

a is

the

mos

t ap

prop

riat

e an

d a

tim

ely

deci

sion

.

2.4

.PR

ICE

VO

LATI

LITY

The

vola

tilit

y of

the

Cop

per

pric

e w

ill n

ot h

ave

any

maj

or i

mpa

ct o

n th

e pr

ojec

t, a

s pr

ojec

t is

dev

elop

ed o

n C

usto

m b

ased

sm

elte

r ba

sis.

Hen

ce L

ME

P

rice

of

the

copp

er w

ill b

e ne

utra

l as

we

will

be

secu

ring

our

selv

es w

ith

back

to

bac

k he

dge.

2.5.

MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K

Use

of

copp

er h

as i

ncre

ased

sig

nifi

cant

ly a

nd i

s fo

und

in a

vas

t ra

nge

of

appl

icat

ions

ran

ging

fro

m b

rass

mus

ical

ins

trum

ents

to

elec

tric

al w

irin

g,

elec

tric

dyn

amos

, an

d so

lar

cells

.

Cop

per

conc

entr

ate

is t

ypic

ally

fur

ther

ref

ined

and

for

med

int

o ca

thod

es,

whi

ch a

re t

ypic

ally

up

to 9

9.9

9%

pur

e co

pper

. Th

ese

cath

odes

are

the

n

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

26

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

ship

ped

to m

ills

or f

ound

ries

to

be f

orm

ed in

to o

ne o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

form

s: (

1)

wir

e ro

d, (

2) b

illet

, (3)

cak

e, o

r (4

) in

got.

Cop

per

is a

lso

com

bine

d w

ith

othe

r m

etal

s to

for

m c

oppe

r al

loys

, w

hich

inc

lude

bro

nze

(cop

per

and

tin)

, br

ass

(cop

per

and

zinc

), an

d co

pper

/nic

kel a

lloys

.

The

sout

hern

mos

t co

untr

y in

Sou

th A

mer

ica

is C

hile

, w

hich

pro

duce

s as

m

uch

copp

er a

s th

e ne

xt 5

larg

est

copp

er p

rodu

cing

cou

ntri

es c

ombi

ned

(i.e

. C

hina

, Per

u, U

SA

, Aus

tral

ia a

nd Z

ambi

a.)

As

men

tion

ed C

hile

acc

ount

s fo

r ov

er o

ne t

hird

of

wor

ld's

cop

per

prod

ucti

on

follo

wed

by

Chi

na, P

eru,

Uni

ted

Sta

tes,

Aus

tral

ia, I

ndon

esia

, Zam

bia,

Can

ada

and

Pol

and.

Maj

or e

xpor

ters

of

copp

er o

res

and

conc

entr

ates

are

Chi

le, P

eru,

In

done

sia,

Aus

tral

ia,

Can

ada,

Bra

zil,

Kaz

akhs

tan,

Uni

ted

Sta

tes,

Arg

enti

na

and

Mon

golia

. The

big

gest

impo

rter

s of

cop

per

are

Chi

na, J

apan

, Ind

ia, S

outh

K

orea

and

Ger

man

y.

Figu

re 1

: Pro

duct

ion

tren

ds in

the

top

five

copp

er-p

rodu

cing

nat

ions

2.5.

1.C

OP

PER

PR

OD

UC

ING

NA

TIO

NS

AN

D T

ECH

NO

LOG

Y

Wor

ld

Cop

per

prod

ucti

on

is

incr

easi

ng

@

2.6

%

CA

GR

. C

oppe

r is

be

ing

prod

uced

fr

om

copp

er

conc

entr

ate

thro

ugh

pyro

m

etal

lurg

ical

ro

ute.

H

owev

er o

ver

the

year

s pr

oduc

tion

thr

ough

sec

onda

ry r

oute

(C

oppe

r S

crap

) ha

s in

crea

sed.

Cop

per

is

bein

g pr

oduc

ed

from

co

ncen

trat

e ro

ute

by

pyro

-met

allu

rgic

al

rout

e. T

here

are

var

ious

tec

hnol

ogie

s av

aila

ble

in t

he w

orld

. Te

chno

logi

es

are

maj

orly

div

ided

into

2 t

ypes

, suc

h as

Bat

h sm

elti

ng T

echn

olog

y an

d Fl

ash

sm

elti

ng T

echn

olog

y.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

27

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Tabl

e 1:

Sm

eltin

g Te

chno

logy

Flas

h Sm

elti

ng

Bat

h Sm

elti

ng

Out

otec

Fla

sh

TSL

(IS

A s

mel

t /

Aus

mel

t)

Inco

Fla

sh

Mit

subi

shi

Te

nien

te C

onve

rter

Nor

anda

Rea

ctor

Van

yuko

v

SK

S

Figu

re 2

: Sm

eltin

g Te

chno

logy

Mar

ket S

hare

Figu

re b

elow

sho

ws

tren

ds i

n C

oppe

r sm

elti

ng c

apac

ity

betw

een

200

0 a

nd

2021

. Thi

s sh

ows

emer

genc

e of

Chi

nese

tec

hnol

ogy

and

sust

aine

d in

crea

sed

in f

lash

and

con

tinu

ous

smel

ting

cap

acit

ies.

Fi

gure

3: T

rend

s in

Copp

er S

mel

ting

Capa

city

, 200

0 an

d 20

21

Sour

ce: W

orld

Cop

per F

act b

ook

2018

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

28

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Out

of

the

Top

20 c

oun

trie

s in

volv

ed i

n co

pper

sm

elte

r pr

oduc

tion

and

re

fine

d co

pper

pr

oduc

tion

, 10

co

untr

ies

such

as

U

SA

, G

erm

any,

Ja

pan

, R

ussi

a, A

ustr

alia

, et

c. a

re f

rom

the

dev

elop

ed w

orld

. C

onti

nent

s of

Eur

ope

and

Am

eric

a co

nsti

tute

abo

ut 6

mill

ion

met

ric

tonn

es o

f co

pper

sm

elte

r pr

oduc

tion

w

hich

is

al

mos

t ~

30%

of

th

e w

orld

pr

oduc

tion

. In

la

st

two

deca

des

prod

ucti

on f

rom

Asi

a ha

s in

crea

sed

five

-fol

d. C

hina

has

con

trib

uted

si

gnif

ican

tly

for

the

sam

e. T

oday

, C

hin

a co

ntri

bute

s ~

40

% o

f th

e w

orld

pr

oduc

tion

.

Fi

gure

4: W

orld

Cop

per S

mel

ter P

rodu

ctio

n, 1

980-

2017

So

urce

: Wor

ld C

oppe

r Fac

t boo

k 20

18

Fi

gure

5: C

oppe

r Sm

elte

r Pro

duct

ion

by R

egio

n, 1

990-

2017

So

urce

: Wor

ld C

oppe

r Fac

t boo

k 20

18

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

29

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re b

elow

sho

ws

rapi

d in

crea

se i

n C

oppe

r sm

elti

ng c

apac

ity

in A

sia,

in

part

icul

ar in

Chi

na o

ver

last

2 d

ecad

es. C

apac

ity

in E

urop

e is

sta

gnat

ed o

ver

last

1 d

ecad

e, h

owev

er A

fric

a is

em

ergi

ng in

last

dec

ade.

Fi

gure

6: C

oppe

r Sm

elte

r Pro

duct

ion

by C

ount

ry: T

op 2

0 Co

untr

ies i

n 20

17

Sour

ce: W

orld

Cop

per F

act b

ook

2018

To

p 20

Cop

per

smel

ters

by

capa

citi

es a

re i

n de

velo

ped

coun

trie

s lik

e C

hina

, G

erm

any,

Jap

an, R

ussi

a, S

pain

and

Indi

a.

Fi

gure

7: T

op 2

0 Co

pper

Sm

elte

r by

Capa

city

(bas

is 20

18)

Sour

ce: W

orld

Cop

per F

act b

ook

2018

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

30

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re b

elow

sho

ws

rapi

d in

crea

se C

oppe

r R

efin

ing

capa

city

dis

trib

utio

n

acro

ss t

he w

orld

. Th

ere

is 5

fol

d in

crea

se i

n ca

paci

ty i

n l

ast

2 de

cade

s in

A

sia.

All

the

capa

city

has

incr

ease

d in

Chi

na a

nd c

ontr

ibut

es t

o ~

40

% o

f th

e W

orld

’s C

oppe

r C

atho

de p

rodu

ctio

n.

Fi

gure

8: R

efin

ed C

oppe

r Pro

duct

ion

by R

egio

n, 1

900-

2017

Chi

na i

s th

e w

orld

’s l

arge

st p

rodu

cer

of t

he C

oppe

r C

atho

des

and

prod

uces

~

40

% o

f th

e w

orld

pro

duct

ion,

fol

low

ed b

y Ja

pan,

Chi

le, U

SA

, etc

.

Figu

re 9

: Ref

ined

Cop

per P

rodu

ctio

n: T

op 2

0 Co

untr

ies i

n 20

17

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

31

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Top

20 C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

by c

apac

itie

s ar

e in

US

A,

Chi

na,

Ger

man

y, J

apan

, R

ussi

a, K

orea

, Spa

in a

nd In

dia.

Figu

re 1

0: T

op 2

0 Co

pper

Ref

iner

ies b

y Ca

paci

ty (b

asis

2018

)

2.5.

2.C

ON

SUM

PTI

ON

PA

TTER

N O

F C

OP

PER

Cop

per

is a

n im

port

ant

non

-fer

rous

bas

e m

etal

wit

h w

ide

indu

stri

al a

pplic

atio

ns

rang

ing

from

de

fens

e,

spac

e pr

ogra

m,

railw

ays,

po

wer

ca

bles

, m

int,

te

leco

mm

unic

atio

n ca

bles

, et

c. C

oppe

r is

use

ful

beca

use

it i

s re

lati

vely

sof

t,

and

tran

smit

s bo

th h

eat

and

elec

tric

ity

wel

l. B

eing

an

exce

llent

ele

ctri

cal

cond

ucto

r, it

is

used

in

elec

tric

al w

irin

g an

d el

ectr

onic

s. C

oppe

r is

hig

hly

resi

stan

t to

the

dam

age

of w

ater

and

oth

er e

lem

ents

, so

it is

fre

quen

tly

used

in

cons

truc

tion

. Cop

per

can

be f

ully

rec

ycle

d, m

akin

g it

a p

erfe

ctly

gre

en m

ater

ial.

Mos

t ce

rtif

ied

sust

aina

ble

build

ings

(o

ften

ca

lled

LEE

D

build

ings

) us

e a

subs

tant

ial a

mou

nt o

f co

pper

. Cop

per’s

dur

abili

ty a

nd e

nerg

y sa

ving

pro

pert

ies

mak

e it

an

exce

llent

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ial

that

can

qua

lify

a bu

ildin

g fo

r LE

ED

cr

edit

s an

d he

lp lo

wer

its

carb

on f

ootp

rint

.

Cop

per

is m

ostl

y us

ed a

s a

pure

met

al, b

ut

wh

en a

hig

her

hard

ness

is r

equi

red

it i

s co

mbi

ned

wit

h ot

her

elem

ents

to

mak

e an

allo

y (5

% o

f to

tal

use)

suc

h as

br

ass

and

bron

ze.

A s

mal

l pa

rt o

f co

pper

sup

ply

is u

sed

in p

rodu

ctio

n of

co

mpo

unds

fo

r nu

trit

iona

l su

pple

men

ts

and

fung

icid

es

in

agri

cult

ure.

Th

e m

achi

ning

of

copp

er is

pos

sibl

e, a

ltho

ugh

it is

usu

ally

nec

essa

ry t

o us

e an

allo

y fo

r in

tric

ate

part

s to

get

goo

d m

achi

nabi

lity

char

acte

rist

ic.

Cop

per

find

s it

s ap

plic

atio

n in

the

bui

ldin

g co

nstr

ucti

on, p

ower

gen

erat

ion

and

tran

smis

sion

, el

ectr

onic

pr

oduc

t m

anuf

actu

ring

, pr

oduc

tion

of

in

dust

rial

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

32

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

mac

hine

ry a

s w

ell a

s au

tom

otiv

e ap

plic

atio

ns. C

oppe

r w

irin

g an

d pl

umbi

ng a

re

inte

gral

to

th

e ap

plia

nces

, he

atin

g an

d co

olin

g sy

stem

s,

and

tele

com

mun

icat

ions

link

s us

ed e

very

day

in h

omes

and

bus

ines

ses.

As

per

the

Wor

ld C

oppe

r Fa

ct B

ook

2018

, A

sia

dom

inat

es i

n a

big

way

(70

%

shar

e) in

cop

per

appl

icat

ions

as

com

pare

d to

Eur

ope,

Am

eric

as a

nd R

est

of t

he

Wor

ld r

egio

ns a

s sh

own

belo

w:

Fi

gure

11:

Ref

ined

Cop

per U

sage

by

Regi

on, 1

960

vers

us 2

017

The

glob

al s

tatu

s of

cop

per

uses

by

end

user

sec

tor

show

tha

t al

mos

t 1/

3rd

of

copp

er f

inds

app

licat

ion

in E

quip

men

t as

wel

l as

Con

stru

ctio

n se

ctor

eac

h,

whe

reas

the

rem

ain

ing

uses

are

in

indu

stri

al,

tran

spor

t an

d in

fras

truc

ture

se

ctor

s as

sho

wn

belo

w.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

33

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

12:

Glo

bal S

tatu

s of C

oppe

r Use

s

2.5.

3.U

SA

GES

OF

CO

PP

ER

Cop

per

is u

sed

in w

ater

pip

elin

es, i

ntel

ligen

t ho

uses

and

bui

ldin

gs, e

lect

rica

l m

otor

s, p

ower

lin

es,

elec

tric

al a

pplia

nces

, he

alth

car

e, e

nvir

onm

ent

rela

ted

indu

stri

es,

com

pute

rs,

com

mun

icat

ion

devi

ces,

in

gene

ral,

in t

he i

ndus

trie

s th

at a

re s

hapi

ng t

he

futu

re.

Cop

per

is a

lso

used

in

arti

llery

she

ll ca

sing

s,

smal

l arm

s am

mun

itio

n, w

ater

pip

es, a

nd je

wel

lery

. . (

Sou

rce:

Wik

iped

ia)

Con

stru

ctio

n (i

nclu

des

elec

tric

al):

C

oppe

r is

us

ed

in

a w

ide

vari

ety

of

cons

truc

tion

app

licat

ions

, inc

ludi

ng p

lum

bing

, kit

chen

and

bat

hroo

m f

ixtu

res

such

as

taps

, tu

bes,

and

fi

ttin

gs,

hea

ting

fix

ture

s, e

lect

rica

l w

irin

g an

d

outl

ets,

air

con

diti

onin

g, a

nd r

oofi

ng. C

oppe

r’s h

igh

cond

ucti

vity

has

mad

e it

th

e pr

imar

y ch

oice

for

use

in

pow

er c

able

s, t

rans

form

ers,

bui

ldin

g w

ire,

an

d m

otor

s.

Elec

tron

ics

and

com

mun

icat

ion:

Cop

per

is

a si

gnif

ican

t ra

w

mat

eria

l in

el

ectr

onic

s an

d te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns,

incl

udin

g co

mpu

ters

in

the

form

of

com

pute

r ch

ips,

ele

ctro

n tu

bes,

dat

a ca

bles

, and

tel

epho

ne w

ire.

Tran

spor

tati

on:

Cop

per

is f

ound

in

auto

mob

iles,

usu

ally

as

a co

pper

/nic

kel

allo

y in

app

licat

ions

suc

h as

rad

iato

rs a

nd h

ydra

ulic

bra

kes,

in

addi

tion

to

elec

tric

al w

irin

g. I

n m

arin

e ap

plic

atio

ns, c

oppe

r is

fre

quen

tly

com

bine

d w

ith

ni

ckel

to

crea

te c

oppe

r/ni

ckel

allo

ys u

sed

for

ship

hul

ls,

offs

hore

uni

ts,

desa

linat

ion

plan

ts,

etc.

, pr

imar

ily

owin

g to

it

s re

sist

ance

to

se

awat

er

corr

osio

n.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

34

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Indu

stri

al m

achi

nery

and

equ

ipm

ent:

Cop

per

is u

sed

heav

ily i

n in

dust

rial

ap

plic

atio

ns a

s an

allo

y, m

ost

com

mon

ly c

ombi

ned

wit

h ti

n to

for

m b

ronz

e.

Som

e us

es i

nclu

de m

otor

s an

d w

irin

g, h

eat

exch

ange

rs, t

urbi

ne b

lade

s, a

nd

natu

ral g

as p

ipes

.

Con

sum

er g

oods

: Cop

per

is f

ound

in a

var

iety

of

cons

umer

pro

duct

s as

wel

l, in

clud

ing

mic

row

ave

oven

s, T

V c

atho

de r

ays,

bra

ss f

urni

ture

and

mus

ical

in

stru

men

ts, s

ilver

war

e, a

nd c

oins

.

Glo

bally

, th

e m

ajor

end

mar

kets

for

cop

per

have

bee

n co

nstr

ucti

on a

nd

elec

tron

ics,

acc

ount

ing

for

mor

e th

an 6

0%

of

the

glob

al c

oppe

r de

man

d.

How

ever

, reg

iona

l var

iati

ons

in t

he e

nd u

se o

f co

pper

con

tinu

e to

exi

st.

For

inst

ance

, in

Indi

a, 4

9%

of

copp

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

is b

y th

e co

nstr

ucti

on s

ecto

r, w

here

as i

n C

hina

th

e do

min

ant

use

for

copp

er i

s in

the

ele

ctro

nics

and

co

mm

unic

atio

n se

ctor

, whi

ch t

akes

42%

of

tota

l cop

per

cons

umpt

ion.

Figu

re 1

3: C

oppe

r Con

sum

ptio

n –

Indi

a Vs

Chi

na

Maj

or i

ndus

tria

l se

ctor

s us

ing

copp

er i

n In

dia

are

elec

tric

al &

tel

ecom

wit

h

56%

sha

re f

ollo

wed

by

tran

spor

t w

ith

8%

, co

nstr

ucti

on w

ith

7%,

cons

umer

du

rabl

es w

ith

7% a

nd e

ngin

eeri

ng g

oods

wit

h 6

% s

hare

in t

he t

otal

use

.

Per

cap

ita

cons

umpt

ion

of c

oppe

r in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

was

10

kilo

gram

s pe

r pe

rson

19

65,

the

sam

e in

19

95.

In

Japa

n pe

r ca

pita

con

sum

ptio

n in

crea

sed

from

6 k

ilogr

ams

per

pers

on t

o 11

kilo

gram

s pe

r pe

rson

ove

r th

e sa

me

tim

e pe

riod

. C

oppe

r co

nsum

ptio

n in

Kor

ea i

n 19

65

was

les

s th

an 1

00

0 t

ons.

By

199

5, K

orea

's c

onsu

mpt

ion

of c

oppe

r h

ad r

each

ed 6

37,0

00

ton

s, o

r m

ore

than

14

kilo

gram

s pe

r pe

rson

.

In C

hina

, ev

en a

fter

yea

rs o

f ec

onom

ic g

row

th,

per

capi

ta c

oppe

r us

age

is

abou

t 5.

4 k

g. A

s C

hina

's p

opul

ace

urba

nize

s, b

uild

s up

its

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

35

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

beco

mes

mor

e of

a c

onsu

min

g so

ciet

y, t

here

's n

o re

ason

to

susp

ect

Chi

nese

co

pper

con

sum

ptio

n w

on't

app

roac

h or

eve

n su

rpas

s U

.S.,

Japa

nese

and

S

outh

Kor

ean

leve

ls. T

here

's 1

.3 b

illio

n pe

ople

in C

hina

, eve

n a

slig

ht in

crea

se

in C

hine

se c

onsu

mpt

ion

will

tra

nsla

te in

to e

norm

ous

dem

and

grow

th.

Per

cap

ita

cons

umpt

ion

of c

oppe

r in

Indi

a is

muc

h lo

wer

at

0.4

kg

per

annu

m

than

3.3

kg

per

annu

m i

n R

ussi

a, 5

.4 k

g pe

r an

num

in

Chi

na a

nd a

bout

9-1

0

kg p

er a

nnum

in d

evel

oped

cou

ntri

es

Figu

re 1

4: P

er C

apita

Cop

per C

onsu

mpt

ion

in K

g

Indi

a, w

ith

its

1.2

billi

on p

eopl

e, is

pre

sent

ly u

sing

0.4

kg

of c

oppe

r pe

r pe

rson

. Th

e co

untr

y is

mod

erni

zing

and

nee

ds t

o in

vest

hea

vily

in

elec

tric

al p

ower

in

fras

truc

ture

. A

ccor

ding

to

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l E

nerg

y A

genc

y (I

EA

), In

dia'

s po

wer

pro

duct

ion

will

nee

d to

ris

e by

up

to 2

0 p

erce

nt a

nnua

lly t

o ke

ep p

ace

wit

h it

s ec

onom

ic a

nd p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

. Ju

st m

eeti

ng t

he r

equi

red

pow

er

targ

et w

ould

dou

ble

Indi

a's

annu

al c

oppe

r co

nsum

ptio

n.

The

annu

al w

orld

ave

rage

per

-cap

ita

cons

umpt

ion

of

copp

er is

3.2

kg.

Thes

e gr

aphs

sug

gest

as

the

deve

lopi

ng A

sian

eco

nom

ies

such

as

Chi

na a

nd

Indi

a co

ntin

ue t

o m

ove

tow

ards

1st

wor

ld li

ving

sta

ndar

ds, a

nd h

ence

incr

ease

th

eir

GD

P

per

capi

ta

thei

r en

ergy

co

nsum

ptio

n w

ill

incr

ease

, le

adin

g to

in

crea

sed

dem

and

for

Cop

per.

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orea

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naR

ussi

aIn

dia

10

11

14

5.4

3.3

0.4

Per

Cap

ita

Cop

per

Con

sum

ptio

n in

Kg

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

36

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 1

5: P

er C

apita

Ele

ctric

ity C

onsu

mpt

ion

in K

WHr

2.5.

4.

FAC

TOR

S IN

FLU

ENC

ING

CO

PP

ER D

EMA

ND

a)

Ris

ing

Pow

er G

ener

atio

n is

fue

ling

the

Dem

and

for

Cop

per

Cop

per

is t

he b

est

non

prec

ious

met

al c

ondu

ctor

of

elec

tric

ity

as it

enc

ount

ers

muc

h le

ss r

esis

tanc

e co

mpa

red

wit

h ot

her

com

mon

ly u

sed

met

als.

It

sets

the

st

anda

rd t

o w

hich

oth

er c

ondu

ctor

s ar

e co

mpa

red.

Cop

per

is a

lso

used

in

pow

er

cabl

es,

eith

er

insu

late

d or

un

insu

late

d,

for

high

, m

ediu

m

and

low

vo

ltag

e ap

plic

atio

ns.

In a

ddit

ion,

cop

per's

exc

epti

onal

str

engt

h, d

ucti

lity

and

resi

stan

ce

to

cree

ping

an

d co

rros

ion

mak

es

it

the

pref

erre

d

and

safe

st

cond

ucto

r fo

r co

mm

erci

al a

nd r

esid

enti

al b

uild

ing

wir

ing.

Cop

per

is a

n es

sent

ial

com

pone

nt o

f en

ergy

eff

icie

nt g

ener

ator

s, m

otor

s,

tran

sfor

mer

s an

d re

new

able

ene

rgy

prod

uct

ion

syst

ems.

Ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y so

urce

s su

ch a

s so

lar,

win

d, g

eoth

erm

al, f

uel

cel

ls a

nd o

ther

te

chno

logi

es a

re a

ll he

avily

rel

iant

on

copp

er d

ue t

o it

s ex

celle

nt c

ondu

ctiv

ity.

IC

SG

, in

part

ners

hip

wit

h th

e C

omm

on F

und

for

Com

mod

itie

s, t

he In

tern

atio

nal

Cop

per

Ass

ocia

tion

and

the

Int

erna

tion

al C

oppe

r P

rom

otio

n C

ounc

il (I

ndia

), un

dert

ook

the

Tran

sfer

of

Tech

nolo

gy f

or H

igh

Pre

ssur

e C

oppe

r D

ie C

asti

ng

proj

ect

in I

ndia

. Th

e pr

ojec

t fa

cilit

ated

the

tra

nsfe

r of

tec

hnol

ogy

rela

ted

to

the

man

ufac

ture

of

roto

rs,

mot

ors

and

mot

or s

yste

ms

usin

g m

ore

ener

gy

effi

cien

t h

igh

pres

sure

cop

per

die

cast

ings

.

The

gove

rnm

ent

of I

ndia

has

tar

gete

d 10

0%

ele

ctri

fica

tion

of

all

rura

l ho

uses

by

20

22.

Als

o go

vern

men

t,

by

allo

win

g fo

reig

n di

rect

in

vest

men

t in

th

e te

leco

m

sect

or,

has

acce

lera

ted

the

tele

-den

sity

. Th

e te

le-d

ensi

ty

and

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

37

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

broa

dban

d co

nnec

tivi

ty o

f 10

mill

ion

subs

crib

ers

(tar

gete

d) w

ill c

reat

e a

huge

op

port

unit

y fo

r co

pper

in In

dia.

To s

uppo

rt t

he a

vera

ge G

DP

gro

wth

of

abou

t 7%

dur

ing

the

last

3 y

ears

the

re

has

been

a c

onsi

dera

ble

incr

ease

in

pri

mar

y en

ergy

dem

and.

The

gro

wth

in

seco

ndar

y so

urce

suc

h as

ele

ctri

city

was

mor

e th

an 1

0%

.. Th

e ai

m i

s al

so t

o im

prov

e su

pply

sid

e ef

fici

ency

by

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e di

stri

buti

on s

yste

m.

All

this

will

res

ult

in a

n in

crea

se i

n de

man

d fo

r co

pper

in

pow

er g

ener

atio

n,

tran

smis

sion

as

wel

l as

dist

ribu

tion

.

The

pow

er s

ecto

r gr

owth

als

o in

flue

nce

grow

ing

dem

and

for

copp

er.

Dur

ing

FY17

, po

wer

gen

erat

ion

in I

ndia

was

116

0 T

Wh.

Pow

er g

ener

atio

n in

Ind

ia

expa

nded

at

a C

AG

R o

f 5.

11 p

er c

ent

betw

een

FY 0

8 t

o FY

17

as s

how

n in

the

ba

r ch

art

belo

w.

As

per

the

11th

Pla

n, I

ndi

a is

add

ed a

roun

d 6

0,0

00

MW

of

gene

rati

on c

apac

ity,

and

fur

ther

tar

get

capa

city

add

itio

n w

as p

lann

ed f

or o

ver

80

,00

0 M

W in

the

12t

h P

lan

(20

12-1

7) p

erio

d.

Figu

re 1

6: P

ower

gen

erat

ion

(TW

h )in

Indi

a (F

Y 08

to F

Y 17

)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

38

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

b)

A

utom

otiv

e P

rodu

ctio

n is

fue

ling

the

Dem

and

for

Cop

per

All

maj

or

form

s of

tr

ansp

orta

tion

de

pend

on

co

pper

to

pe

rfor

m

crit

ical

fu

ncti

ons.

Cop

per-

nick

el a

lloys

are

use

d on

the

hul

ls o

f bo

ats

and

ship

s to

re

duce

m

arin

e be

foul

ing,

th

ereb

y re

duci

ng

drag

an

d im

prov

ing

fuel

co

nsum

ptio

n.

All

auto

mob

iles

and

truc

ks r

ely

on c

oppe

r m

otor

s, w

irin

g, r

adia

tors

, con

nect

ors,

br

akes

and

bea

ring

s. T

oday

, th

e av

erag

e m

id-s

ize

auto

mob

ile c

onta

ins

abou

t 22

.5 k

g (5

0 l

bs)

of c

oppe

r, w

hile

lux

ury

cars

on

aver

age

cont

ain

arou

nd 1

,50

0

copp

er w

ires

tot

alin

g ab

out

1.6

km

(1

mile

) in

leng

th.

The

elec

tric

and

hyb

rid

vehi

cles

can

con

tain

eve

n hi

gher

lev

els

of c

oppe

r.

Cop

per's

su

peri

or

ther

mal

co

nduc

tivi

ty,

stre

ngth

, co

rros

ion

resi

stan

ce

and

recy

clab

ility

m

ake

it

idea

l fo

r au

tom

otiv

e an

d tr

uck

radi

ator

s.

New

m

anuf

actu

ring

tec

hnol

ogie

s, p

roce

sses

an

d in

nova

tive

des

igns

are

res

ulti

ng i

n lig

hter

, sm

alle

r an

d m

ore

effi

cien

t ra

diat

ors.

Figu

re 1

7: P

asse

nger

car

pro

duct

ion

grow

th

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

39

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 1

8: P

asse

nger

car

pro

duct

ion

vs c

oppe

r con

sum

ptio

n

The

auto

mob

ile s

ecto

r in

Ind

ia i

s gr

owin

g at

the

rat

e of

16

% a

nnua

lly a

nd i

s ex

pect

ed t

o ha

ve s

imila

r gr

owth

in

the

futu

re. T

he i

ncre

ase

in s

ophi

stic

atio

n an

d si

ze o

f pa

ssen

ger

vehi

cles

will

giv

e ri

se t

o a

high

er d

ensi

ty o

f au

to w

irin

g ha

rnes

ses.

As

per

Woo

d M

acke

nzie

, th

e co

pper

dem

and

from

pas

seng

er c

ars

will

gro

w

muc

h fa

ster

tha

n pr

oduc

tion

gro

wth

due

to

incr

easi

ng E

V p

enet

rati

on.

c)

Fa

st-E

xpan

ding

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ecto

r ha

s ai

ded

Gro

wth

of

Cop

per

Indi

a is

w

itne

ssin

g a

sust

aine

d gr

owth

in

in

fras

truc

ture

bu

ild

up.

The

cons

truc

tion

ind

ustr

y ha

s be

en w

itne

ss t

o a

stro

ng g

row

th w

ave

pow

ered

by

larg

e sp

ends

on

hous

ing,

roa

d, p

orts

, w

ater

sup

ply,

rai

l tr

ansp

ort

and

airp

ort

de

velo

pmen

t. I

nfra

stru

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts c

onti

nue

to p

rovi

de l

ucra

tive

bus

ines

s op

port

unit

ies

for

expa

nsio

n of

maj

or m

etal

s se

ctor

incl

udin

g co

pper

.

In t

he C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tor,

Cop

per

and

bras

s ar

e th

e m

ater

ials

of

choi

ce f

or

plum

bing

, ta

ps,

valv

es a

nd f

itti

ngs.

Tha

nks

in p

art

to i

ts a

esth

etic

app

eal,

copp

er a

nd i

ts a

lloys

, su

ch a

s ar

chit

ectu

ral

bron

ze,

is u

sed

in a

var

iety

of

sett

ings

to

build

fac

ades

, ca

nopi

es,

door

s an

d w

indo

w f

ram

es.

Cop

per

tube

s al

so h

elp

prot

ect

wat

er s

yste

ms

from

pot

enti

ally

let

hal

bact

eria

. C

oppe

r fi

re

spri

nkle

r sy

stem

s ar

e a

valu

able

saf

ety

feat

ure

in b

uild

ings

.

The

use

of c

oppe

r do

orkn

obs

and

plat

es e

xplo

its

copp

er's

bio

stat

ic p

rope

rtie

s to

hel

p pr

even

t th

e tr

ansf

er o

f di

seas

e an

d m

icro

bes.

The

cop

per

roof

ing,

in

ad

diti

on t

o be

ing

attr

acti

ve, i

s w

ell k

now

n fo

r it

s re

sist

ance

to

extr

eme

wea

ther

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

40

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

cond

itio

ns. M

ajor

pub

lic b

uild

ings

, com

mer

cial

bui

ldin

gs a

nd h

omes

use

cop

per

for

thei

r ra

inw

ater

goo

ds a

nd r

oofi

ng n

eeds

.

The

aver

age

expe

cted

gro

wth

of

the

cons

truc

tion

indu

stry

of

appr

oxim

atel

y 7%

to

9%

will

con

tinu

e to

dri

ve t

he d

eman

d fo

r co

pper

bui

ldin

g w

ires

. Im

prov

emen

t in

liv

ing

stan

dard

s on

acc

ount

of

per

capi

tal

inco

me

grow

th w

ill i

ncre

ase

the

dens

ity

of c

oppe

r us

age

in b

uild

ing

wir

es a

s w

ell.

Indi

a’s

infr

astr

uctu

re s

ecto

r is

exp

ecte

d t

o gr

ow a

t a

CA

GR

of

over

35

%

betw

een

the

peri

od 2

00

8 t

o 20

25 f

or w

hich

hug

e in

vest

men

t is

nee

ded.

In

Uni

on B

udge

t 20

18-1

9, G

over

nmen

t of

Indi

a ha

s al

loca

ted

US

$ 9

2.22

bill

ion

for

infr

astr

uctu

re s

ecto

r.

Mor

eove

r, th

e to

tal

hous

ing

shor

tage

in

th

e co

untr

y al

so

prov

ides

am

ple

inve

stm

ent

oppo

rtun

ity

for

resi

dent

ial b

uild

ing

cons

truc

tion

in c

omin

g ye

ars.

Figu

re 1

9: In

dia’

s exp

andi

ng in

fras

truc

ture

indu

stry

(US$

bill

ion)

d)

In

trod

ucti

on o

f El

ectr

ic v

ehic

les

(Evs

) be

com

ing

the

upco

min

g dr

iver

for

co

pper

mar

ket

EV

s an

d as

soci

ated

cha

rgin

g in

fras

truc

ture

cou

ld o

ffer

sig

nifi

cant

lon

g t

erm

de

man

d, b

ut d

iffi

cult

to

asse

ss n

ow a

nd s

ubst

itut

ion

rem

ains

an

ever

-pre

sent

lo

ng-t

erm

ris

k.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

41

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Man

y in

the

mar

ket

are

beco

min

g in

crea

sing

ly p

osit

ive

arou

nd t

he p

rosp

ect

for

elec

tric

al v

ehic

les

and

the

impa

ct f

or lo

ng-t

erm

cop

per

dem

and

Ass

umin

g E

V s

ales

of

25 m

n un

its

pa b

y 20

27e

(~20

% p

enet

rati

on r

ate)

, E

V-r

elat

ed

copp

er d

eman

d co

uld

reac

h ~

1.8

mtp

a (~

6%

of

glob

al d

eman

d).

But

te

chno

logi

cal

impr

ovem

ents

co

uld

also

pr

esen

t do

wns

ide

risk

s (s

ubst

itut

ion

of H

V w

irin

g, t

hinn

er c

oppe

r fo

il in

the

bat

tery

ano

de).

The

bar

ch

art

show

n be

low

cle

arly

exp

lain

s th

e ri

sing

pen

etra

tion

of

copp

er, e

spec

ially

in

Ele

ctri

c ve

hicl

es a

nd a

lso

in o

ther

app

licat

ion

for

ms.

Figu

re 2

0: C

oppe

r Int

ensit

y of

var

ious

Ele

ctric

Veh

icle

Typ

es (S

ourc

e: D

euts

che

Bank

est

imat

es)

e)

R

isin

g D

eman

d fo

r C

oppe

r in

Rai

lway

Sec

tor

Ove

r th

e ti

me,

con

vers

ion

from

oil

fuel

to

elec

tric

ity

has

crea

ted

a n

iche

for

co

pper

in

railw

ay s

ecto

r. T

he r

ailw

ay e

lect

rifi

cati

on w

ill c

onti

nue

in n

ext

5 ye

ars.

Add

itio

nal

copp

er d

eman

d w

ill a

lso

be c

reat

ed i

n ur

ban

mas

s ra

pid

tran

spor

t to

red

uce

the

traf

fic

prob

lem

in c

row

ded

citi

es.

New

hig

h sp

eed

trai

ns c

an u

se a

nyw

here

fro

m 2

to

4 t

onne

s of

cop

per,

sign

ific

antl

y hi

gher

tha

n th

e 1

to 2

ton

nes

used

in t

radi

tion

al e

lect

ric

trai

ns.

f)

S

uita

bilit

y fo

r C

oppe

r in

Mar

ine

App

licat

ions

The

corr

osio

n re

sist

ant

prop

erti

es o

f co

pper

and

cop

per

allo

ys (

such

as

bras

s,

bron

ze, a

nd c

oppe

rni

ckel

) m

ake

them

esp

ecia

lly s

uita

ble

for

use

in m

arin

e an

d ot

her

dem

andi

ng

envi

ronm

ents

. V

esse

ls,

tank

s,

and

pipi

ng

expo

sed

to

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

42

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

seaw

ater

, pr

opel

lers

, oi

l pl

atfo

rms

and

coas

tal

pow

er s

tati

ons,

all

depe

nd o

n co

pper

's c

orro

sion

res

ista

nce

for

prot

ecti

on.

g)

C

oppe

r A

pplic

atio

ns in

Ele

ctro

nics

and

Com

mun

icat

ions

Sec

tor

Cop

per

play

s a

key

role

in

w

orld

wid

e in

form

atio

n an

d co

mm

unic

atio

ns

tech

nolo

gies

. H

DS

L (H

igh

Dig

ital

Sub

scri

ber

Line

) an

d A

DS

L (A

sym

met

rica

l D

igit

al S

ubsc

ribe

r Li

ne)

tech

nolo

gy a

llow

s fo

r hi

ghsp

eed

data

tra

nsm

issi

on,

incl

udin

g in

tern

et

serv

ice,

th

roug

h th

e ex

isti

ng

copp

er

infr

astr

uctu

re

of

ordi

nary

tel

epho

ne w

ire.

Cop

per

and

copp

er a

lloy

prod

ucts

are

use

d in

dom

esti

c su

bscr

iber

lin

es, w

ide

and

loca

l are

a ne

twor

ks, m

obile

ph

ones

and

per

sona

l com

pute

rs.

Sem

icon

duct

or m

anuf

actu

rers

hav

e la

unch

ed a

rev

olut

iona

ry "

copp

er c

hip.

" B

y us

ing

copp

er f

or c

ircu

itry

in s

ilico

n ch

ips,

mic

ropr

oces

sors

are

abl

e to

ope

rate

at

hig

her

spee

ds, u

sing

less

ene

rgy.

Cop

per

heat

sin

ks h

elp

rem

ove

heat

fro

m

tran

sist

ors

and

keep

co

mpu

ter

proc

esso

rs

oper

atin

g at

pe

ak

effi

cien

cy.

Cop

per

is a

lso

used

ext

ensi

vely

in

othe

r el

ectr

onic

equ

ipm

ent

in t

he f

orm

of

wir

es, t

rans

form

ers,

con

nect

ors

and

swit

ches

.

App

licat

ion

of

copp

er p

lays

an

impo

rtan

t ro

le i

n In

dust

rial

Mac

hine

ry a

nd

Equ

ipm

ent.

Due

to

thei

r du

rabi

lity,

mac

hina

bilit

y an

d ab

ility

to

be c

ast

wit

h

high

pre

cisi

on a

nd t

oler

ance

s, c

oppe

r al

loys

are

ide

al f

or m

akin

g pr

oduc

ts

such

as

gear

s, b

eari

ngs

and

turb

ine

blad

es.

Cop

per's

sup

erio

r he

at t

rans

fer

capa

bilit

ies

and

abili

ty t

o w

iths

tand

ext

rem

e en

viro

nmen

ts m

akes

it

an i

deal

ch

oice

for

hea

t ex

chan

ge e

quip

men

t an

d pr

essu

re v

esse

ls.

h)

Ris

ing

cont

ribu

tion

of

Glo

bal M

iddl

e C

lass

The

new

ly e

mer

ging

mid

dle

clas

s ar

e a

maj

or c

ontr

ibut

ing

fact

or t

o th

e fu

ndam

enta

l de

man

d sh

ift

in

glob

al

com

mod

ity

mar

kets

an

d pe

r ca

pita

co

nsum

ptio

n of

com

mod

itie

s in

dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s is

sti

ll on

ly a

fra

ctio

n of

th

e le

vel i

t is

in d

evel

oped

cou

ntri

es.

Infr

astr

uctu

re s

pend

ing

and

incr

ease

d di

scre

tion

ary

spen

ding

by

cons

umer

s ar

e th

e ke

y fa

ctor

s dr

ivin

g th

is r

isin

g de

man

d -

as m

ore

and

mor

e pe

ople

in

em

ergi

ng m

arke

ts m

ove

from

rur

al a

reas

to

the

citi

es,

cons

umpt

ion

will

in

crea

se p

utti

ng m

assi

ve u

pwar

d pr

essu

re o

n co

mm

odit

ies.

The

Wor

ld B

ank

esti

mat

es t

hat

the

glob

al m

iddl

e cl

ass

is l

ikel

y to

gro

w f

rom

4

30 m

illio

n in

20

00

to

1.15

bill

ion

in 2

030

. The

ban

k de

fine

s th

e m

iddl

e cl

ass

as e

arne

rs m

akin

g be

twee

n $1

0 a

nd $

20 a

day

- a

djus

ted

for

loca

l pri

ces.

Mos

t of

the

wor

ld's

mid

dle

clas

s ha

s, u

ntil

rece

ntly

, be

en l

ocat

ed i

n E

urop

e,

Nor

th A

mer

ica

and

Japa

n.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

43

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 2

1: U

N W

orld

Urb

anisa

tion

Pros

pect

s % 1

950

to 2

050

– So

urce

UN

In t

he 1

970

s an

d 19

80

s S

outh

Kor

ea,

Bra

zil,

Mex

ico

and

Arg

enti

na b

uilt

si

zeab

le m

iddl

e-cl

ass

popu

lati

ons.

Tod

ay i

ts C

hina

, In

dia,

Asi

a an

d A

fric

a ad

ding

to

the

wor

ld's

mid

dle

clas

s. In

20

00

, dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s w

ere

hom

e to

56

per

cent

of

the

glob

al m

iddl

e cl

ass,

by

2030

tha

t fi

gure

is e

xpec

ted

to

reac

h 9

3 pe

rcen

t.

2.5.

5.EN

SU

RIN

G L

ON

G-T

ERM

AV

AIL

AB

ILIT

Y O

F C

OP

PER

Cop

per

conc

entr

ate

is t

ypic

ally

fur

ther

ref

ined

an

d fo

rmed

int

o ca

thod

es,

whi

ch

are

typi

cally

up

to

9

9.9

9%

pu

re

copp

er.

Thes

e ca

thod

es

are

then

sh

ippe

d to

mill

s or

fou

ndri

es t

o be

for

med

int

o on

e of

the

fol

low

ing

form

s: (

1)

wir

e ro

d, (

2) b

illet

, (3

) ca

ke,

or (

4)

ingo

t. C

oppe

r is

als

o co

mbi

ned

wit

h ot

her

met

als

to f

orm

cop

per

allo

ys,

whi

ch i

ncl

ude

bron

ze (

copp

er a

nd t

in),

bras

s (c

oppe

r an

d zi

nc),

and

copp

er/n

icke

l allo

ys.

On

the

basi

s of

cur

rent

rat

e of

dem

and,

the

re h

as a

lway

s be

en, o

n av

erag

e 4

0

year

s of

cop

per

rese

rves

sin

ce y

ear

1950

, and

sig

nifi

cant

ly g

reat

er a

mou

nts

of

know

n re

sour

ces

(US

GS

dat

a).

Ove

r an

d ab

ove

that

, th

e co

pper

rec

yclin

g,

inno

vati

on a

nd f

urth

er m

inin

g ex

plor

atio

n co

ntin

ue t

o co

ntri

bute

to

the

long

term

ava

ilabi

lity

of c

oppe

r.

As

per

Sou

rce

: US

GS

data

base

, des

pite

incr

ease

d de

man

d fo

r co

pper

pro

duce

d fr

om o

re i

n re

cent

yea

rs, i

ncre

ases

in

rese

rves

hav

e gr

own,

and

the

re i

s m

ore

iden

tifi

ed c

oppe

r av

aila

ble

to t

he w

orld

tha

n at

any

oth

er t

ime

in h

isto

ry. I

n th

e pe

riod

20

05

- 20

16,

202

mill

ion

tonn

es o

f co

pper

hav

e be

en m

ined

. In

tha

t sa

me

peri

od h

owev

er, r

eser

ves

have

gro

wn

by 2

50 m

illio

n to

nnes

. Thi

s re

flec

ts

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

44

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

addi

tion

al e

xplo

rati

on, t

echn

olog

ical

adv

ance

s an

d th

e ev

olvi

ng e

cono

mic

s of

m

inin

g.

Figu

re 2

2: W

orld

Cop

per R

eser

ves S

tatu

s

The

tech

nolo

gy h

as a

key

rol

e to

pla

y in

add

ress

ing

man

y of

the

cha

lleng

es

face

d by

new

cop

per

prod

ucti

on. K

now

n an

d as

yet

unk

now

n in

nova

tion

s w

ill

ensu

re n

ew m

ine

prod

ucti

on c

onti

nues

to

prov

ide

vita

l cop

per

supp

lies.

In a

ddit

ion

cop

per

recy

clin

g pl

ays

an im

port

ant

role

in c

oppe

r av

aila

bilit

y si

nce

toda

y’s

prim

ary

copp

er

is

tom

orro

w’s

re

cycl

ed

mat

eria

l. U

nlik

e ot

her

com

mod

itie

s su

ch a

s en

ergy

or

food

, cop

per

is n

ot “

cons

umed

”. C

oppe

r is

one

of

the

few

raw

mat

eria

ls w

hich

can

be

recy

cled

rep

eate

dly

wit

hout

any

loss

of

perf

orm

ance

, an

d ke

y st

akeh

olde

rs s

uch

as p

olic

y m

aker

s, s

crap

col

lect

ors,

co

pper

pro

duce

rs a

nd r

ecyc

lers

mus

t al

l fo

cus

on e

nsur

ing

that

yes

terd

ay’s

m

etal

is r

ecyc

led

and

reus

ed.

Whi

le

this

w

ill

ensu

re

a pr

ogre

ssiv

e m

ove

tow

ards

a

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e ec

onom

y,

the

loop

ca

nnot

be

co

mpl

etel

y cl

osed

fo

r tw

o re

ason

s.

Firs

tly,

de

man

d w

ill

cont

inue

to

in

crea

se

due

to

popu

lati

on

grow

th,

prod

uct

inno

vati

on a

nd e

con

omic

dev

elop

men

t. S

econ

dly

in m

ost

appl

icat

ions

, cop

per

stay

s in

use

for

dec

ades

. C

onse

quen

tly,

mee

ting

fut

ure

met

als

dem

and

will

co

ntin

ue t

o re

quir

e a

com

bin

atio

n of

pri

mar

y ra

w m

ater

ials

, co

min

g fr

om

min

es, a

s w

ell

as r

ecyc

led

mat

eria

ls, w

hile

inn

ovat

ive

polic

ies

and

tech

nolo

gy

shou

ld c

onti

nue

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

im

prov

emen

ts i

n re

cycl

ing

perf

orm

ance

and

re

sour

ce e

ffic

ienc

y.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

45

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Bas

ed

on

the

late

st

know

ledg

e on

ge

olog

ical

av

aila

bilit

y an

d co

ntin

uous

in

dust

ry

inno

vati

on

ther

e ar

e go

od

reas

ons

to

belie

ve

that

co

pper

w

ill

cont

inue

to

be a

vit

al a

nd p

osit

ive

cont

ribu

tor

to s

ocie

ty w

ell i

nto

the

futu

re.

A c

ompa

riso

n of

Reg

ion

-wis

e C

oppe

r M

ine

Pro

duct

ion

duri

ng t

he y

ear

196

0

and

2017

is s

how

n be

low

.

Fi

gure

23:

Reg

ion-

wise

Gro

wth

in W

orld

Cop

per M

ine

Prod

uctio

n A

s pe

r th

e ch

art

show

n be

low

, A

sia

has

exhi

bite

d s

igni

fica

nt

grow

th (

thre

e fo

ld f

rom

6 %

to

17 %

sha

re i

n gl

obal

pro

duct

ion)

wit

hin

alm

ost

five

dec

ades

. Fr

om l

ess

than

750

,00

0 t

onne

s co

pper

in

196

0,

copp

er m

ine

prod

ucti

on i

n La

tin

Am

eric

a ha

s in

crea

sed

to 8

.3 m

illio

n to

nnes

in 2

016

, rep

rese

ntin

g 4

1% o

f th

e gl

obal

tot

al. C

onve

rsel

y, N

orth

Am

eric

a’s

shar

e de

clin

ed f

rom

36

% t

o 15

%.

As

per

ICS

G e

stim

ates

, the

Cop

per

min

ing

capa

city

is e

stim

ated

to

reac

h 25

.9

mill

ion

tonn

es c

oppe

r in

20

20, w

ith

19%

bei

ng S

X-E

W p

rodu

ctio

n. T

his

will

be

10%

hig

her

than

glo

bal

capa

city

of

23.5

mill

ion

tonn

es c

oppe

r re

cord

ed i

n

2016

. G

row

th i

n co

pper

min

e ca

paci

ty i

s ex

pect

ed t

o av

erag

e 2.

5% p

er y

ear

goin

g fo

rwar

d as

new

cap

acit

y is

add

ed a

t ex

isti

ng a

nd s

ome

new

ope

rati

ons.

Th

e ra

tio

betw

een

prod

ucti

on a

nd c

apac

ity

is c

alle

d th

e ca

paci

ty u

tiliz

atio

n ra

te. T

he w

orld

min

e ca

paci

ty u

tiliz

atio

n ra

te w

as a

roun

d 8

6%

in 2

016

. Dur

ing

the

year

20

16,

Chi

le a

ccou

nted

for

alm

ost

one

thir

d of

wor

ld c

oppe

r m

ine

prod

ucti

on w

ith

min

e ou

tput

of

5.55

mill

ion

tonn

es c

oppe

r.

2.5.

6.

PR

OD

UC

TIO

N, T

RA

DE

AN

D C

ON

SU

MP

TIO

N S

CEN

AR

IO O

F C

OP

PER

IN

IND

IA

A w

idel

y us

ed m

etal

in v

ario

us s

ecto

rs, c

oppe

r is

the

thi

rd m

ost

used

met

al in

te

rms

of

wor

ld

cons

umpt

ion.

In

dia

impo

rts

a m

ajor

pa

rt

of

copp

er

from

co

untr

ies

like

Chi

le,

Indo

nesi

a, C

anad

a, A

ustr

alia

. Th

e co

untr

y is

not

sel

f-su

ffic

ient

in t

he p

rodu

ctio

n of

cop

per

ore.

In

addi

tion

to

dom

esti

c pr

oduc

tion

of

ore

and

con

cent

rate

s, I

ndia

im

port

s co

pper

con

cent

rate

s fo

r it

s sm

elte

rs.

The

dom

esti

c de

man

d of

co

pper

an

d it

s al

loys

is

m

et

thro

ugh

dom

esti

c pr

oduc

tion

, rec

yclin

g of

scr

ap a

nd b

y im

port

s.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

46

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Indi

a is

not

sel

f-su

ffic

ient

in

the

prod

ucti

on o

f co

pper

ore

. In

add

itio

n to

do

mes

tic

prod

ucti

on

of

ore

and

conc

entr

ates

, In

dia

impo

rts

copp

er

conc

entr

ates

for

its

smel

ters

. The

dom

esti

c de

man

d of

cop

per

and

its

allo

ys i

s

met

th

roug

h do

mes

tic

prod

ucti

on,

recy

clin

g of

scr

ap a

s w

ell

as b

y im

port

s.

Hin

dust

an C

oppe

r Li

mit

ed (

HC

L),

a P

ublic

Sec

tor

Und

erta

king

, is

the

onl

y in

tegr

ated

com

pany

in

the

coun

try

that

not

onl

y is

inv

olve

d in

min

ing

&

bene

fici

atio

n of

ore

but

is

also

inv

olve

d in

sm

elti

ng,

refi

ning

and

cas

ting

of

refi

ned

copp

er.

Hin

dalc

o (u

nit

of B

irla

Cop

per)

and

Ste

rlit

e In

dust

ries

(I

ndia

) Lt

d, a

re t

he m

ajor

cop

per

prod

ucer

s in

the

Pri

vate

Sec

tor

that

mai

nly

rely

on

impo

rted

cop

per

con

cent

rate

s, h

owev

er,

thes

e co

mpa

nies

ow

n co

pper

min

es

in o

ther

cou

ntri

es.

2.5.

7.M

AJO

R IN

DIA

N P

RO

DU

CE

RS

Hin

dust

an C

oppe

r Li

mit

ed (

HC

L),

a P

ublic

Sec

tor

Und

erta

king

, is

the

onl

y in

tegr

ated

com

pany

in

the

coun

try

that

not

onl

y is

inv

olve

d in

min

ing

&

bene

fici

atio

n of

ore

but

is

also

inv

olve

d in

sm

elti

ng,

refi

ning

and

cas

ting

of

refi

ned

copp

er.

Hin

dalc

o (u

nit

of B

irla

Cop

per)

and

Ste

rlit

e In

dust

ries

(In

dia)

Lt

d, a

re t

he m

ajor

cop

per

prod

ucer

s in

the

Pri

vate

Sec

tor

that

mai

nly

rely

on

impo

rted

cop

per

con

cent

rate

s. T

hese

com

pani

es o

wn

copp

er m

ines

in

othe

r co

untr

ies.

A

noth

er

Pri

vate

S

ecto

r co

mpa

ny,

Jhag

adia

C

oppe

r Lt

d,

also

pr

oduc

es c

oppe

r ba

sed

on s

econ

dary

rou

te.

The

inst

alle

d ca

paci

ty o

f In

dian

cop

per

cath

ode

prod

ucer

s, a

s on

Mar

ch, 2

017

is

pre

sent

ed in

the

fig

ure

give

n be

low

:

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

47

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 2

4: In

stal

led

Capa

city

of P

rimar

y Co

pper

Res

ourc

es in

Indi

a (T

/Yr)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

48

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Cat

egor

y C

ontr

ibut

ory

fact

ors

Dem

and

Gro

wth

Ris

e in

inf

rast

ruct

ure

deve

lopm

ent

and

auto

mot

ive

prod

ucti

on d

rivi

ng g

row

th in

the

sec

tor

�P

ower

and

cem

ent

indu

stri

es a

lso

aidi

ng g

row

th

in t

he m

etal

s an

d m

inin

g se

ctor

Dem

and

for

iron

an

d st

eel

and

subs

eque

nt

requ

irem

ent

of o

ther

str

ateg

ic m

etal

s is

set

to

cont

inue

, gi

ven

the

stro

ng g

row

th e

xpec

tati

ons

for

the

resi

dent

ial

and

com

mer

cial

bu

ildin

g in

dust

ry

Com

peti

tive

ad

vant

ages

�In

dia

hold

s a

fair

adv

anta

ge in

cos

t of

pro

duct

ion

and

conv

ersi

on c

osts

in m

etal

s se

ctor

It’s

str

ateg

ic lo

cati

on e

nabl

es c

onve

nien

t ex

port

s to

de

velo

ped

as

wel

l as

th

e fa

st-

deve

lopi

ng

Asi

an m

arke

ts

�In

dia

prod

uces

8

8

min

eral

s–

4

fuel

-rel

ated

m

iner

als,

10

met

allic

min

eral

s, 5

0 n

on-m

etal

lic

min

eral

s an

d 24

min

or m

iner

als

Pol

icy

Sup

port

�“M

ake

in

Indi

a”

– Im

port

su

bsti

tuti

on

and

empl

oym

ent

gene

rati

on

�H

ousi

ng f

or a

ll by

20

22 c

alls

for

bui

ldin

g up

60

m

illio

n ho

uses

in u

rban

and

rur

al a

reas

. �

“Sm

art

Cit

ies”

calls

fo

r bu

ildin

g ur

ban

infr

astr

uctu

re

over

ne

xt

20

year

s to

im

prov

e qu

alit

y of

life

. �

Em

phas

is o

n us

age

of E

Vs

and

Hyb

rid

Veh

icle

s.

�D

igit

al

Indi

a –

to

tran

sfor

m

the

coun

try

into

di

gita

lly e

mpo

wer

ed s

ocie

ty.

�10

0 p

er c

ent

FDI

allo

wed

in

the

min

ing

sect

or

and

expl

orat

ion

of

met

al

and

non

-met

al

ores

un

der

the

Aut

omat

ic R

oute

. U

nder

th

e U

nion

B

udge

t 20

18-1

9,

the

Gov

ernm

ent

adde

d a

surc

harg

e of

10

per

cen

t on

ag

greg

ate

duti

es o

f cu

stom

s on

im

port

ed g

oods

to

str

engt

hen

the

dom

esti

c in

dust

ry.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

49

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Sin

ce in

depe

nden

ce, I

ndia

has

mad

e m

ajor

adv

ance

s in

eng

inee

ring

and

oth

er

sect

ors.

The

eco

nom

ic g

row

th h

as b

een

driv

en b

y th

e ex

pans

ion

of s

ervi

ces

sect

or t

hat

have

bee

n gr

owin

g co

nsis

tent

ly f

aste

r th

an o

ther

sec

tors

. A

t th

e tu

rn o

f th

e ce

ntur

y In

dia'

s G

DP

was

at

arou

nd U

S$4

80

bill

ion,

whi

ch g

rew

al

mos

t fi

ve f

old

to r

each

US

$ 2

.2 t

rilli

on i

n th

e ye

ar 2

015

(as

per

IM

F es

tim

ates

) as

the

eco

nom

ic r

efor

ms

pick

ed u

p pa

ce.

Indi

a's

GD

P

grow

th

duri

ng

Janu

ary–

Mar

ch

peri

od

of

2015

w

as

at

7.5%

co

mpa

red

to

Chi

na's

7%

, m

akin

g it

ev

en

fast

er

grow

ing

econ

omy.

In

dian

E

cono

my

grew

at

7.6

% &

7.1

% i

n FY

20

15-1

6 a

nd F

Y 2

016

-17

resp

ecti

vely

as

maj

or r

efor

ms

had

take

n pl

ace

like

Dem

onet

izat

ion

and

Impl

emen

tati

on o

f G

ST

whi

ch r

esul

ted

in lo

wer

ing

the

Eco

nom

ic G

row

th d

urin

g 20

17-1

8, h

owev

er it

is

expe

cted

to

grow

at

6.7

and

for

ecas

ted

to r

ebou

nd t

o 7.

4%

by

2018

-19

.

The

seve

ral

adva

ntag

es,

w.r

.t.

impl

emen

tati

on

of

the

proj

ect

can

be

high

light

ed a

s un

der:

Figu

re 2

5: S

tron

g Po

licie

s sup

port

influ

enci

ng G

row

th o

f Met

als v

is-a-

vis N

ew In

vest

men

ts

2.5.

8.

CO

NC

LUSI

ON

Whi

le

Chi

le s

till

refi

nes

a su

bsta

ntia

l po

rtio

n of

th

e w

orld

’s

copp

er

(giv

en

its

pred

omin

ance

as

the

wor

ld’s

lar

gest

cop

per

min

er),

refi

ned

copp

er p

rodu

ctio

n is

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

50

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

sour

ced

clos

er t

o th

e en

d m

arke

ts, w

ith

Chi

na n

ow t

he l

arge

st p

rodu

cer

of r

efin

ed

copp

er g

loba

lly.

This

is

prim

arily

dri

ven

by t

he e

cono

mic

s; i

.e.,

it i

s fe

asib

le t

o tr

ansp

ort

copp

er c

once

ntra

tes

from

dis

tant

min

e lo

cati

ons

to t

he s

mel

ters

, w

hile

ad

ding

onl

y a

smal

l am

ount

to

the

land

ed c

ost.

Thi

s m

akes

it

poss

ible

for

the

sm

elte

rs a

nd r

efin

ers

to b

e lo

cate

d cl

oser

to

the

end

cons

umer

s.

The

adva

nced

cut

ting

edg

e, s

tate

-of-

the-

art

tech

nolo

gy o

f th

e C

oppe

r pr

oduc

ts w

ill

give

sup

erio

r pr

oduc

t qu

alit

y, w

hich

will

pro

vide

eas

y m

arke

t pe

netr

atio

n of

the

pr

oduc

t in

Indi

a as

wel

l as

over

seas

.

Bas

ed o

n th

e ab

ove

fact

s an

d fi

gure

s, it

can

be

conc

lude

d th

at m

arke

ting

and

sal

es

of 1

,00

0,0

00

TP

A o

f C

oppe

r ca

n be

ach

ieve

d.

2.6

.MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K F

OR

SU

LPH

UR

IC A

CID

: (SO

UR

CE

AR

GU

SMED

IA R

EPO

RT)

2.6

.1.

GLO

BA

L S

ULP

HU

RIC

AC

ID D

EMA

ND

& S

UP

PLY

Sup

ply:

�In

20

14, a

roun

d 24

3 m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d w

ere

prod

uced

on

glo

bal

basi

s.

�B

y 20

20,

glob

al p

rodu

ctio

n fo

reca

sts

to r

each

aro

und

269

mn

t of

S

ulph

uric

Aci

d.

�B

y 20

25,

glob

al p

rodu

ctio

n fo

reca

sts

to r

each

aro

und

281

mn

t of

S

ulph

uric

Aci

d.

Dem

and:

�In

20

14, a

roun

d 24

5 m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d w

ere

cons

umed

on

glob

al

basi

s.

�B

y 20

20,

glob

al

cons

umpt

ion

is

fore

cast

to

re

ach

270

m

n t

of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid.

Gro

wth

in

cons

umpt

ion

is e

xpec

ted

in L

atin

Am

eric

a,

Mid

dle

Eas

t, S

outh

Asi

a an

d E

ast

Asi

a.

�B

y 20

25, g

loba

l su

lphu

ric

acid

con

sum

ptio

n is

for

ecas

t at

aro

und

281

mn

t.

2.6

.2.

IND

IA S

ULP

HU

RIC

AC

ID D

EMA

ND

& S

UP

PLY

Sup

ply:

�In

20

14,

arou

nd 1

0 m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d w

ere

prod

uced

in

Indi

a.

6.1

6m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d is

pro

duce

d fr

om E

lem

enta

l S

ulph

ur r

oute

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

51

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

whi

ch i

s im

port

ed a

nd 3

.79

mn

t of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

is p

rodu

ced

from

S

mel

ting

rou

te (

Cop

per

and

Zinc

Sm

elti

ng)

By

2020

, In

dia

prod

ucti

on f

orec

asts

to

reac

h ar

ound

10

.6 m

n t

of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid.

6.8

mn

t of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

is p

rodu

ced

from

Ele

men

tal

Sul

phur

rou

te w

hich

will

be

impo

rted

and

3.7

9 m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d is

pro

duce

d fr

om S

mel

ting

rou

te (

Cop

per

and

Zinc

Sm

elti

ng)

�B

y 20

25,

Indi

a pr

oduc

tion

for

ecas

ts t

o re

ach

arou

nd 1

0.6

mn

t of

S

ulph

uric

Aci

d. 6

.8 m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d is

pro

duce

d fr

om E

lem

enta

l S

ulph

ur r

oute

whi

ch w

ill b

e im

port

ed a

nd 3

.79

mn

t of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

is p

rodu

ced

from

Sm

elti

ng r

oute

( C

oppe

r an

d Zi

nc S

mel

ting

)

Dem

and:

�In

20

14, a

roun

d 10

.6 m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d w

ere

cons

umed

in

Sou

th

Asi

a, o

f w

hich

97%

is

cons

umed

in

Indi

a an

d re

st w

as c

onsu

med

in

P

akis

tan

and

Ban

glad

esh.

Of

the

Vol

ume

cons

umed

in In

dia,

55%

is f

or

Fert

ilize

r us

e an

d ba

lanc

e in

the

indu

stri

al a

pplic

atio

ns.

�B

y 20

20, c

onsu

mpt

ion

in In

dia

is f

orec

ast

to r

each

11

mn

t of

Sul

phur

ic

Aci

d.

Gro

wth

in

co

nsum

ptio

n in

In

dia

is

expe

cted

in

Fe

rtili

zer

appl

icat

ion

to 6

.5m

n t

from

5.8

mn

t S

ulph

uric

Aci

d in

20

14.

�B

y 20

25, s

ulph

uric

aci

d co

nsum

ptio

n i

n In

dia

is f

orec

ast

at a

roun

d 11

m

n t.

Sul

furi

c ac

id i

s us

ed i

n th

e pr

oduc

tion

of

num

erou

s go

ods

incl

udin

g va

riou

s cl

eani

ng a

gent

s, d

omes

tic

acid

ic d

rain

cle

aner

s an

d el

ectr

olyt

es

in l

ead-

acid

bat

teri

es.

The

maj

or u

ses

of s

ulfu

ric

acid

are

fer

tiliz

ers’

pr

oduc

tion

, w

aste

wat

er t

reat

men

t, p

etro

leum

ref

inin

g, a

nd c

hem

ical

sy

nthe

sis.

A

s pe

r In

tern

atio

nal

Fert

ilize

r A

ssoc

iati

on,

glob

ally

ab

out

40

%

of

su

lphu

r /

sulp

huri

c ac

id a

pplic

atio

n is

con

sum

ed f

or p

hosp

hate

bas

ed

fert

ilize

r m

akin

g, 6

% i

s us

ed i

n m

akin

g ot

her

fert

ilize

rs,

whi

le 4

5 %

is

used

as

indu

stri

al s

ulph

uric

aci

d ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd b

alan

ce q

uant

ity

is

used

for

mis

cella

neou

s pu

rpos

es.

As

per

Cry

stal

Mar

ket

Res

earc

h gr

oup,

the

glo

bal

indu

stry

ana

lysi

s an

d fo

reca

st,

The

Sul

furi

c A

cid

Mar

ket

was

wor

th U

SD

8.9

9 b

illio

n du

ring

th

e ye

ar 2

014

, whi

ch w

as e

xpec

ted

to r

each

app

roxi

mat

ely

US

D 1

1.9

6

billi

on b

y 20

23,

whi

le r

egis

teri

ng i

tsel

f at

a c

ompo

und

annu

al g

row

th

rate

(C

AG

R)

of 3

.22%

dur

ing

the

fore

cast

per

iod

2014

– 2

023

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

52

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Dur

ing

the

year

20

16,

the

fert

ilize

rs w

as t

he n

otew

orth

y ap

plic

atio

n fr

agm

ent

and

repr

esen

ted

arou

nd 5

4 p

erce

nt o

f th

e ge

nera

l m

arke

t in

com

e. E

xpan

ding

int

eres

t fo

r en

hanc

ed n

atur

e of

har

vest

and

ris

ing

popu

lace

all-

incl

usiv

e ar

e pr

obab

ly g

oing

to

boos

t th

e m

arke

t ov

er t

he

pred

icta

ble

peri

od. F

ast

urba

niza

tion

and

ind

ustr

ializ

atio

n ar

e br

ingi

ng

abou

t th

e di

min

ishm

ent

of a

rabl

e la

nd, w

hich

thu

s is

dri

ving

the

far

mer

s to

mak

e us

e of

fer

tiliz

ers

for

expa

ndin

g cr

op y

ield

. R

isin

g us

age

of

H2S

O4

for

the

gen

erat

ion

of v

alue

man

ures

for

far

min

g us

e to

sup

port

cr

eati

on c

apac

itie

s is

ant

icip

ated

to

impe

l mar

ket

deve

lopm

ent.

Th

e ri

sing

req

uire

men

t fo

r H

2SO

4 f

rom

cou

ntri

es l

ike

Indo

nesi

a an

d P

hilip

pine

s ar

e an

tici

pate

d to

hel

p A

sia

Pac

ific

reg

iona

l mar

ket

over

the

co

njec

ture

ti

me

fram

e.

The

cost

s of

su

lphu

ric

acid

ar

e fo

rtif

ying

be

caus

e of

the

ris

ing

inte

rest

for

the

pro

duct

in A

sia

Pac

ific

. Exp

andi

ng

need

to

exte

nd t

he g

ener

atio

n of

pho

spha

te m

anur

e be

caus

e of

ris

ing

com

post

seg

men

t an

d st

ring

ent

envi

ronm

enta

l con

trol

s co

ncer

ning

the

as

sem

blin

g of

eco

logi

cally

fri

endl

y pr

oduc

t is

pro

babl

y go

ing

to s

uppo

rt

the

mar

ket

over

the

com

ing

year

s. R

isin

g de

man

d fr

om p

hos

phor

ic a

nd

indu

stri

al

acid

di

visi

ons

attr

ibut

able

to

an

ex

pans

ion

in

the

deve

lopm

ent

of

harv

ests

an

d hi

gher

pr

oduc

t yi

elds

is

ex

pect

ed

to

trig

ger

deve

lopm

ent

in C

hina

mar

ket.

The

dev

elop

ing

supp

ly o

f H

2SO

4

prod

ucts

fro

m M

oroc

co a

nd S

audi

Ara

bia

is a

ntic

ipat

ed t

o go

ad t

he

mar

ket

over

the

pre

dict

able

per

iod.

An

expa

nsio

n in

the

qua

ntit

y of

aci

d pl

ants

to

fulf

ill d

evel

opin

g bu

yer

dem

and

alon

gsid

e th

e ri

sing

sup

ply

of

sulf

ur-c

onsu

med

aci

ds i

n th

e M

iddl

e E

ast

is a

ntic

ipat

ed t

o fu

el t

he

mar

ket

in t

he u

pcom

ing

year

s.

Dem

and

fore

cast

ing

is d

one

by P

at g

row

th b

asis

. Ta

ble

belo

w d

epic

ts

cons

umpt

ion

of s

ulph

uric

aci

d du

ring

20

12 t

o 20

16.

It i

s ob

serv

ed t

hat

ther

e w

as v

ery

low

gro

wth

in

dem

and

duri

ng t

his

peri

od. H

owev

er, i

t is

as

sum

ed t

hat

as I

ndia

n ec

onom

y pi

cks

up,

dem

and

will

sta

rt g

row

ing.

H

ence

, a v

ery

low

CA

GR

of

2% is

ass

umed

for

dem

and

fore

cast

ing.

Tabl

e 2:

Con

sum

ptio

n of

sulp

huric

aci

d du

ring

2012

to 2

016

(KTP

A)

Year

Fe

rtili

zer

Indu

stria

l To

tal

2012

5,

783

4,4

80

10

,26

3 20

13

5,78

3 4

,48

0

10,2

63

2014

5,

783

4,4

80

10

,26

3 20

15

5,9

66

4

,48

0

10,4

46

20

16

6,4

49

4

,48

0

10,9

29

Sou

rce:

FM

B-A

RG

US

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

53

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

The

proj

ecte

d de

man

d fo

r su

lphu

ric

acid

for

mile

ston

e ye

ars

is g

iven

Tab

le

belo

w.

Tabl

e 3:

Dem

and

Fore

cast

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d in

Indi

a (K

TPA)

Y

Dem

and

2017

-18

1114

8

2019

-20

118

30

2024

-25

128

05

Sou

rce

: FM

B-A

RG

US

The

stri

ngen

t en

viro

nmen

tal r

egul

atio

ns a

re e

xpec

ted

to b

e fo

rese

en w

ith

th

e ex

pand

ed

usag

e of

sm

elte

rs

to

catc

h su

lfur

di

oxid

e pr

oduc

ts.

Mor

eove

r, th

e ex

pand

ing

requ

irem

ent

for

the

prod

uct

from

va

riou

s se

ctor

s,

viz.

lik

e fe

rtili

zers

, m

etal

pr

oces

sing

, ch

emic

al

man

ufac

turi

ng,

pape

r &

pul

p, p

etro

leum

ref

iner

y, a

utom

otiv

e ap

plic

atio

ns e

tc. a

lso

call

for

sulp

huri

c ac

id u

se a

s a

reac

tant

, cat

alys

t, a

nd a

deh

ydra

ting

age

nt.

Suc

h re

quir

emen

ts

are

anti

cipa

ted

to

help

th

e bu

sine

ss.

Add

itio

nally

, th

e re

quir

emen

t of

hig

her

har

vest

yie

ld a

long

wit

h im

prov

ed q

ualit

y of

foo

d fr

om a

gric

ultu

ral

area

are

als

o an

tici

pate

d to

boo

st t

he f

erti

lizer

mar

ket

deve

lopm

ent,

whi

ch w

ill u

ltim

atel

y fl

ouri

sh t

he s

ulfu

ric

acid

mar

ket.

CO

NC

LUSI

ON

:

�In

dia

is

agri

cult

ure

base

d co

untr

y an

d co

nsum

e hu

ge

amou

nt

of

Fert

ilize

r an

d ha

s hu

ge

cons

umpt

ion

in

indu

stri

al

appl

icat

ion.

C

urre

ntly

65%

of

the

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

is p

rodu

ced

thro

ugh

elem

enta

l su

lphu

r ro

ute

and

rest

fro

m b

ase

met

al s

mel

ting

rou

te.

�Th

ere

is

a go

od

oppo

rtun

ity

avai

labl

e to

re

plac

e th

e im

port

ed

elem

enta

l su

lphu

r w

ith

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pro

duce

d fr

om s

mel

tin

g ro

ute

and

redu

cing

the

dep

ende

nce

on t

he s

ame.

By

2020

, G

loba

l S

ulph

uric

Aci

d ba

lanc

e is

exp

ecte

d to

sho

rtfa

ll of

ar

ound

1m

n t

of S

ulph

uric

Aci

d an

d by

20

25 it

will

be

arou

nd 4

00

kt.

2.7.

MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K F

OR

PH

OSP

HO

RIC

AC

ID

2.7.

1.IN

DIA

PH

OS

PH

OR

IC A

CID

DEM

AN

D &

SU

PP

LY

Pho

spho

rous

is

one

of t

he m

ost

esse

ntia

l pl

ant

nutr

ient

s. I

n or

der

to

add

extr

a ph

osph

orou

s to

so

il,

phos

phor

ic

acid

is

co

nver

ted

into

ph

osph

ates

tha

t ar

e th

en m

ixed

in

wit

h ot

her

ingr

edie

nts

to f

orm

fe

rtili

zer.

P

hosp

hori

c ac

id

(H3P

O4

) is

th

e le

adin

g in

orga

nic

acid

pr

oduc

ed a

nd c

onsu

med

in t

erm

s of

pro

duct

ion

valu

e. P

hosp

horu

s pl

ays

a m

ajor

ene

rgiz

er r

ole

of p

lant

pro

duct

ion,

it is

cru

cial

to

phot

osyn

thes

is

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

54

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

and

repr

oduc

tion

an

d an

ai

d to

ot

her

yiel

d-d

evel

opin

g pr

oces

ses.

D

iffe

rent

cro

ps r

equi

re d

iffe

rent

qua

ntit

ies

of p

hosp

hate

fer

tiliz

er. M

ost

natu

ral a

nd a

gric

ultu

ral s

oils

are

pho

spho

rus

defi

cien

t.

The

maj

or a

pplic

atio

ns o

f P

hosp

hori

c ac

id c

an b

e su

mm

ariz

ed a

s un

der

�Fe

rtili

zers

& A

nim

al F

eeds

Food

and

Bev

erag

e In

dust

ry

�E

dibl

e oi

l and

Sug

ar R

efin

ing

Pho

spha

te s

alts

man

ufac

ture

Spe

cial

ized

cle

anin

g fo

rmul

atio

ns

�M

etal

Tre

atm

ent

Indu

stry

Yea

st m

anuf

actu

ring

Bio

-was

te T

reat

men

t P

hosp

hori

c ac

id

is

also

us

ed

in

the

man

ufac

ture

of

ph

osph

ate

chem

ical

s fo

r us

e in

w

ater

tr

eatm

ent

and

dete

rgen

t bu

ilder

s,

dent

ifri

ces,

fi

re

con

trol

ch

emic

als,

an

d a

host

of

sm

alle

r m

arke

ts.

Con

sum

ptio

n of

pho

spho

ric

acid

for

its

acid

pro

pert

ies,

viz

. tre

atm

ent

of

met

al s

urfa

ces,

bev

erag

e ac

idul

atio

n, e

tc. i

s re

lati

vely

sm

all.

Pho

spho

ric

acid

is

the

lead

ing

inte

rmed

iate

pro

duct

bet

wee

n ph

osph

ate

rock

and

th

e en

d m

arke

ts f

or p

hosp

horu

s in

pho

spha

te f

orm

.

Oth

er

impo

rtan

t ph

osph

ate

acti

viti

es

are

the

man

ufac

ture

of

fe

ed

prod

ucts

and

ind

ustr

ial

appl

icat

ions

lik

e fo

od a

nd b

ever

ages

, m

etal

fi

nish

ing,

wat

er t

reat

men

t an

d to

othp

aste

.

The

phos

phor

ic a

cid

is m

anuf

actu

red

by u

sing

sul

phur

ic a

cid,

whi

ch i

n

turn

is

used

to

mak

e ph

osph

ate

fert

ilize

r. T

he v

ario

us p

rodu

cts

incl

ude

viz.

D

i-Am

mon

ium

P

hosp

hate

(D

AP

), M

ono-

Am

mon

ium

P

hosp

hate

(M

AP

), N

itro

gen-

Pho

spho

rous

-Pot

assi

um (

NP

K),

Sin

gle

Sup

er P

hosp

hate

(S

SP

) as

wel

l as

Trip

le u

pper

Pho

spha

te (

TSP

). T

he g

ener

al d

istr

ibut

ion

of p

hosp

hate

fer

tiliz

er p

rodu

cts

as p

er a

pplic

abili

ty is

sho

wn

belo

w.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

55

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 2

6: G

ener

al D

istrib

utio

n of

Pho

spha

te F

ertil

izer P

rodu

cts

a)

Glo

bal S

cena

rio

of P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

The

prim

ary

mar

ket

for

phos

phor

ic

acid

is

th

e pr

oduc

tion

of

th

e ph

osph

ate

fert

ilize

r pr

oduc

ts

amm

oniu

m

phos

phat

es

and

trip

le

supe

rpho

spha

te.

Alm

ost

80

% o

f ph

osph

oric

aci

d is

use

d to

pro

duce

ph

osph

ate

fert

ilize

r. A

sia

is t

he w

orld

's l

arge

st p

rodu

cer

of p

hosp

hori

c ac

id,

wit

h a

roun

d 14

mill

ion

tons

pro

duce

d pe

r ye

ar.

Nor

th A

mer

ica

is

seco

nd

in

prod

ucti

on,

wit

h an

nual

pr

oduc

tion

of

ap

prox

imat

ely

10

mill

ion

tonn

es.

Figu

re

belo

w

show

s th

e pe

rcen

tage

sh

are

of

phos

phor

ic

acid

ap

plic

atio

ns u

nder

var

ious

maj

or a

pplic

atio

n ca

tego

ries

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

56

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 2

7: G

loba

l con

sum

ptio

n sh

are

of P

hosp

horic

Aci

d

The

list

of t

op 1

0 c

ount

ries

whi

ch a

re im

port

ing

/ ex

port

ing

phos

phor

ic

acid

dur

ing

the

year

20

16 a

re s

how

n as

und

er:

Tabl

e 4:

TO

P 10

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Expo

rtin

g / I

mpo

rtin

g Co

untr

ies

TOP

10

PH

OSP

HO

RIC

AC

ID E

XP

OR

TIN

G /

IMP

OR

TIN

G C

OU

NTR

IES

IM

PO

RTE

RS

EXP

OR

TER

S R

AN

K 1

IN

DIA

M

OR

OC

CO

R

AN

K 2

P

AK

ISTA

N

JOR

DA

N

RA

NK

3

FRA

NC

E

SE

NE

GA

L R

AN

K 4

TU

RK

EY

U

SA

R

AN

K 5

N

ETH

ER

LAN

DS

TU

NIS

IA

RA

NK

6

BE

LGIU

M

CH

INA

R

AN

K 7

S

PA

IN

ISR

AE

L R

AN

K 8

S

AU

DI A

RA

BIA

S

OU

TH A

FRIC

A

RA

NK

9

ME

XIC

O

ME

XIC

O

RA

NK

10

B

RA

ZIL

FIN

LAN

D

Sou

rce

: NP

K W

orld

-20

16

FERT

ILIZ

ER

MAN

UFA

CTU

RERS

, 80

SYN

THET

IC

DETE

RGEN

TS

12%

ANIM

AL F

EED

ADDI

TIVE

S 4%

RUSS

IA

3%

GLO

BAL C

ON

SUM

PTIO

N S

HAR

E (%

) OF

PHO

SPH

ORI

C AC

ID P

RODU

CIN

G C

OU

NTR

IES

Sour

ce :

NPK

Wor

ld

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

57

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

2.7.

2.D

EMA

ND

FO

REC

AS

TIN

G

The

P2O

5 pr

oduc

ed

by

the

Indi

an

prod

ucer

s is

co

nver

ted

to

di-

amm

oniu

m

phos

phat

e (D

AP

) fe

rtili

zer

and

nitr

ogen

ph

osph

orus

po

tass

ium

(N

PK

) co

mpl

exes

by

the

prod

ucer

s it

self

. Th

e D

AP

is

the

mos

t po

pula

r ph

osph

ate

fert

ilize

r be

caus

e of

its

hig

h nu

trie

nt c

onte

nt

and

good

phy

sica

l pro

pert

ies.

The

com

posi

tion

of

DA

P is

gen

eral

ly ~

18%

N

itro

gen

and

P2O

5 ~

46

%.

The

nitr

ogen

pho

spho

rus

pota

ssiu

m (

NP

K)

faci

litie

s ar

e al

so

plan

ned

wit

hin

the

sam

e fa

cilit

y as

va

lue-

adde

d do

wns

trea

m p

rodu

cts.

Indi

an p

rodu

ctio

n of

pho

spho

ric

acid

is

esti

mat

ed t

o co

rres

pond

to

arou

nd 3

.6%

of

glob

al p

rodu

ctio

n, w

ith

Indi

an i

mpo

rts

acco

unt

ing

for

arou

nd 4

4%

of

glob

al t

rade

in 2

015

.

Bes

ides

thi

s, h

uge

impo

rt is

reg

iste

red

in In

dia.

Th

us, t

he e

ntir

e im

port

is

the

mar

ket

size

for

P2O

5 as

thi

s de

man

d ca

n be

met

by

impo

rt-

subs

titu

tion

by

the

dom

esti

c pl

ayer

s an

d ne

w e

ntra

nts.

Im

port

of

P2O

5 du

ring

20

11-1

2 to

20

15-1

6 is

giv

en in

bel

ow.

Tabl

e 5:

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Impo

rt -

Coun

try

Wise

Impo

rt (K

TPA)

S o u r c e : F e r t Sou

rce:

Fer

tiliz

er S

tati

stic

s, 2

016

-17,

Fer

tiliz

er A

ssoc

iati

on o

f In

dia

Dur

ing

last

10

ye

ars,

im

port

of

P

2O5

grew

by

a

CA

GR

of

4

.5%

. M

eanw

hile

, Gov

ernm

ent

of In

dia

has

giv

en s

peci

al t

hrus

t on

the

gro

wth

an

d de

velo

pmen

t of

agr

icul

ture

sec

tor

whi

ch i

s am

ply

clea

r in

the

cu

rren

t bu

dget

. H

ence

, in

fu

ture

, it

is

ex

pect

ed

that

de

man

d fo

r fe

rtili

zer

will

gro

w a

t a

high

er r

ate.

In v

iew

of

thes

e, im

port

of

is P

2O5

is

assu

med

to

grow

by

a C

AG

R o

f 5%

.

Cou

ntry

Wis

e Im

port

C

ount

ry

2011

-12

2012

-13

2013

-14

20

14-1

5 20

15-1

6

Mor

occo

8

80

758

1

,017

938

1

,035

Jo

rdan

-

10

-

153

318

S

eneg

al

32

1

-

16

8

1

54

2

47

U

SA

314

2

99

295

236

178

Tu

nisi

a

95

212

52

19

3

1

28

Vie

tnam

-

-

-

24

10

7

Sou

th A

fric

a

2

08

82

96

25

6

2

Isra

el

8

8

4

0

4

8

5

0

61

S

audi

Ara

bia

-

39

9

4

8

-

31

Chi

na

-

12

4

8

4

4

Bra

zil

-

-

4

8

6

1

O

ther

s

-

18

48

10

13

To

tal

190

6

1830

18

68

17

92

218

5

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

58

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

The

phos

phor

ic a

cid

mar

ket

is d

rive

n by

ind

ustr

ial

appl

icat

ions

, w

hich

ar

e ex

pect

ed t

o gr

ow b

y al

mos

t 5%

per

yea

r th

roug

h th

e fo

reca

st

peri

od, f

ollo

wed

by

anim

al f

eed

and

fert

ilize

rs a

t 3.

4%

and

1.7

% p

er y

ear,

resp

ecti

vely

. O

n a

volu

me

basi

s, p

rodu

ctio

n of

DA

P h

as t

he

larg

est

infl

uenc

e on

glo

bal p

hosp

hori

c ac

id g

row

th r

ates

, acc

ount

ing

for

35%

of

glob

al c

onsu

mpt

ion,

and

is

proj

ecte

d to

gro

w a

t ab

out

2% p

er y

ear

thro

ugh

2020

.

Tabl

e 6:

Indi

a’s I

mpo

rt o

f DAP

dur

ing

2011

-12

to 2

015-

16 (K

TPA)

Cou

ntry

Wis

e Im

port

C

ount

ry

2011

-12

2012

-13

2013

-14

20

14-1

5 20

15-1

6

Chi

na

2

,427

2,5

33

1,7

17

1

,90

6

3

,48

4

Sau

di A

rabi

a

2

77

1

,04

1

70

6

1

,18

6

1

,44

8

US

A

2,

06

0

1

,031

7

08

4

59

69

1

Rus

sia

619

1

19

-

-

30

4

Jord

an

458

2

79

130

3

02

81

M

oroc

co

60

9

622

-

-

-

O

ther

s

4

65

77

-

-

-

To

tal

69

15

570

2 32

61

3853

6

00

8

Mar

ket

size

P

2O5

for

the

dom

esti

c pl

ayer

s ba

sed

on

the

abov

e as

sum

ptio

n is

giv

en in

Tab

le b

elow

.

Tabl

e 7:

Mar

ket s

ize (d

eman

d fo

r im

port

-sub

stitu

tion)

of P

2O5

for t

he d

omes

tic p

laye

rs

(KTP

A)

Yea

r M

arke

t si

ze

2017

-18

22

35.5

2019

-20

24

64

.6

2024

-25

299

5.7

2.7.

3.M

AJO

R P

RO

DU

CER

S

Maj

or p

rodu

cers

of

P2O

5 ar

e gi

ven

tabl

e be

low

. Ins

talle

d ca

paci

ty, a

s on

1s

t N

ovem

ber,

2017

, of

thes

e co

mpa

nies

are

as

follo

ws:

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

59

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Tabl

e 8:

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Prod

uctio

n Ca

paci

ty –

Pla

nts I

n In

dia

Sl.N

o P

lant

Nam

e C

apac

ity

('000

T)

1 IF

FCO

, Par

adee

p 8

75

2 P

arad

eep

Pho

spha

tes,

Par

adee

p

300

3

Hin

dalc

o, D

ahej

18

0

4

Cor

omon

del I

nter

nati

onal

, Viz

ag

150

5

Gre

enst

ar F

erti

lizer

s, T

utic

orin

12

5 6

FA

CT,

Coc

hin

11

5 7

Cor

omon

del I

nter

nati

onal

, Enn

ore

66

8

G

SFC

, Vad

odar

a 54

9

FA

CT,

Udy

ogm

anda

l 33

10

R

CF,

Tro

mba

y 30

11

Ta

ta C

hem

ical

s, H

aldi

a 28

12

S

terl

ite

Indu

stri

es, T

utic

orin

*

230

Tota

l 21

86

* N

ot a

cap

tive

use

r an

d sa

le in

ope

n m

arke

t

2.7.

4.

CO

NC

LUSI

ON

:

Look

ing

at t

he im

port

of

Ph

osph

oric

Aci

d an

d P

hosp

hati

c Fe

rtili

zer

in t

he

Indi

an m

arke

t, s

ales

of

500

KTP

A o

f P

hos

phor

ic A

cid

(10

0%

P2O

5 B

asis

), is

pos

sibl

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

60

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

2.8

.MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K F

OR

ALU

MIN

UM

FLU

OR

IDE

2.8

.1.

IND

IA A

LUM

INU

M F

LUO

RID

E D

EMA

ND

& S

UP

PLY

Alu

min

um f

luor

ide

(AlF

3) is

an

inor

gani

c co

mpo

und

used

pri

mar

ily in

the

pr

oduc

tion

of

Alu

min

um. A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e is

an

impo

rtan

t ad

diti

ve f

or

the

prod

ucti

on o

f A

lum

inum

by

elec

trol

ysis

. Tog

ethe

r w

ith

cryo

lite,

it

low

ers

the

mel

ting

po

int

to

belo

w

100

0 °

C

and

incr

ease

s th

e co

nduc

tivi

ty o

f th

e so

luti

on.

It i

s in

to t

his

mol

ten

salt

tha

t A

lum

inum

ox

ide

is d

isso

lved

an

d th

en e

lect

roly

zed

to g

ive

bulk

Alu

min

um m

etal

. Th

us,

addi

ng A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e to

the

pro

duct

ion

proc

ess

of p

rim

ary

Alu

min

um

low

ers

the

cons

umpt

ion

of

elec

tric

ity

requ

ired

in

th

e sm

elti

ng p

roce

ss a

nd t

here

by c

onsi

dera

bly

cont

ribu

tes

to t

he r

educ

tion

of

pro

duct

ion

cost

s of

Alu

min

um.

Chi

na i

s th

e le

adin

g m

anuf

actu

rer

of a

lum

inum

flu

orid

e ac

ross

the

gl

obe

and

cons

titu

tes

sign

ific

ant

port

ion

of t

he g

loba

l m

arke

t sh

are.

M

oreo

ver

owin

g to

ove

r ex

ploi

tati

on o

f m

ajor

raw

mat

eria

l so

urce

s in

C

hina

, the

pro

duct

ion

is a

ntic

ipat

ed t

o de

clin

e in

the

nea

r fu

ture

. Hig

h G

DP

gro

wth

and

inc

reas

ing

disp

osab

le i

nco

me

in I

ndia

and

Chi

na h

ave

led

to h

igh

grow

th in

sev

eral

end

use

r in

dust

ries

incl

udin

g au

tom

obile

s,

phar

mac

euti

cal,

pack

agin

g, a

eros

pace

, con

stru

ctio

n am

ong

othe

rs. H

igh

grow

th in

end

use

r in

dust

ries

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e am

ong

fore

mos

t fa

ctor

s dr

ivin

g de

man

d fo

r al

umin

um f

luor

ide

in t

he r

egio

n.

a)

D

eman

d fo

reca

stin

g

The

Alu

min

um

smel

ters

in

In

dia

and

abro

ad

are

incr

easi

ng

thei

r A

lum

inum

pr

oduc

tion

ca

paci

ties

an

d ne

w

Alu

min

um

smel

ters

ar

e co

min

g up

wit

h hi

gh c

apac

itie

s, r

esul

ting

in

an i

ncre

ased

dem

and

for

AlF

3.

The

stro

nger

eco

nom

ic g

row

th t

o su

ppor

t A

lum

inum

con

sum

ptio

n

�D

eman

d of

Alu

min

um in

Indi

a is

exp

ecte

d to

gro

w o

n a

ccou

nt

of

grow

th

in

sect

ors

like

elec

tric

ity,

tr

ansp

ort,

bu

ildin

g,

cons

truc

tion

and

pac

kagi

ng a

nd d

efen

se a

nd a

eros

pace

sec

tor.

Con

sum

ptio

n of

Alu

min

um in

Indi

a is

est

imat

ed a

t 3.

4 m

illio

n

tonn

es in

FY

17, a

nd is

for

ecas

ted

to r

each

to

5.3

mill

ion

tonn

es

by 2

020

. Th

e ch

art

belo

w

show

s In

dia’

s co

ntri

buti

on

in

glob

al

Alu

min

um

prod

ucti

on.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

61

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 2

8: In

dia’

s sha

re in

glo

bal a

lum

inum

pro

duct

ion

Dem

and

fore

cast

ing

for

Alu

min

um f

luor

ide

is b

ased

on

proj

ecti

on o

f A

lum

inum

pro

duct

ion

by p

ast

grow

th b

asis

. Dur

ing

the

peri

od b

etw

een

ye

ars

200

9-1

0 t

o 20

16-1

7 pr

oduc

tion

of

Alu

min

um g

rew

by

a C

AG

R o

f 2.

4%

. Fut

ure

proj

ecti

on o

n A

lum

inum

pro

duct

ion

is d

one

by a

ssum

ing

a C

AG

R o

f 3%

for

20

17-1

8 t

o 20

24-2

5.

Dem

and

fore

cast

ing

for

Alu

min

um f

luor

ide

is a

lso

base

d on

its

spe

cifi

c co

nsum

ptio

n as

18

kg

for

prod

ucin

g on

e to

ne o

f A

lum

inum

. B

ased

on

thes

e as

sum

ptio

ns, f

utur

e de

man

d fo

r A

lum

inum

are

as

give

n

in T

able

bel

ow :

Tabl

e 9:

Pro

ject

ed d

eman

d fo

r Alu

min

um fl

uorid

e (T

onne

s)

Yea

r D

eman

d 20

17-1

8

3236

8

2019

-20

34

339

20

24-2

5 39

80

8

b)

M

ajor

Pro

duce

rs o

f A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e in

Indi

a

For

Indi

an A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e in

dust

ry,

the

dom

esti

c ca

paci

ty i

s qu

ite

limit

ed a

nd o

nly

a fe

w p

laye

rs a

re t

here

suc

h as

Tan

fac

Indu

stri

es,

Alu

fluo

ride

, Sou

ther

n P

etro

chem

ical

Indu

stri

es (

SP

IC).

Inst

alle

d ca

paci

ty

/ pr

oduc

tion

, the

se c

ompa

nies

are

as

follo

ws

:

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

62

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect Tabl

e 10

: Maj

or P

rodu

cers

of A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e in

Indi

a

Com

pany

In

stal

led

capa

city

(To

nnes

) Ta

nfac

Indu

stri

es

154

00

T

Alu

fluo

ride

(P

rodu

ctio

n 20

17)

620

1 T

SP

IC *

72

60

T

Nav

in F

luor

ide

Ear

lier

prod

ucin

g bu

t no

w n

ot

prod

ucin

g *

: A

s pe

r de

tails

col

lect

ed f

rom

SP

IC; a

nd p

lant

wor

king

as

330

day

s/yr

bas

is

Thus

, Ind

ia m

eets

its

maj

or r

equi

rem

ent

of A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e th

roug

h im

port

s. C

ontr

ibut

ion

of A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e in

cos

t of

pro

duct

ion

of

alum

inum

met

al is

aro

und

1.5

%. T

he d

eman

d fo

r A

lF3

will

incr

ease

wit

h th

e op

erat

iona

lizat

ion

of e

xpan

sion

pro

ject

s.

c)

Fu

ture

Out

look

for

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

As

per

Asi

an M

etal

, Chi

na s

tart

ed r

educ

ing

expo

rt o

f A

lum

inu

m f

luor

ide.

In

vie

w o

f th

is,

the

supp

ly s

itua

tion

in

Indi

a is

now

tig

ht.

Hen

ce,

the

dom

esti

c pl

ayer

s ar

e lik

ely

to h

ave

bett

er m

arke

t in

fut

ure.

C

oncl

usio

n:

�W

ith

incr

ease

in

Alu

min

um p

rodu

ctio

n ca

paci

ty,

requ

irem

ent

of

the

Alu

min

um f

lour

ide

is a

lso

goin

g to

gro

w.

This

is

goin

g to

pro

vide

op

port

unit

y fo

r im

port

sub

stit

utio

n.

2.9

.MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K F

OR

CO

PP

ER S

LAG

Cop

per

Sla

g is

als

o ca

lled

as Ir

on S

ilica

te in

Eur

ope

and

Ferr

osan

d in

Kor

ea.

Iron

sili

cate

/ fe

rro

sand

has

wid

e ap

plic

atio

n su

ch a

s

�B

last

ing

abra

sive

Iron

pro

duct

ion,

Cem

ent

Man

ufac

turi

ng

�C

oncr

ete

man

ufac

turi

ng,

�C

onst

ruct

ion,

Pav

ing

Blo

cks

�A

nti S

kid

Sur

face

Coa

ting

Hea

vy C

oncr

ete

App

licat

ion.

Euro

pean

Cop

per

Inst

itut

e (E

CI)

EC

I’s R

EAC

H C

lass

ific

atio

n, L

abel

ling

and

Pac

kagi

ng p

ropo

sals

for

Sla

g, c

oppe

r sm

elti

ng (

high

qua

lity

slag

pro

duct

s) :

�N

o cl

assi

fica

tion

and

no

labe

lling

for

Hum

an H

ealt

h or

the

Env

iron

men

t

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

63

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

As

per

EC

I, th

e lis

t of

“Id

enti

fied

use

s” c

onta

ined

wit

hin

the

Che

mic

al S

afet

y R

epor

t fo

r S

lag,

cop

per

smel

ting

(hi

gh q

ualit

y sl

ag p

rodu

cts)

is p

rese

nted

as

belo

w.

Figu

re 2

9: Id

entif

ied

uses

” con

tain

ed w

ithin

the

Chem

ical

Saf

ety

Repo

rt fo

r Sla

g

2.10

.MA

RK

ET O

UTL

OO

K F

OR

GY

PSU

M: I

ND

IA S

CEN

AR

IO

Gyp

sum

is

com

mon

ly u

sed

in

indu

stri

al

and

Agr

icul

tura

l app

licat

ions

wor

ldw

ide.

P

hosp

hogy

psum

ref

ers

spec

ific

ally

to

th

e gy

psum

fo

rmed

as

a

by-p

rodu

ct

of

proc

essi

ng p

hosp

hate

ore

into

fer

tiliz

er w

ith

sulf

uric

aci

d.

Pho

spho

gyps

um h

as m

any

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

afe

and

econ

omic

ally

fea

sibl

e po

tent

ial

uses

suc

h as

: �

A r

oad

base

tha

t is

che

aper

and

as

effe

ctiv

e, i

f no

t m

ore,

as

curr

ent

road

bas

e m

ater

ials

An

agri

cult

ural

soi

l am

endm

ent

whi

ch w

ould

pro

vide

muc

h ne

eded

sul

fur

to t

he

soil

�A

mat

eria

l to

mak

e ce

ram

ic r

oofi

ng t

iles.

A m

ater

ial f

or m

arin

e su

bstr

ate,

suc

h as

oys

ter

culc

h.

G

ypsu

m is

maj

orly

use

d in

Cem

ent

Man

ufac

turi

ng a

s a

reta

rder

. The

ris

ing

cost

s of

raw

m

ater

ials

lik

e gy

psum

and

coa

l ha

ve b

een

play

ing

a he

avy

stra

in o

n th

e ce

men

t an

d co

nstr

ucti

on i

ndus

try.

As

resu

lt, I

ndia

n ce

men

t an

d pl

aste

r bo

ard

com

pani

es h

ave

to

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

64

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

expl

ore

alte

rnat

e so

urce

s of

gyp

sum

; suc

h as

Pho

spho

Gyp

sum

. App

rox.

4-5

% G

ypsu

m

is u

sed

in c

emen

t m

anuf

actu

ring

. P

rese

nt g

ypsu

m s

ourc

es f

or In

dia

�Lo

cal n

atur

al g

ypsu

m

�Im

port

ed n

atur

al g

ypsu

m

�B

y-pr

oduc

t gy

psum

Use

of

Pho

spho

Gyp

sum

will

be

supp

ort

the

follo

win

g:

�C

onse

rvin

g N

atur

al R

esou

rces

Sav

ing

in F

orei

gn R

eser

ves

�U

tilis

atio

n of

the

by-

prod

ucts

eff

ecti

vely

; pr

ovid

ing

supp

ort

for

beco

min

g se

lf-

suff

icie

nt in

fer

tilis

er m

anuf

actu

ring

. C

urre

ntly

, In

dia

is i

mpo

rtin

g a

huge

gyp

sum

qua

ntit

ies

prim

arily

fro

m O

man

, Ir

an,

Thai

land

etc

. Maj

orly

thi

s gy

psum

is im

port

ed b

y ce

men

t in

dust

ries

for

usi

ng it

in t

heir

pr

oduc

tion

pro

cess

. In

dia

is t

he s

econ

d la

rges

t pr

oduc

er o

f ce

men

t in

the

wor

ld. N

o w

onde

r, In

dia'

s ce

men

t in

dust

ry i

s a

vita

l pa

rt o

f it

s ec

onom

y, p

rovi

ding

em

ploy

men

t to

mor

e th

an a

mill

ion

pe

ople

, dir

ectl

y or

indi

rect

ly. E

ver

sinc

e it

was

der

egul

ated

in 1

98

2, t

he In

dian

cem

ent

indu

stry

has

att

ract

ed h

uge

inve

stm

ents

, bot

h fr

om In

dian

as

wel

l as

fore

ign

inve

stor

s.

The

cem

ent

indu

stry

in

Indi

a is

con

tinu

ousl

y gr

owin

g. A

ccor

ding

to

vari

ous

rese

arch

re

port

s an

d in

vie

w o

f th

e up

com

ing

mas

sive

inf

rast

ruct

ure

deve

lopm

ents

, the

Ind

ian

cem

ent

cons

umpt

ion

is e

xpec

ted

to in

crea

se a

t a

rate

of

9-1

1 %

per

yea

r.

Indi

a ha

s a

lot

of p

oten

tial

for

dev

elop

men

t in

the

inf

rast

ruct

ure

and

cons

truc

tion

se

ctor

and

the

cem

ent

sect

or is

exp

ecte

d to

larg

ely

bene

fit

from

it. T

he G

over

nmen

t of

In

dia

is s

tron

gly

focu

sed

on in

fras

truc

ture

dev

elop

men

t to

boo

st e

cono

mic

gro

wth

and

is

aim

ing

for

100

sm

art

citi

es. T

he g

over

nmen

t al

so in

tend

s to

exp

and

the

capa

city

of

the

railw

ays

and

the

faci

litie

s fo

r ha

ndlin

g an

d st

orag

e to

eas

e th

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

of

cem

ent

and

redu

ce t

rans

port

atio

n co

sts.

The

se m

easu

res

wou

ld l

ead

to i

ncre

ased

co

nstr

ucti

on a

ctiv

ity

ther

eby

boos

ting

cem

ent

dem

and.

A

s of

Sep

tem

ber

2018

, all

Indi

a in

stal

led

capa

city

was

aro

und

48

0 M

T. A

tot

al o

f 21

0

larg

e ce

men

t pl

ants

tog

ethe

r ac

coun

t fo

r 4

10 m

illio

n to

nnes

of

inst

alle

d ca

paci

ty i

n th

e co

untr

y, w

hile

35

0

min

i ce

men

t pl

ants

m

ake

up

the

rest

. O

f th

e to

tal

210

la

rge

cem

ent

plan

ts in

Indi

a, 7

7 ar

e lo

cate

d in

the

sta

tes

of A

ndhr

a P

rade

sh, R

ajas

than

an

d Ta

mil

Nad

u. C

emen

t pr

oduc

tion

in

Indi

a in

crea

sed

from

230

.49

mill

ion

ton

nes

in

2011

-12

to 2

97.

56 m

illio

n to

nnes

in 2

017

-18

. O

f th

e to

tal

capa

city

, 9

8 p

er c

ent

lies

wit

h th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

and

the

res

t w

ith

the

publ

ic s

ecto

r. T

he t

op 2

0 c

ompa

nies

acc

ount

for

aro

und

70 p

er c

ent

of t

he t

otal

pr

oduc

tion

. In

FY

19, c

emen

t de

man

d is

exp

ecte

d to

gro

w b

y 7-

8 p

er c

ent.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

65

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Indi

a’s

expo

rts

of c

emen

t, c

linke

r an

d as

best

os c

emen

t in

crea

sed

at C

AG

R o

f 10

.37

per

cent

bet

wee

n FY

12-F

Y18

to

reac

h U

S$ 4

33.8

7 m

illio

n. D

urin

g th

e sa

me

peri

od im

port

s of

cem

ent,

clin

ker

and

asbe

stos

cem

ent

incr

ease

d at

a C

AG

R o

f 11

.14

per

cen

t to

US

$ 17

4.3

6 m

illio

n in

FY

18.

Cem

ent,

clin

ker

and

asbe

stos

cem

ent

expo

rts

and

impo

rts

of

Indi

a st

ood

at U

S$

237.

75 m

illio

n an

d U

S$

79.6

1 m

illio

n du

ring

Apr

il-S

epte

mbe

r 20

18,

resp

ecti

vely

. The

maj

or c

halle

nges

fac

ed b

y th

e In

dian

cem

ent

indu

stry

are

hig

her

raw

m

ater

ial p

rice

s, e

spec

ially

the

pri

ces

of c

oal,

gyps

um a

nd f

ly a

sh.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

66

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

-3: P

RO

CES

S D

ESC

RIP

TIO

N

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

67

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 3

Pro

cess

Des

crip

tion

3.1.

PR

OC

ESS

DES

CR

IPTI

ON

3.1.

1.R

AW

MA

TER

IAL

HA

ND

LIN

G

To h

ave

the

raw

mat

eria

ls h

andl

ing

as t

he m

ost

envi

ronm

ent

frie

ndly

pro

cess

, th

e fo

llow

ing

are

plan

ned:

1.C

once

ntra

te t

rans

port

atio

n fr

om P

ort

to P

lant

con

cent

rate

war

ehou

se b

y P

ipe

Con

veyo

r 2.

Cov

ered

Con

cent

rate

war

ehou

se

3.In

tern

al

tran

spor

tati

on

of

the

conc

entr

ate

by

pipe

co

nvey

or

to

the

furn

ace.

4

.C

over

ed B

in b

uild

ing

for

inte

rmed

iate

sto

rage

of

conc

entr

ate

5.

Cov

ered

Sto

rage

for

oth

er R

aw M

ater

ial d

urin

g ra

iny

seas

on.

3.1.

2.C

ON

CEN

TRA

TE W

AR

EHO

US

E

Con

cent

rate

w

ill

be

impo

rted

fr

om

acro

ss

the

wor

ld.

Con

cent

rate

w

ill

be

unlo

aded

fro

m t

he s

hip

at P

ort

and

will

be

conv

eyed

to

plan

t w

areh

ouse

in p

ipe

conv

eyor

. Th

e co

ncen

trat

e w

ill b

e st

ored

sep

arat

ely

in d

iffe

rent

hea

ps b

ased

on

the

qua

lity

of t

he m

ater

ial.

War

ehou

se w

ill b

e bu

ilt t

o st

ore

at le

ast

25 d

ays

cons

umpt

ion

quan

tity

. Th

is w

ill h

elp

to t

ake

care

of

the

ship

ping

sch

edul

e as

w

ell a

s bl

endi

ng r

equi

rem

ent

as p

er f

urna

ce f

eed

desi

gn.

3.1.

3.FL

UX

STO

RA

GE

AR

EA

Sili

ca S

and,

Lim

e st

one

and

Coa

l will

be

requ

ired

for

add

itio

n in

the

con

cent

rate

fo

r ef

fect

ive

smel

tin

g. T

hey

will

be

stor

ed i

n op

en s

pace

. H

owev

er a

cov

ered

st

orag

e w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed f

or m

inim

um o

f 15

day

s st

orag

e, w

hich

will

be

requ

ired

du

ring

rai

ny s

easo

n co

ntin

uous

ope

rati

ons.

3.

1.4

.B

IN B

UIL

DIN

G

Bin

bui

ldin

g w

ill h

ave

inte

rmed

iate

sto

rage

bin

s to

sto

re d

iffe

rent

qua

lity

of t

he

Cop

per

Con

cent

rate

, Flu

x m

ater

ial a

long

wit

h C

oal a

nd P

roce

ss R

ever

ts. T

hese

bi

ns

will

be

eq

uipp

ed

wit

h w

eigh

ing

syst

em

for

effe

ctiv

e bl

endi

ng

and

mai

ntai

ning

the

met

allu

rgy

of t

he f

urna

ce.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

68

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

30:

Con

cent

rate

& F

lux

Mat

eria

l Han

dlin

g

3.1.

5.R

OTA

RY

STE

AM

DR

YER

/ P

AD

DLE

MIX

ER

Rot

ary

Ste

am D

ryer

or

Pad

dle

mix

er i

s an

onl

ine

Con

cent

rate

& F

lux

(Fee

d M

ixtu

re)

mix

ing

syst

em

requ

ired

ba

sed

on

the

smel

ting

te

chno

logy

. D

ry

conc

entr

ate

is r

equi

rem

ent

for

flas

h te

chno

logy

. Fe

ed M

ixtu

re i

s dr

ied

in

Rot

ary

Ste

am D

ryer

wit

h th

e he

lp o

f th

e pr

oces

s st

eam

. Rot

ary

Ste

am D

ryer

is

used

to

mix

eff

ecti

vely

dif

fere

nt r

atio

of

Con

cent

rate

wit

h fl

ux m

ater

ial a

nd d

ry

the

conc

entr

ate

befo

re f

eedi

ng t

o th

e sm

elti

ng f

urna

ce.

Ste

am g

ener

ated

du

ring

the

sm

elti

ng p

roce

ss i

s us

ed f

or r

otar

y S

team

Dry

er.

Whe

reas

Pad

dle

mix

er is

use

d to

mix

eff

ecti

vely

dif

fere

nt r

atio

of

Con

cent

rate

wit

h fl

ux m

ater

ial

and

will

hav

e pr

ovis

ion

to a

dd m

oist

ure

to g

et r

equi

red

mix

mat

eria

l, su

itab

le

for

furn

ace

feed

. Fe

ed m

ixtu

re w

ith

ade

quat

e m

oist

ure

is r

equi

rem

ent

for

Top

Sub

mer

ged

Lanc

e (T

SL)

Tec

hnol

ogy.

Con

cent

rate

& F

lux

Mat

eria

l Han

dlin

g

Shi

p

Con

veyi

ng S

yste

m-

Con

cent

rate

Bon

ded

War

e H

ouse

Flux

( S

ilica

, Lim

e S

tone

, C

oal,

Rev

erts

)C

once

ntra

te&

Flu

x B

uild

ing

Wei

gh F

eede

r

Pad

dle

Mix

er /

Dry

er

Sm

elti

ng F

urna

ce

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

69

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

3.2.

SMEL

TIN

G F

UR

NA

CE:

It is

pro

pose

d to

hav

e tw

o nu

mbe

r of

cop

per

smel

ting

fac

ility

for

pro

duct

ion

of

9,0

0,0

00

TP

A o

f co

pper

ano

de p

rodu

ctio

n in

tot

al.

Cop

per

Con

cent

rate

ble

nd

mix

ed w

ith

flux

mat

eria

l is

fed

to

the

smel

ting

fur

nace

, w

here

enr

iche

d ai

r ad

ded

wit

h ox

ygen

is

fed

to f

urna

ce.

The

smel

ting

rea

ctio

n ta

kes

plac

e at

fu

rnac

e te

mpe

ratu

re a

roun

d 12

00

0C

. Fu

rnac

e pr

oduc

es C

oppe

r M

atte

(~

60

%

Cu)

; Cop

per

Sla

g (~

1% C

u) a

nd S

ulph

ur D

i-Oxi

de G

as (

SO

2).

Bot

h C

oppe

r M

atte

(~

60

% C

u) a

nd C

oppe

r S

lag

(~1%

Cu)

is t

appe

d to

Set

tlin

g fu

rnac

e an

d S

ulph

ur

Di-O

xide

Gas

(S

O2)

is

tran

sfer

red

to S

ulph

uric

aci

d pl

ant

thro

ugh

a cl

osed

pi

pelin

e. T

he s

mel

ting

fur

nace

will

be

prov

ided

wit

h a

was

te h

eat

reco

very

bo

iler

to r

ecov

er t

he h

eat

from

the

off

gas

of

the

proc

ess.

CuF

eS2

+ O

2 +

Si0

2

C

u-Fe

-S +

Fe0

.Si0

2 +

SO

2

M

atte

S

lag

Gas

The

purp

ose

is

to

utili

ze

heat

of

th

e ga

ses

wit

hin

the

proc

ess

and

also

co

nser

vati

on o

f w

ater

. Th

e fu

rnac

e w

ill b

e at

tach

ed w

ith

a st

ate

of t

he a

rt,

elec

tros

tati

c pr

ecip

itat

or a

nd a

hig

h ca

paci

ty in

duce

d dr

aft

fan

to t

rans

fer

the

gase

s to

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt.

The

seco

ndar

y of

f ga

s w

ill b

e ta

ken

to a

hig

h ca

paci

ty s

econ

dary

gas

scr

ubbi

ng s

yste

m t

o sc

rub

the

trac

es o

f S

O2

befo

re it

is

disc

harg

ed t

o at

mos

pher

e.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

70

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 3

1: S

mel

ting

Furn

ace

Flow

She

et

3.3.

SETT

LIN

G F

UR

NA

CE(

S)

Set

tlin

g Fu

rnac

e w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed f

or M

atte

and

Fer

rosa

nd (

Cop

per

Sla

g al

so

calle

d as

Iron

Sili

cate

) se

para

tion

.

The

Cop

per

mat

te &

fer

ro s

and

from

sm

elti

ng f

urna

ce w

ill b

e pe

riod

ical

ly

tapp

ed f

rom

the

tap

hol

e w

hich

will

be

prov

ided

wit

h w

ater

coo

led

copp

er

bloc

k in

the

sm

elti

ng f

urna

ce. T

he t

ap h

ole

will

be

open

ed w

ith

a ta

p gu

nnin

g

mac

hine

. Th

e fe

rro

sand

/ m

atte

tog

ethe

r w

ill f

low

by

grav

ity

to t

he s

ettl

ing

Furn

ace

for

ferr

o sa

nd a

nd m

atte

set

tlin

g an

d se

para

tion

. S

epar

atio

n of

will

ta

ke p

lace

on

the

basi

s of

the

den

sity

dif

fere

nce.

The

tem

pera

ture

aro

und

1250

°C w

ill b

e m

aint

aine

d. T

he o

ff-g

ases

fro

m t

he f

urna

ce o

pera

tion

will

be

take

n sm

elti

ng f

urna

ce s

crub

bing

sys

tem

.

Smel

ting

Fur

nace

Flo

w S

heet

Con

cent

rate

W

areh

ouse

Con

cent

rate

B

lend

ing

Bin

Sy

stem

Sm

elti

ng

Furn

ace

Set

tler

/ S

lag

Cle

anin

gFu

rnac

e

Su

lph

uri

c A

cid

P

lan

tF

ug

itiv

e G

ases

S

cru

bb

er

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

71

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 3

2: S

ettli

ng F

urna

ce F

low

She

et

Ferr

o sa

nd s

ettl

ed i

n th

e se

ttlin

g Fu

rnac

e w

ill b

e gr

anul

ated

and

will

be

colle

cted

in

th

e co

llect

ion

pond

. Fe

rro

sand

gr

anul

atio

n cl

ear

wat

er

will

ov

erfl

ow in

to a

cle

ar w

ater

pon

d an

d it

is p

umpe

d to

spr

ay p

ond

for

cool

ing

and

then

rec

ycle

d ba

ck.

The

gran

ulat

ed f

erro

san

d fr

om s

ettl

ing

pon

d w

ill b

e co

llect

ed a

nd d

isch

arge

s th

e sa

me

in

a st

eel

bunk

er.

From

th

e st

eel

bunk

ers

ferr

o sa

nd

will

be

tr

ansp

orte

d to

the

des

igne

d fe

rro

sand

du

mp

area

and

fur

ther

sal

e/di

spos

al.

3.4

.P

IER

CE

SMIT

H C

ON

VER

TER

:

Pie

rce-

Sm

ith

Con

vert

ers

will

be

used

to

Con

vert

Cop

per

mat

te t

o B

liste

r C

oppe

r (~

98

% C

u).

Con

vert

ing

is o

xida

tion

of

mol

ten

Cu

-Fe-

S m

atte

to

form

m

olte

n 'b

liste

r' co

pper

(~ 9

8 %

Cu)

. It

enta

ils o

xidi

zing

Fe

and

S f

rom

the

mat

te

wit

h ox

ygen

-enr

iche

d ai

r or

air

'bl

ast'

. It

is

mos

tly

done

in

the

Pei

rce-

Sm

ith

co

nver

ter,

whi

ch

blow

s th

e bl

ast

into

m

olte

n m

atte

th

roug

h su

bmer

ged

tuye

res.

The

mai

n ra

w m

ater

ial

for

conv

erti

ng i

s m

olte

n C

u-F

e-S

mat

te f

rom

sm

elti

ng.

Oth

er r

aw m

ater

ials

inc

lude

sili

ca f

lux,

air

and

ind

ustr

ial

oxyg

en.

Sev

eral

Cu

be

arin

g m

ater

ials

are

rec

ycle

d to

the

con

vert

er -

mai

nly

solid

ifie

d C

u-b

eari

ng

reve

rts

and

copp

er s

crap

. Th

e pr

oduc

ts o

f co

nver

ting

are

:

Set

tlin

g Fu

rnac

e Fl

ow S

heet

Smel

ting

Fu

rnac

e

Sett

ler/

Sla

g C

lean

ing

Furn

ace

Cu

Mat

te P

ierc

e Sm

ith

Con

vert

er

Sla

g/

Fer

ro S

and

/ Ir

on

Sili

cate

fo

r G

ran

ula

tio

n

Ret

urn

Sla

g

Fro

m P

S

Co

nve

rter

Fu

git

ive

Gas

es

Scr

ub

ber

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

72

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

(a)

mol

ten

blis

ter

copp

er w

hich

is s

ent

to f

ire-

and

ele

ctro

refi

ning

(b

) m

olte

n ir

on-s

ilica

te s

lag

whi

ch is

sen

t to

Cu

reco

very

, the

n d

isca

rd

(c)

SO

2-be

arin

g of

fgas

whi

ch is

sen

t to

coo

ling,

dus

t re

mov

al a

nd &

H2S

O4

man

ufac

ture

. Th

e he

at f

or c

onve

rtin

g is

sup

plie

d en

tire

ly b

y Fe

and

S o

xida

tion

; i.e

. th

e pr

oces

s is

aut

othe

rmal

. Th

e ov

eral

l con

vert

ing

proc

ess

may

be

desc

ribe

d by

the

sch

emat

ic r

eact

ion:

C

u-Fe

-S

+ 0

2

+

Si0

2

C

uo l+

{ 2

FeO

:SiO

2 :F

e 3O

4 }

+ S

O2

Mol

ten

in a

ir

and

in f

lux

m

olte

n sl

ag w

ith

Gas

m

atte

ox

ygen

so

mes

olid

Fe3

04

P

rim

ary

Gas

es f

rom

the

se f

urna

ce w

ill b

e ro

uted

to

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt.

The

furn

ace

will

be

atta

ched

wit

h a

stat

e of

the

art

, ele

ctro

stat

ic p

reci

pita

tor

and

a hi

gh c

apac

ity

indu

ced

draf

t fa

n to

tra

nsfe

r th

e ga

ses

to S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

. P

rope

r w

ater

co

oled

do

uble

ho

od

arra

ngem

ent

and

gas

cool

ing

syst

em,

Figu

re 3

3: P

ierc

e Sm

ith C

onve

rter

Flo

w S

heet

etc

will

be

inst

alle

d to

col

lect

the

sec

onda

ry f

ugit

ive

emis

sion

. Th

e se

cond

ary

off

gase

s w

ill b

e ta

ken

to a

hig

h ca

paci

ty s

econ

dary

gas

scr

ubbi

ng s

yste

m t

o sc

rub

the

trac

es

of

SO

2.

This

w

ill

enab

le

cont

inuo

us

oper

atio

n of

th

ree

conv

erte

rs w

ith

one

conv

erte

r on

per

iodi

cal m

aint

enan

ce.

Pier

ce S

mit

h C

onve

rter

Flo

w S

heet

Set

tler/

Sla

g C

lean

ing

Furn

ace

-C

u M

atte

Pier

ce S

mit

h C

onv

erte

r

Blis

ter

Cop

per

to

Ano

de

Furn

ace

SO2

Gas

esto

S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

Cop

per

Sla

g F

rom

Ano

de

Furn

ace

Fu

git

ive

Gas

es

Scr

ub

ber

Cop

per

Scr

ap

Co

pp

er S

lag

to

S

lag

Cle

anin

g

Fu

rnac

e

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

73

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

3.5.

FER

RO

SA

ND

CLE

AN

ING

FU

RN

AC

E (F

SCF)

:

The

ferr

osan

d (C

oppe

r S

lag)

fro

m c

onve

rter

will

be

proc

esse

d in

the

fer

ro s

and

clea

ning

fur

nace

. Sla

g-cl

eani

ng f

urna

ces

proc

ess

smel

ting

fur

nace

sla

g a

s w

ell

as s

lag

from

Pie

rce

Sm

ith

Con

vert

ers.

A r

educ

ing

agen

t is

oft

en r

equi

red

to

redu

ce C

u ox

ide

in t

he s

lag

to C

u m

etal

or

Cu

sulf

ide.

Coa

l or

M

etal

lurg

ical

co

ke is

oft

en a

dded

for

thi

s re

duct

ion.

C +

Cu 2

O

C

O +

2C

u0

Car

bon

addi

tion

s al

so r

educ

e so

lid m

agn

etit

e in

the

sla

g to

liqu

id F

eO:

C +

Fe 3

04(s

)

CO

+ 3

Fe0

This

dec

reas

es s

lag

visc

osit

y an

d im

prov

es s

ettl

ing

rate

s.

Fi

gure

34:

Sla

g Cl

eani

ng F

urna

ce F

low

She

et

Cop

per

Sla

g is

als

o ca

lled

as Ir

on S

ilica

te a

s w

ell a

s Fe

rro

sand

. Fer

ro S

and

from

C

lean

ing

Furn

ace

will

be

gran

ulat

ed a

nd w

ill b

e co

llect

ed i

n th

e co

llect

ion

pond

. Fer

ro s

and

gran

ulat

ion

clea

r w

ater

will

ove

rflo

w i

nto

a cl

ear

wat

er p

ond

and

it i

s pu

mpe

d to

spr

ay p

ond

for

cool

ing

and

then

rec

ycle

d ba

ck.

The

gran

ulat

ed f

erro

san

d fr

om s

ettl

ing

pond

will

be

colle

cted

and

dis

char

ges

the

sam

e in

a s

teel

bun

ker.

Fro

m t

he s

teel

bu

nker

s fe

rro

sand

will

be

tran

spor

ted

to

the

desi

gned

fer

ro s

and

dum

p ar

ea a

nd f

urth

er s

ale/

disp

osal

.

Sla

g C

lean

ing

Furn

ace

Flow

She

et

Mat

te f

rom

Sm

elti

ng

Furn

ace

Slag

Cle

anin

gFu

rnac

e

Cu

Mat

te P

ierc

e Sm

ith

Con

vert

er

Sla

g/

Fer

ro S

and

/ Ir

on

Sili

cate

fo

r G

ran

ula

tio

n

Ret

urn

Sla

g

Fro

m P

S

Co

nve

rter

Fu

git

ive

Gas

es

Scr

ub

ber

Co

ke/

Pig

Iro

n

Ad

dit

ion

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

74

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

3.6

.C

OP

PER

SC

RA

P M

ELTI

NG

SY

STEM

Con

side

ring

the

ava

ilabi

lity

of t

he C

oppe

r sc

rap

& E

-Scr

ap g

etti

ng g

ener

ated

w

ithi

n th

e co

untr

y as

wel

l as

in

hous

e; a

ded

icat

ed C

oppe

r sc

rap

mel

ting

sy

stem

will

be

desi

gned

to

have

a s

usta

inab

le s

olut

ion

for

the

coun

try.

Thi

s w

ill

help

the

var

ious

cop

per

scra

p pr

oduc

er a

sus

tain

able

out

let

to t

reat

the

cop

per

scra

p an

d pr

oduc

e LM

E G

rade

A C

oppe

r ca

thod

e. S

yste

m i

s al

so d

esig

ned

to

hand

le u

tiliz

atio

n of

the

impo

rted

cop

per

scra

p as

fee

d st

ock

as w

ell.

A s

tate

of

art

tech

nolo

gy w

ill b

e us

ed f

or t

he s

ame.

Suc

h fa

cilit

ies

are

avai

labl

e in

var

ious

de

velo

ped

coun

trie

s.

Figu

re 3

5: C

oppe

r Scr

ap M

eltin

g Fu

rnac

e

3.7.

AN

OD

E FU

RN

AC

E &

AN

OD

E C

AST

ING

WH

EEL:

Ano

de f

urna

ces

will

be

used

to

mak

e an

ode

copp

er (

~9

9.5

% C

u) f

rom

blis

ter

rece

ived

fro

m P

ierc

e S

mit

h C

onve

rter

s.

The

mol

ten

blis

ter

copp

er f

rom

Pei

rce-

Sm

ith

conv

erti

ng c

onta

ins

-0.0

1% S

and

-0

.5%

02

. At

thes

e le

vels

, the

dis

solv

ed

Sul

fur

and

oxyg

en

wou

ld

com

bine

du

ring

so

lidif

icat

ion

to

form

bu

bble

s ('b

liste

rs')

of S

O2

in n

ewly

cas

t an

odes

– m

akin

g th

em w

eak

and

bum

py.

In

stoi

chio

met

ric

term

s, 0

.01

mas

s% d

isso

lved

Sul

fur

and

0.0

1 m

ass%

dis

solv

ed

Oxy

gen

wou

ld c

ombi

ne t

o pr

oduc

e ab

out

2 cm

3 of

SO

2 (1

08

3OC

) pe

r cm

3 of

co

pper

.

Fire

ref

inin

g re

mov

es S

ulfu

r an

d O

xyge

n fr

om li

quid

blis

ter

copp

er b

y:

(a)

air-

oxid

atio

n r

emov

al o

f S

ulfu

r as

SO

2 to

-0.0

02%

S t

hen:

Cop

per

Scra

p M

elti

ng F

urna

ce

Pur

chas

ed

Cop

per S

crap

/ A

node

Scr

ap

Cop

per S

crap

M

elti

ng S

yste

m

Ano

de F

urna

ce

Sys

tem

Fugi

tive

Gas

es T

o B

ag F

ilter

Ano

de C

asti

ng

Sys

tem

Cop

per A

node

s to

R

efin

ery

Tank

H

ouse

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

75

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

(b)

hydr

ocar

bon-

redu

ctio

n re

mov

al o

f ox

ygen

as

CO

and

H2O

(g)

to -0

.15%

Li

quef

ied

Pet

role

um G

as o

r N

atur

al G

as is

use

d fo

r do

ing

fire

ref

inin

g.

The

seco

ndar

y of

f ga

ses

will

be

ta

ken

to

a hi

gh

capa

city

se

cond

ary

gas

scru

bbin

g sy

stem

to

scru

b th

e tr

aces

of

SO2.

. Th

e fi

nal p

rodu

ct o

f fi

re r

efin

ing

is m

olte

n co

pper

, -0

.00

2% S

, 0

.15%

0,

118

0-

120

00C

, re

ady

for

cast

ing

as

anod

es. M

ost

copp

er a

node

s ar

e ca

st in

ope

n a

node

-sha

ped

impr

essi

ons

on t

he

top

of f

lat

copp

er m

ould

s. N

ewly

de

velo

ped

late

st d

esig

ned

doub

le c

asti

ng

whe

el s

yste

m w

ill b

e in

stal

led

wit

h C

asti

ng r

ate

of ~

100

TP

H. T

he n

ewly

pou

red

anod

es a

re c

oole

d by

spr

ayin

g w

ater

on

the

top

s an

d bo

ttom

s of

the

mou

lds

whi

le t

he w

heel

rot

ates

. Th

ey a

re s

trip

ped

from

the

ir m

ould

s (u

sual

ly b

y an

au

tom

atic

rai

sing

pin

and

lif

ting

mac

hine

) af

ter

a ha

lf r

otat

ion.

The

em

pty

mou

lds

are

then

spr

ayed

wit

h a

bari

te-w

ater

was

h to

pre

ven

t st

icki

ng o

f th

e ne

xt a

node

. The

mos

t im

port

ant

aspe

ct o

f an

ode

cast

ing,

bes

ides

fla

t su

rfac

es,

is u

nifo

rmit

y of

thi

ckne

ss.

This

uni

form

ity

ensu

res

that

all

the

anod

es i

n an

el

ectr

o re

fini

ng

cell

reac

h th

e en

d of

the

ir

usef

ul l

ife

at t

he

sam

e ti

me.

A

utom

atic

con

trol

of

the

mas

s of

eac

h p

our

of c

oppe

r (L

e. t

he m

ass

and

thic

knes

s of

eac

h an

ode)

will

be

used

. A

node

mas

s is

nor

mal

ly 3

75-4

25 k

g.

Ano

de-t

o-an

ode

mas

s va

riat

ion

in a

sm

elte

r or

ref

iner

y is

+2

to 5

kg

wit

h au

tom

atic

wei

ght

cont

rol.

Rec

ent

anod

e de

sign

s ha

ve in

corp

orat

ed

(i)

knif

e-ed

ged

lugs

w

hich

m

ake

the

anod

e ha

ng

vert

ical

ly

in

the

elec

trol

ytic

cel

l and

(i

i)th

in t

ops

whe

re t

he a

node

is

not

subm

erge

d (i

.e.

whe

re i

t is

n't

diss

olve

d du

ring

ref

inin

g).

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

76

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

36:

Cop

per A

node

Fur

nace

& C

astin

g Fl

ow S

heet

The

latt

er f

eatu

re d

ecre

ases

the

am

oun

t of

un

-dis

solv

ed '

anod

e sc

rap'

whi

ch

mus

t be

rec

ycle

d at

the

end

of

an a

nod

e's

life.

Sui

tabl

e ca

paci

ty T

win

cas

ter

whe

el a

rran

gem

ent

will

be

prov

ided

to

prod

uce

Cop

per

anod

e. T

he C

oppe

r an

ode

will

be

tran

sfer

red

to C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

for

furt

her

proc

essi

ng.

3.8

.O

FF G

AS

HA

ND

LIN

G:

a.W

e pr

opos

e to

in

stal

l a

Was

te

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

Boi

ler

(WH

RB

) to

re

cove

r th

e en

tire

off

gas

hea

t fr

om t

he s

mel

ting

fur

nace

bef

ore

reac

hing

to

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt f

or p

rodu

ctio

n of

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

thro

ugh

suit

able

ES

P, I

D f

an, d

ucti

ng a

nd a

gas

-mix

ing

cham

ber.

b.

A s

uita

ble

dust

con

veyi

ng s

yste

m f

or W

HR

B &

ES

P w

ill b

e in

stal

led

and

will

be

cons

umed

wit

hin

the

proc

ess.

c.

The

seco

ndar

y co

llect

ion

syst

em

wit

h S

crub

bing

S

yste

m

will

be

en

sure

d to

hav

e su

ffic

ient

cap

acit

y to

han

dle

all t

he s

econ

dary

gas

. d.

Gas

es w

ill b

e ch

arge

d th

roug

h re

quir

ed s

ize

stac

k to

atm

osph

ere

afte

r sc

rubb

ing

and

mee

ting

sta

ndar

ds p

resc

ribe

d au

thor

itie

s.

3.9

.SU

LPH

UR

IC A

CID

PLA

NT

Four

num

ber

of S

ulph

uric

aci

d pl

ants

wit

h co

mbi

ned

capa

city

of

30 L

TPA

will

be

pro

vide

d to

han

dle

the

gase

s fr

om C

oppe

r sm

elte

r w

ith

requ

ired

cap

acit

y of

Cop

per

Ano

de F

urna

ce &

Cas

ting

Flo

w S

heet

Blis

ter

Cop

per

from

Pie

rce

Sm

ith

Co

nver

ter

Ano

de F

urna

ce &

C

asti

ng

Cop

per

Ano

des

to

Ref

iner

y Ta

nk

Hou

se

An

od

e R

ejec

ts &

C

op

per

S

lag

To

P

S C

on

vert

er

Fugi

tive

Gas

es t

o S

crub

ber

Co

pp

er

Scr

ap

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

77

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Gas

cle

anin

g pl

ant

to t

reat

the

inc

omin

g ga

ses.

Sta

te o

f ar

t en

viro

nmen

t fr

iend

ly t

echn

olog

y of

Dou

ble

Con

tact

Dou

ble

Abs

orpt

ion

will

be

used

for

S

ulfu

ric

acid

pla

nt. E

fflu

ent

gene

rate

d fr

om S

ulph

uric

Aci

d pl

ant

will

be

trea

ted

in s

tate

of

art

Eff

luen

t Tr

eatm

ent

Faci

lity.

The

sulp

huro

us g

ases

gen

erat

ed d

urin

g th

e su

lphi

dic

copp

er c

once

ntra

te

smel

ting

and

mat

te c

onve

rtin

g op

erat

ion

in a

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r pl

ant

are

trea

ted

in S

ulph

uric

aci

d pl

ant

for

the

prod

ucti

on o

f M

onoh

ydra

te s

ulph

uric

aci

d as

a

bypr

oduc

t.

The

proc

ess

of p

rodu

ctio

n of

sul

phur

ic a

cid

cons

ists

of

thre

e pr

inci

pal s

teps

, na

mel

y:

i.C

lean

ing

of t

he s

ulph

ur d

ioxi

de g

as f

rom

the

ISA

SM

ELT

fur

nace

and

P

S c

onve

rter

s.

ii.C

atal

ytic

con

vers

ion

of t

he s

ulph

ur d

ioxi

de (

SO

2) g

as t

o su

lphu

r tr

ioxi

de (

SO

3) g

as a

ccor

ding

to

the

chem

ical

rea

ctio

n:

SO

2 +

½ O

2 =

SO

3 iii

.A

bsor

ptio

n of

the

sul

phur

tri

oxid

e (S

O3)

gas

by

com

bini

ng w

ith

wat

er

(H2O

) to

for

m a

sol

utio

n of

sul

phu

ric

acid

(H

2SO

4)

acco

rdin

g to

the

ch

emic

al r

eact

ion:

S

O3

+ H

2O =

H2S

O4

The

conv

ersi

on

of

SO

2 to

S

O3

is

an

exot

herm

ic,

reve

rsib

le

and

adia

bati

c re

acti

on a

nd w

ith

incr

ease

in

tem

pera

ture

the

equ

ilibr

ium

con

stan

ts b

ecom

e m

ore

unfa

vour

able

wit

h re

spec

t to

SO

3 fo

rmat

ions

. Th

e ot

her

fac

tors

, w

hic

h

favo

ur e

quili

briu

m c

onve

rsio

ns,

are

incr

ease

in

oxyg

en c

once

ntra

tion

in

the

gase

s or

hig

h pr

essu

res

but

the

rela

tive

gai

ns a

re r

athe

r sm

all.

In c

ontr

ast

to

the

unfa

vour

able

eff

ect

of h

igh

tem

pera

ture

on

equ

ilibr

ium

it is

fou

nd t

hat

the

rate

of

re

acti

on

incr

ease

s ra

pidl

y w

ith

risi

ng

tem

pera

ture

. C

onse

quen

tly

opti

mum

per

form

ance

req

uire

s a

bala

nce

betw

een

the

oppo

sing

eff

ects

of

reac

tion

rat

e an

d eq

uilib

rium

. Th

us t

he g

ases

ent

erin

g th

e V

2O5

cata

lyst

no

rmal

ly a

re m

aint

ain

ed b

etw

een

40

0 -

450

ºC.

Ther

efor

e, i

n o

rder

to

achi

eve

over

-all

high

con

vers

ion

effi

cien

cies

bet

wee

n 9

9.6

% -

99

.7%

, it

is

impe

rati

ve

that

the

con

vert

er g

ases

nee

d to

be

cool

ed b

etw

een

stag

es t

o th

e ab

ove

tem

pera

ture

ran

ge a

nd a

lso

rem

ovin

g th

e pa

rtia

lly c

onve

rted

sul

phur

tri

oxid

e fo

rmed

nor

mal

ly a

fter

2nd

/3rd

bed

s, b

efor

e re

turn

ing

them

to

subs

eque

nt

stag

es.

This

pro

cess

is

com

mon

ly k

now

n as

Dou

ble

Con

vers

ion

and

Dou

ble

Abs

orpt

ion

(DC

DA

). 3.

9.1

.G

AS

CLE

AN

ING

SY

STEM

S

Was

te g

ases

fro

m t

he m

etal

lurg

ical

pro

cess

mus

t be

tre

ated

to

redu

ce t

he

sulp

hur

diox

ide

emis

sion

s to

the

atm

osph

ere.

To

achi

eve

this

the

sul

phur

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

78

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

diox

ide

in

the

gas

is

conv

erte

d to

sul

phur

tr

ioxi

de

for

the

prod

ucti

on

of

sulp

huri

c ac

id i

n th

e su

lphu

ric

acid

pla

nt.

The

met

allu

rgic

al o

ff-g

ases

mus

t be

cl

eane

d pr

ior

to e

nter

ing

the

cont

act

sect

ion

of t

he a

cid

plan

t to

ena

ble

the

plan

t to

pro

duce

a p

rodu

ct a

cid

of a

ccep

tabl

e qu

alit

y fo

r us

e an

d sa

le.

As

wel

l, cl

ean

gas

is r

equi

red

to p

reve

nt p

lugg

ing

of c

atal

yst

beds

and

oth

er

detr

imen

tal e

ffec

ts o

n eq

uipm

ent

such

as

corr

osio

n an

d er

osio

n.

Gas

Cle

anin

g S

yste

ms

Ther

e ar

e fo

ur m

ain

duti

es t

o be

per

form

ed b

y th

e ga

s cl

eani

ng s

yste

m o

f a

met

allu

rgic

al s

ulph

uric

aci

d pl

ant:

1.

SATU

RA

TIO

N

of

the

gase

s an

d EL

IMIN

ATI

ON

of

th

e co

arse

an

d fi

ne

part

icul

ate

mat

ter,

2.

CO

OLI

NG

of

th

e ga

ses,

C

ON

DEN

SATI

ON

of

th

e m

etal

lic

fum

es

and

R

ED

UC

TIO

N o

f th

e m

oist

ure

cont

ent,

3. R

emov

al o

f th

e ve

ry f

ine

part

icul

ate

mat

ter

as w

ell

as t

he b

ulk

of t

he a

cid

mis

t by

ELE

CTR

OS

TATI

C P

REC

IPIT

ATI

ON

to

prod

uce

an o

ptic

ally

cle

ar g

as

whi

ch is

fed

to

the

acid

pla

nt d

owns

trea

m.

4. S

peci

alty

pro

cess

es f

or r

emov

al o

f sp

ecif

ic im

puri

ties

in t

he g

as (

i.e. m

ercu

ry

rem

oval

, hal

ogen

s)

Sat

urat

ion

– A

diab

atic

coo

ling

and

satu

rati

on o

f th

e ga

s is

don

e in

an

ope

n

spra

y to

wer

, lo

w

or

high

pr

essu

re

drop

ve

ntur

i. S

ome

rem

oval

of

co

urse

pa

rtic

ulat

e is

ach

ieve

d.

Elim

inat

ion

– Th

e na

ture

(t

ype,

co

ncen

trat

ion,

si

ze)

of

the

impu

rity

/dus

t de

term

ines

the

typ

e of

cle

anin

g de

vice

req

uire

d. T

ypic

ally

, hig

h pr

essu

re d

rop

vent

uri

(fix

ed o

r va

riab

le t

hroa

t),

reve

rse

jet

scru

bber

(D

ynaW

ave)

, ra

dial

flo

w

scru

bber

, etc

. is

requ

ired

if d

ust

load

ings

are

hig

h or

par

ticl

e si

ze is

sm

all.

Coo

ling

and

Con

dens

atio

n –

Rem

oval

of

wat

er f

rom

the

gas

is

requ

ired

to

achi

eve

the

plan

t w

ater

bal

ance

. D

irec

t co

ntac

t de

vice

s (p

acke

d to

wer

s, t

ray

scru

bber

s) o

r in

dire

ct c

oolin

g (s

tar

cool

ers,

she

ll an

d tu

be c

onde

nser

s) a

re u

sed

to c

ool t

he g

as a

nd p

rovi

de s

ome

rem

oval

of

gase

ous

impu

riti

es.

Elec

tros

tati

c P

reci

pita

tion

– U

sual

ly t

he l

ast

stag

e of

gas

cle

anin

g be

fore

the

dr

ying

tow

er. R

emov

es t

he f

ines

t du

st p

arti

cles

and

aci

d m

ist.

Sp

ecia

l P

roce

ss –

The

se i

nclu

de m

ercu

ry r

emov

al,

fluo

ride

scr

ubbe

rs, s

odiu

m

silic

ate

syst

ems,

etc

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

79

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

a.M

ercu

ry R

emov

al

Thre

e pr

imar

y te

chno

logi

es w

hich

hav

e si

nce

been

fur

ther

dev

elop

ed

over

the

yea

rs:

�M

ercu

ry R

emov

al P

roce

ss –

uti

lizes

a c

hlor

ide

scru

bber

Mer

cury

Rem

oval

Pro

cess

– u

tiliz

es a

sel

eniu

m f

ilter

Mer

cury

Rem

oval

Pro

cess

– u

tiliz

es s

odiu

m t

hios

ulfa

te

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

80

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

37:

Gas

Cle

anin

g Fl

ow S

heet

Chl

orid

e sc

rubb

er p

roce

ss h

as e

ssen

tial

ly b

ecom

e in

dust

ry s

tand

ard

proc

ess

prov

idin

g th

ese

bene

fits

:

�In

sens

itiv

ity

to h

igh

inco

min

g va

lues

of

mer

cury

Cos

t-ef

fect

iven

ess;

m

oder

ate

inve

stm

ent

cost

s an

d lo

w

oper

atin

g co

sts,

w

hich

ar

e pr

acti

cally

in

depe

nden

t of

th

e m

ercu

ry le

vel Gas

Cle

anin

g Pl

ant

Flow

She

et

SO2

Lade

n G

ases

fro

m

Prim

ary

Sm

elte

r &

PS

C

onv

erte

r

Que

nchi

ng &

Hig

h E

ffic

ienc

y W

et S

crub

ber

Fine

Dus

t an

d M

ist

Elim

inat

ion

Sodi

um

Sili

cate

bas

ed

Scru

bbin

g

Eff

luen

t B

leed

to

ET

P

Trea

ted

Wat

er

For

Scr

ubbi

ng

from

ETP

Eff

ule

nt

Ble

ed t

o E

TP

Fluo

ride

s R

emov

alE

ffu

len

t B

leed

to

ET

P

Mer

cury

Rem

oval

Raw

Wat

er f

or

Scr

ubbi

ng

Cle

an &

Dry

SO

2 to

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt

Hg 2

Cl 2

For

S

ales

/ H

g fo

r El

ectr

oref

inin

g

HC

l Scr

ubbi

ng

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

81

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

�A

pplic

abili

ty t

o al

mos

t an

y ga

ses

incl

udin

g on

es c

onta

inin

g S

O2

Pro

ven

tech

nolo

gy: a

ppro

x. 4

0 r

efer

ence

pla

nts

Opt

ion

for

an

addi

tion

al

step

in

volv

ing

a sp

ecia

lly

desi

gned

el

ectr

o-w

inni

ng

cell,

in

w

hich

th

e ca

lom

el

prod

uced

ca

n be

co

nver

ted

to h

igh

puri

ty m

etal

lic m

ercu

ry

Pro

cess

equ

ipm

ent

�R

eact

or t

ower

and

oth

er s

peci

al v

esse

ls

�C

hlor

inat

ion

syst

em

�E

lect

row

inni

ng

cell

for

met

allic

m

ercu

ry

prod

ucti

on

from

ca

lom

el

�P

roce

ss c

ontr

ol

b.Fl

uori

de R

emov

al P

roce

ss

Hyd

roge

n fl

uori

de in

the

SO

2 ga

s ca

n ca

use

dam

age

to t

he s

ulfu

ric

acid

pl

ant

and

ther

efor

e re

quir

es r

emov

al f

rom

the

gas

. Thi

s ca

n be

ach

ieve

d by

add

ing

sodi

um s

ilica

te s

olut

ion

to t

he p

acke

d ga

s co

olin

g to

wer

. The

hy

drog

en f

luor

ide

is a

bsor

bed

in t

he g

as c

oolin

g to

wer

, rea

cts

wit

h th

e so

dium

sili

cate

for

min

g a

reac

tion

pro

duct

wit

h lo

w v

apor

pre

ssur

e an

d is

fin

ally

ble

d to

the

was

te w

ater

tre

atm

ent

plan

t.

c.A

rsen

ic R

emov

al P

roce

ss

To a

void

con

tam

inat

ion

to t

he s

ulfu

ric

acid

, it

is n

eces

sary

to

rem

ove

as

muc

h ar

seni

c in

the

SO

2 ga

s as

pos

sibl

e. P

arti

cula

te a

rsen

ic h

as a

lrea

dy

been

rem

oved

dur

ing

the

hot

gas

clea

ning

pro

cess

. H

igh-

effi

cien

cy

scru

bber

s w

ith

a va

riab

le t

hroa

t fo

r ef

fici

ent

cont

inuo

us s

crub

bing

for

re

mov

ing

mos

t of

the

ars

enic

con

tent

to

wet

ele

ctro

stat

ic p

reci

pita

tors

fo

r th

e fi

nal

clea

ning

of

th

e ga

s w

ill

be

used

. G

aseo

us

arse

nic

cond

ense

s in

the

qu

ench

sec

tion

whe

re t

he S

O2

gas

is c

oole

d do

wn

to

the

satu

rati

on t

empe

ratu

re. S

olid

ars

enic

for

ms

here

and

is r

eady

to

be

scru

bbed

out

of

the

gas

in t

he w

et g

as c

lean

ing

plan

t. T

he s

olve

d ar

seni

c is

the

n tr

ansf

erre

d to

the

was

te w

ater

tre

atm

ent

plan

t w

ith

the

wea

k ac

id b

leed

, whe

re t

he a

rsen

ic h

as t

o be

sep

arat

ed f

rom

th

e bl

eed.

A

lter

nati

vely

, som

e of

the

ars

enic

can

be

prec

ipit

ated

out

of

the

wea

k ac

id

as

earl

y as

in

th

e w

et

gas

clea

ning

pl

ant

assu

min

g th

e ac

id

conc

entr

atio

n in

the

que

nch

liqui

d is

hig

h en

ough

. Th

is w

ill a

llow

for

th

e so

lid a

rsen

ic t

o be

sep

arat

ed f

rom

the

wea

k ac

id b

efor

e it

is

tran

sfer

red

to t

he w

aste

wat

er t

reat

men

t pl

ant.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

82

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

3.9

.2.

CO

NV

ERS

ION

OF

SO

2 TO

SO

3

Dou

ble

Abs

orpt

ion

�A

lso

know

n as

Dou

ble

Con

tact

/Dou

ble

Abs

orpt

ion

Cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y tw

o S

O3

abso

rpti

on t

ower

s

Dou

ble

Abs

orpt

ion

Pla

nt A

rran

gem

ents

2/1

Arr

ange

men

t -

2 ca

taly

st b

eds

befo

re in

term

edia

te a

bsor

ber

follo

wed

by

1 c

atal

yst

bed.

Will

not

mee

t cu

rren

t em

issi

on r

egul

atio

ns.

�2/

2 A

rran

gem

ent

- 2

cata

lyst

bed

s be

fore

inte

rmed

iate

abs

orbe

r fo

llow

ed

by 2

cat

alys

t be

ds. U

sed

by L

urgi

in m

any

plan

ts a

roun

d th

e w

orld

. �

3/1

Arr

ange

men

t -

3 ca

taly

st b

eds

befo

re in

term

edia

te a

bsor

ber

follo

wed

by

1

cata

lyst

be

d.

Sta

nda

rd

arra

ngem

ent

for

the

mod

ern

cont

act

sulp

huri

c ac

id p

lant

for

obt

aini

ng S

O2

emis

sion

s of

4 l

b/S

T (2

kg/

MT)

or

99

.7%

con

vers

ion.

3/2

Arr

ange

men

t - 3

cat

alys

t be

ds b

efor

e in

term

edia

te a

bsor

ber

follo

wed

by

2 c

atal

yst

beds

. Use

d w

hen

high

ove

rall

conv

ersi

ons

(>9

9.9

%)/

low

S

O2

emis

sion

s ar

e re

quir

ed.

Pla

nts

wit

h 3/

2 ar

rang

emen

ts a

re r

equi

red

to e

nsur

e lo

w S

O2

emis

sion

s an

d ar

e co

nsid

ered

Bes

t A

vaila

ble

Tech

nolo

gy (

BA

T).

Th

e op

tica

lly c

lean

ed S

O2

rich

gas

es a

long

wit

h di

luti

on a

ir t

o th

e ex

ten

t re

quir

ed f

or m

aint

ain

ing

the

requ

isit

e O

2 /

SO

2 ra

tio

are

drie

d in

a d

ryin

g to

wer

w

ith

96

% c

once

ntra

ted

sulp

huri

c ac

id in

cou

nter

cur

rent

cir

cula

tion

. The

dri

ed

gase

s af

ter

heat

ing

to 4

00

- 4

50 º

C p

asse

d th

roug

h co

nver

ter

wit

h ce

sium

pr

omot

ed v

anad

ium

pen

t ox

ide

cata

lyst

. The

con

vert

ed S

O3

gase

s ar

e ab

sorb

ed

in t

wo

abso

rpti

on t

ower

s w

here

98

% c

once

ntra

ted

sulp

huri

c ac

id is

cir

cula

ted

to p

rodu

ce 9

8.5

% s

tren

gth

Sul

phur

ic a

cid

prod

uct.

Dur

ing

the

star

t up

and

ot

her

abno

rmal

ope

rati

ons

such

as

whe

n S

O2

cont

ent

is le

ss t

han

auto

the

rmal

po

int,

gas

es a

re h

eate

d be

fore

con

vers

ion

in

conv

erte

r w

hich

hel

ps i

n lo

w S

O2

cont

ent

in v

ent

gase

s.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

83

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

38:

Con

vers

ion

of S

O2

to S

O3

3.9

.3.

AC

ID S

ECTI

ON

Aci

d pr

oduc

ed is

at

dur

ing

the

abso

rpti

on p

roce

ss is

giv

en b

leed

at

> 9

8%

. Thi

s ac

id is

at

a h

igh

tem

pera

ture

and

nee

d to

be

brou

ght

to t

he r

oom

tem

pera

ture

le

vel

say

~<

40

Deg

C.

Aci

d co

oler

s ar

e us

ed f

or t

he s

ame.

Aci

d co

oler

s ar

e ei

ther

pl

ate

heat

ex

chan

gers

or

sh

ell

&

tube

he

at

chan

ger

wit

h an

odic

pr

otec

tion

to

prot

ect

the

cool

er.

Coo

ling

of t

he a

cid

is d

own

eit

her

by u

sing

w

ater

or

air

or c

ombi

nati

on o

f th

e bo

th d

epen

ding

upo

n th

e ap

plic

atio

n. C

oole

d pr

oduc

t ac

id i

s st

ored

in

the

stor

age

tank

s an

d su

pplie

d fo

r fu

rthe

r us

e in

the

m

arke

t as

wel

l as

in h

ouse

con

sum

ptio

n to

pro

duce

pho

spho

ric

acid

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

84

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

39:

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Plan

t Flo

w S

heet

3.10

.OX

YG

EN P

LAN

T:

Oxy

gen

plan

t w

ith

capa

city

of

96

,00

0 T

PM

wit

h 9

5% p

urit

y w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed f

or

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y pl

ant

requ

irem

ent.

To

have

fle

xibi

lity

in o

pera

tion

s 2

Pla

nts

of

160

0 T

PD

cap

acit

y ea

ch w

ith

95%

Pur

ity

Oxy

gen

plan

t w

ill b

e se

t up

.

3.11

.R

EFIN

ERY

UN

IT:

The

anod

es p

rodu

ced

from

the

sm

elte

r w

ill b

e re

fine

d th

roug

h el

ectr

olys

is

proc

ess

to r

emov

e th

e im

puri

ties

pre

sent

. A

ref

iner

y un

it c

apab

le o

f ha

ndlin

g th

e sm

elte

r ca

paci

ty w

ill b

e bu

ilt.

Sta

te o

f ar

t el

ectr

o re

fini

ng

tech

nolo

gy w

ill

be u

sed

to p

rodu

ce C

oppe

r C

atho

de o

f LM

E G

rade

A f

rom

Cop

per

anod

es

prod

uced

in

the

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r. R

efin

ery

will

hav

e st

ate

of a

rt t

echn

olog

y to

Su

lph

uri

c A

cid

Pla

nt

Flo

w S

hee

t

Clea

n &

Dry

SO

2to

Sulp

huric

Aci

d Pl

ant

Cat

alyt

icC

on

vert

er

Ab

oso

rpti

on

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

Tail

Gas

Sc

rubb

er

Aci

d C

oo

ling

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

Co

nce

ntr

ated

H2S

O4

to

sto

rag

e fo

r Sal

e &

Fo

r P

AP

Co

nsu

mp

tio

n

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

85

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

prod

uce

valu

e ad

ded

prod

ucts

fro

m t

he i

mpu

riti

es i

nclu

de B

i, Te

, N

i, et

c..

Cop

per

Ano

de s

lime

gene

rate

d du

ring

cop

per

elec

tro

refi

ning

pro

cess

will

hav

e pr

ecio

us m

etal

s su

ch a

s A

u, A

g, P

t, P

d, e

tc.

Eff

luen

t ge

nera

ted

from

Cop

per

refi

nery

will

be

trea

ted

in s

tate

of

art

effl

uent

tre

atm

ent

faci

lity.

Fi

gure

40:

Cop

per E

lect

ro R

efin

ing

Proc

ess F

low

She

et

Ele

ctro

refi

ning

ent

ails

: a.

Ele

ctro

chem

ical

ly d

isso

lvin

g co

pper

fro

m i

mpu

re c

oppe

r an

odes

in

to

CuS

O4 –

H2S

O4 –

H2O

Ele

ctro

lyte

b.

Sel

ecti

vely

el

ectr

opla

ting

pu

re

copp

er

from

th

is

elec

trol

yte

wit

hout

the

ano

de im

puri

ties

. It

ser

ves

two

purp

oses

: a.

It p

rodu

ces

copp

er e

ssen

tial

ly f

ree

of h

arm

ful i

mpu

riti

es

b.It

sep

arat

es v

alua

ble

impu

riti

es (

e.g.

gol

d an

d si

lver

) fr

om c

oppe

r fo

r re

cove

ry a

s by

-pro

duct

s.

App

licat

ion

of a

n el

ectr

ical

pot

enti

al b

etw

een

a C

oppe

r A

nod

e an

d a

met

al

cath

ode

in C

uSO

4 –

H2S

O4 –

H20

Ele

ctro

lyte

cau

ses

the

follo

win

g:

a.

Cop

per

is e

lect

roch

emic

ally

dis

solv

ed f

rom

the

ano

de in

to t

he e

lect

roly

te

-pr

oduc

ing

copp

er c

atio

ns p

lus

elec

tron

s:

Cop

per

Ele

ctro

Ref

inin

g P

roce

ss F

low

She

et

Copp

er A

node

s to

Re

finer

y Ta

nk H

ouse

Cop

per R

efin

ery

Tank

H

ouse

-E

lect

yror

efin

ing

Ele

ctro

lyte

Pur

ific

atio

n

Ano

de S

lime

to P

reci

ous

Met

al R

ecov

ery

Pla

ntC

oppe

r Cat

hode

for

S

ales

& C

CR

Fee

d

Ble

ed to

ETP

Aci

d&

Met

al R

ecov

ery

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

86

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Cu0

anod

e

C

u++ +

2e-

b.Th

e el

ectr

ons

prod

uced

by

abov

e R

eact

ion

are

con

duct

ed t

owar

ds t

he

cath

ode

thro

ugh

the

exte

rnal

cir

cuit

and

pow

er s

uppl

y.

c.Th

e C

u++ c

atio

ns in

the

ele

ctro

lyte

mig

rate

to

the

cath

ode

by c

onve

ctio

n

and

diff

usio

n.

d.Th

e el

ectr

ons

and

Cu+

+ i

ons

reco

mbi

ne

at t

he c

atho

de s

urfa

ce t

o fo

rm

copp

er m

etal

(w

itho

ut

the

anod

e im

puri

ties

), i.e

.: C

u++ +

2e-

C

u0C

atho

de

Ove

rall

copp

er e

lect

rore

fini

ng is

the

sum

of

Rea

ctio

ns

Cu0

impu

re

Cu

0pu

re

Figu

re 4

1: A

rran

gem

ent o

f Cop

per A

node

and

SS

Cath

ode

Plat

e in

Ele

ctro

lytic

Pol

ymer

Cel

l-1

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

87

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 4

2: A

rran

gem

ent o

f Cop

per A

node

and

SS

Cath

ode

Plat

e in

Ele

ctro

lytic

Pol

ymer

Cel

l-2

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

88

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

43:

Mat

ured

Cop

per C

atho

de d

epos

ited

on S

tain

less

Ste

el P

late

s are

bei

ng li

fted

by

Cran

e fo

r St

rippi

ng.

3.12

.PR

ECIO

US

MET

AL

REC

OV

ERY

PLA

NT

(PM

RP

):

Cop

per

Ano

de s

lime

gene

rate

d in

Cop

per

Ele

ctro

Ref

inin

g pr

oces

s un

derg

o ro

asti

ng p

roce

ss t

o re

cove

r S

elen

ium

. S

elen

ium

is

of a

com

mer

cial

gra

de w

ith

puri

ty o

f 9

9.5

%.

3.12

.1.

SEL

ENIU

M R

OA

STI

NG

PR

OC

ESS

The

roas

ting

of

copp

er a

node

slim

e w

ith

sele

nium

is

done

in

an e

lect

rica

lly

heat

ed f

urna

ce w

here

the

tem

pera

ture

is

arou

nd 5

00

°C.

Oxy

gen

and

SO

2 ga

s ar

e us

ed a

s re

agen

ts.

Sel

eniu

m c

ompo

unds

rea

ct a

t th

is t

empe

ratu

re f

orm

ing

gase

ous

sele

nium

dio

xide

. S

elen

ium

dio

xide

is

then

suc

ked

from

the

fur

nace

in

to a

n aq

ueou

s so

luti

on. E

lem

enta

ry s

elen

ium

and

sul

phur

ic a

cid

is g

ener

ated

in

the

sol

utio

n at

a t

empe

ratu

re o

f 8

0°C

. S

elen

ium

cry

stal

s ar

e th

en f

ilter

ed,

was

hed

and

drie

d.

The

elem

enta

ry s

elen

ium

is

of a

com

mer

cial

gra

de (

99

.5%

) se

leni

um.

The

atta

ined

pur

ity

rate

is

very

hig

h an

d th

e se

leni

um c

onte

nt o

f th

e ro

aste

r sl

ime

is n

orm

ally

abo

ut 0

.5%

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

89

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

44:

Pre

ciou

s Met

al R

ecov

ery

Flow

She

et

Fi

gure

45:

Sel

eniu

m R

ecov

ery

Prec

ious

Met

al R

ecov

ery

Plan

t Fl

ow S

heet

Roa

stin

g

TRO

F M

elti

ng F

urna

ce

Sele

nium

Sla

g R

ecyc

le t

o

Sm

elte

r

DO

RE

Ano

de t

o E

lect

rore

fini

ng

Gol

d M

ud t

o G

old

Ref

iner

y

Ano

de S

lime

from

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Silv

er C

ryst

al

Spen

t D

ore

Ano

des

for

Rem

elti

ng

Spe

ntD

ore

Ano

des

Gol

d R

efin

ery

Gol

dPG

M C

once

ntra

te

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

90

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

3.12

.2.

DES

ELEN

ISED

AN

OD

E S

LIM

E SM

ELTI

NG

The

TRO

F (T

iltin

g R

otat

ing

Oxy

-Fue

l)/

TBR

C (

Top

Blo

wn

Rot

ary

Con

vert

er)

was

or

igin

ally

des

igne

d fo

r pr

oces

sing

sel

eniu

m-f

ree

copp

er a

node

slim

e, b

ut t

oday

th

e co

nver

ter

can

also

be

adap

ted

for

othe

r so

luti

ons,

suc

h as

pro

cess

ing

pr

ecio

us

met

als

cont

aini

ng

dust

s,

scra

ps

and

bulli

ons.

Th

e TR

OF/

TB

RC

C

onve

rter

of

fers

sm

ooth

ti

ltin

g an

d ro

tati

ng

func

tion

s th

anks

to

it

s so

phis

tica

ted

hydr

aulic

sys

tem

.

Fi

gure

46:

Ano

de S

lime

Smel

ting

The

sele

nium

-fre

e sl

ime

cont

ain

ing

prec

ious

met

als

is m

ixed

wit

h so

da a

nd

bora

x. T

his

mix

ture

is

smel

ted

in t

he f

urna

ce.

The

smel

ting

tem

pera

ture

is

as

high

as

130

0°C

. Th

e sl

ag i

s po

ured

off

by

tilt

ing

the

furn

ace.

The

met

al i

s fu

rthe

r re

fine

d by

blo

win

g ox

ygen

and

the

end

pro

duct

is

cast

int

o an

odes

us

ing

cast

ing

equi

pmen

t an

d ca

lled

as D

ore

Ano

de.

3.12

.3.

SIL

VER

ELE

CTR

OLY

SIS

TA

NK

HO

US

E

Dor

e A

node

is

cons

isti

ng o

f A

g, A

u, P

t, P

d, e

tc.

Dor

e an

ode

furt

her

unde

rgoe

s el

ectr

olys

is p

roce

ss t

o re

cove

r th

e pr

ecio

us m

etal

s.

The

hear

t of

th

e S

ilver

R

efin

ing

Pla

nt

proc

ess

is

the

silv

er

elec

trol

ysis

ta

nkho

use,

w

hich

co

nsis

ts

of

elec

tro-

refi

ning

ce

lls,

circ

ulat

ion

tank

s an

d pu

mps

, sie

ve t

anks

, a c

oolin

g sy

stem

, and

a p

H c

ontr

ol a

nd a

djus

tmen

t sy

stem

. A

sop

hist

icat

ed c

ontr

ol s

yste

m m

onit

ors

and

con

trol

s th

e pr

oces

s, m

akin

g it

bo

th e

asy

to o

pera

te a

nd h

ighl

y ef

fici

ent.

Wit

h O

utot

ec H

CD

(H

igh

Cur

rent

D

ensi

ty)

silv

er e

lect

ro-r

efin

ing

cells

, cur

rent

den

siti

es e

xcee

din

g 10

00

A/m

2 ar

e

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

91

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

poss

ible

, de

pend

ing

on

the

com

posi

tion

of

th

e si

lver

D

ore

anod

es

bein

g pr

oces

sed.

Fi

gure

47:

Silv

er R

efin

ing

The

elec

tro-

refi

ning

pro

cess

is c

onti

nuou

s ex

cept

whe

n n

ew s

ilver

Dor

e an

odes

ar

e lo

aded

in

the

cells

and

silv

er a

node

slim

e an

d an

ode

scra

p is

dis

char

ged

from

the

cel

ls a

t th

e en

d of

the

ele

ctro

lysi

s cy

cle.

The

ano

des

cont

inuo

usly

di

ssol

ve, d

epos

itin

g re

fine

d si

lver

on

the

cat

hode

s. T

he c

ell i

s eq

uipp

ed w

ith

an

auto

mat

ic

scra

per

syst

em

that

re

mov

es

the

depo

sits

the

silv

er

crys

tals

sc

rape

d of

f th

e ca

thod

es a

re c

olle

cted

at

the

bott

om o

f th

e ce

lls. A

t th

e en

d of

th

e el

ectr

olys

is

cycl

e,

a sl

urry

co

ntai

ning

cr

ysta

ls

of

cath

ode

silv

er

and

elec

trol

yte

is d

isch

arge

d in

to a

sie

ve t

ank.

The

qua

lity

of t

he s

ilver

cry

stal

s pr

oduc

ed

in

the

elec

trol

ytic

re

fini

ng

proc

ess

is

ensu

red

by

elec

trol

yte

circ

ulat

ion.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

92

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

48:

Silv

er E

lect

rore

finin

g Ce

ll

All

this

hel

ps in

crea

se t

he e

ffic

ienc

y of

the

pro

cess

, dec

reas

e m

anua

l wor

k, a

nd

incr

ease

the

am

ount

of

silv

er r

ecov

ered

. Th

e m

odul

ar d

esig

n m

akes

it

easy

to

scal

e th

e so

luti

on f

or y

our

desi

red

capa

city

. S

ilver

ano

de s

lime

cont

aini

ng

valu

able

im

puri

ties

suc

h as

gol

d an

d pl

atin

um-g

roup

met

als

(PG

Ms)

is

also

fo

rmed

dur

ing

the

elec

trol

ysis

pro

cess

. Th

e sl

ime

is c

olle

cted

insi

de a

node

bag

s su

rrou

ndin

g si

lver

Dor

é an

odes

and

can

be

furt

her

proc

esse

d us

ing

the

Gol

d R

efin

ing

proc

ess

for

reco

very

of

gold

and

PG

Ms.

Th

e no

n-di

ssol

ved

anod

es r

emai

nin

g af

ter

elec

trol

ysis

are

rec

ycle

d fo

r sm

elti

ng

and

cast

ing

of n

ew s

ilver

Dor

é an

odes

. S

pent

ele

ctro

lyte

wit

hdra

wn

from

ci

rcul

atio

n is

rep

lace

d w

ith

fres

h si

lver

nit

rate

ele

ctro

lyte

in

orde

r to

kee

p th

e si

lver

con

tent

at

a co

nsta

nt le

vel.

Silv

er e

lect

roly

te p

repa

rati

on s

yste

m S

ome

of t

he s

ilver

cry

stal

s pr

oduc

ed i

n th

e si

lver

ele

ctro

refi

ning

cel

l are

pro

cess

ed in

the

silv

er e

lect

roly

te p

repa

rati

on

syst

em,

whe

re t

hey

are

diss

olve

d to

pro

duce

pur

e si

lver

nit

rate

sol

utio

n. T

he

proc

ess

and

equi

pmen

t de

sign

avo

ids

the

form

atio

n of

tox

ic N

Ox

gase

s, w

hich

im

prov

es t

he s

afet

y of

the

wor

king

env

iron

men

t. T

he s

yste

m is

als

o av

aila

ble

as

stan

dalo

ne e

quip

men

t w

ith

its

own

cont

rol s

yste

m.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

93

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Dry

ing

of s

ilver

cry

stal

s Th

e fi

nal

prod

uct

can

be e

ithe

r si

lver

bar

s or

silv

er g

ranu

les.

In

both

cas

es t

he

silv

er c

ryst

als

are

drie

d us

ing

the

fully

aut

omat

ed S

ilver

Dry

er, w

hich

con

sist

s of

a f

an,

a he

ater

, an

d a

siev

e ta

nk f

or t

he s

ilver

cry

stal

s. T

he d

ried

silv

er

crys

tals

are

the

n m

elte

d us

ing

an in

duct

ion

fur

nace

. C

asti

ng a

nd b

ar p

roce

ssin

g C

asti

ng o

f si

lver

bar

s is

per

form

ed u

sing

a S

ilver

Bar

Cas

ting

Whe

el f

or 1

00

0

troy

oun

ce (

appr

oxim

atel

y 31

kg)

ing

ots.

The

bar

s ar

e th

en c

oole

d in

a w

ater

ba

th.

Furt

her

oper

atio

ns,

such

as

polis

hing

, w

eigh

ing,

mar

king

, an

d st

acki

ng

can

be p

erfo

rmed

by

the

Silv

er P

WM

S R

obot

. Th

e eq

uipm

ent

prod

uces

silv

er

bars

tha

t m

eet

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

Lond

on B

ullio

n M

arke

t A

ssoc

iati

on’s

G

ood

Del

iver

y st

anda

rds.

G

ranu

lati

on a

nd p

acki

ng

Silv

er G

ranu

lati

on E

quip

men

t co

nsis

ts o

f an

ind

ucti

on f

urn

ace,

gra

nula

tion

eq

uipm

ent

and

a re

ceiv

ing

tank

. G

ranu

les

are

drie

d in

the

Silv

er D

ryer

and

pa

cked

usi

ng a

mat

eria

l-ha

ndlin

g sy

stem

tha

t pr

oduc

es r

eady

-to-

ship

bag

s th

at

are

seal

ed a

nd m

arke

d.

Fi

gure

49:

Silv

er G

ranu

latio

n &

Pac

king

3.12

.4.

GO

LD L

EAC

HIN

G &

REC

OV

ERY

A n

ew e

nvir

onm

enta

lly f

rien

dly

chlo

ride

lea

chin

g pr

oces

s fo

r go

ld o

res

and

conc

entr

ates

is

deve

lope

d. T

he n

ew p

roce

ss c

ombi

nes

effe

ctiv

e go

ld l

each

ing

wit

h a

new

typ

e of

gol

d so

lven

t ex

trac

tion

pro

cess

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

94

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

50:

Gol

d Le

achi

ng &

Rec

over

y

Hig

hly

oxid

izin

g po

wer

in g

old

leac

hing

pro

vide

s ve

ry f

ast

leac

hing

kin

etic

s an

d ex

celle

nt g

old

reco

very

. G

old

can

be e

xtra

cted

fro

m p

regn

ant

leac

h so

luti

ons

usin

g so

lven

t ex

trac

tion

. P

ure

gold

pro

duct

is

prec

ipit

ated

dir

ectl

y fr

om t

he

stri

ppin

g so

luti

on.

Solv

ent

extr

acti

on t

echn

olog

y en

able

s al

so d

irec

t si

lver

re

cove

ry.

Eff

luen

t ge

nera

ted

duri

ng

the

proc

ess

is

trea

ted

in

stat

e of

ar

t ef

flue

nt

trea

tmen

t fa

cilit

y.

3.13

.CO

NTI

NU

OU

S C

AST

CO

PP

ER W

IRE

RO

D P

LAN

T (C

CR

):

Two

plan

ts o

f C

onti

nuou

s C

ast

Cop

per

Wir

e R

od P

lant

wit

h a

cap

acit

y of

250

K

TPA

eac

h w

ill b

e se

t up

. C

oppe

r C

atho

de p

rodu

ced

from

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y w

ill

be

mel

ted

in

a ve

rtic

al

shaf

t fu

rnac

e w

ith

the

help

of

ga

seou

s fu

el

like

LNG

/LP

G/

etc

and

draw

n in

the

for

m o

f C

oppe

r w

ire

rod

on c

onti

nuou

s ba

sis

from

a c

onti

nuou

s ca

stin

g an

d ro

lling

mac

hine

. R

od w

ill b

e of

var

ious

siz

es a

s pe

r m

arke

t re

quir

emen

t su

ch a

s 8

to

32 m

m.

The

copp

er r

od i

s m

anuf

actu

red

by t

he m

oder

n co

ntin

uous

cas

ting

and

rol

ling

tech

nolo

gy C

ON

TIR

OD

/ S

outh

Wir

e/ P

rope

rzi

usin

g th

e m

achi

nery

sup

plie

d by

A

sarc

o (U

SA

) –

shaf

t fu

rnac

e, H

azel

ett

(US

A)

– tw

in b

elt

cast

er/

Sou

th w

ire/

C

onti

nuou

s P

rope

rzi C

aste

r, S

MS

-ME

ER

(G

erm

any)

/ M

orga

n (U

SA

)/ C

onti

nuou

s P

rope

rzi (

Ital

y) –

rol

ling

mill

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

95

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

The

proc

ess

of

copp

er

rod

man

ufac

turi

ng

cons

ists

of

th

e fo

llow

ing

mai

n

stag

es:

1.C

harg

ing

copp

er c

atho

des

into

the

sha

ft f

urna

ce b

y th

e sk

ip h

oist

and

m

elti

ng o

f th

e m

etal

wit

h ga

seou

s fu

el.

2.P

repa

rati

on o

f m

etal

for

cas

ting

in t

he h

oldi

ng f

urna

ce.

3.C

onti

nuou

s ca

stin

g re

ctan

gula

r/ T

rape

zoid

al s

hape

cop

per

bar

on t

he

cast

er.

4.

Rol

ling

of c

onti

nuou

sly

cast

in t

he r

ollin

g m

ill.

5.C

oolin

g an

d br

ight

enin

g of

cop

per

rod.

6

.C

oati

ng t

he c

oppe

r ro

d w

ith

anti

-cor

rosi

on w

ax la

yer.

7.

Coi

ling

of t

he c

oppe

r ro

d in

to c

oils

. 8

.W

eigh

ing,

pac

king

, war

ehou

sing

, and

shi

ppin

g of

the

fin

ishe

d pr

oduc

t.

Figu

re 5

1: C

CR P

lant

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

96

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

52:

CCR

Pla

nt F

low

She

et

3.14

.PH

OSP

HO

RIC

AC

ID P

LAN

T:

Two

plan

ts o

f P

hosp

hori

c ac

id p

lant

of

250

KTP

A (

100

% P

2O5)

cap

acit

y ea

ch

will

be

set

up.

This

will

be

valu

e ad

diti

on t

o pr

opos

ed C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

proj

ect

as w

ell

as I

ndia

n Fe

rtili

zer

indu

stri

es.

This

will

be

sold

to

fert

ilize

r co

mpa

nies

. P

hosp

hogy

psum

pro

duce

d du

ring

the

pro

cess

will

be

sold

to

cem

ent

indu

stri

es

as

wel

l as

fe

rtili

zer

and

rest

w

ill

be

stoc

k pi

led.

H

ydro

Fl

uro

Sili

cic

acid

ge

nera

ted

as a

byp

rodu

ct w

ill b

e co

nver

ted

as A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e as

wel

l as

so

ld in

the

mar

ket.

Th

e ro

ck p

hosp

hate

rec

eive

d by

roa

d/ c

onve

ying

sys

tem

fro

m p

ort

and

stor

ed

in R

ock

phos

phat

e st

orag

e ar

ea.

The

rock

pho

spha

te w

ill b

e ta

ken

to r

eact

or

(R1)

by

conv

eyor

an

d ho

pper

whe

re i

t is

mix

ed w

ith

rec

ycle

d sl

urry

, w

hich

co

ntai

ns m

ainl

y P

2O5,

CaO

, S

O3

and

H20

rec

eive

d fr

om R

eact

or (

R2)

. S

lurr

y pr

epar

ed i

n th

e re

acto

r (R

1) s

erie

s w

ill b

e se

nt t

o Fl

ash

Col

umn

to c

ool

the

slur

ry a

nd m

aint

ain

the

requ

ired

tem

pera

ture

in t

he r

eact

or c

ompa

rtm

ent.

The

sl

urry

sep

arat

ed o

ut f

rom

fla

sh c

olum

n w

ill b

e fe

d to

Rea

ctor

(R

2) t

o re

act

wit

h su

lphu

ric

acid

and

for

m t

he s

lurr

y w

hich

will

be

sent

to

filt

er. P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

of 2

6-2

7% T

o 4

2-4

3% (

Wea

k P

hosp

hori

c A

cid)

will

be

reco

vere

d ba

sed

on t

he

proc

ess

of p

hosp

hori

c ac

id is

sel

ecte

d. A

ser

ies

of w

ashe

s ha

s be

en in

trod

uced

to

rec

over

the

P2O

5 fr

om t

he f

ilter

ed c

ake,

bef

ore

it is

sen

t G

ypsu

m P

ond.

Con

tinu

ous

Cas

t C

oppe

r R

od P

lant

Flo

w S

heet

Cat

hode

Mel

ting

Fu

rnac

e

Met

alH

oldi

ng F

urna

ce

In P

roce

ss M

ater

ial

-C

ast

Bar

, Rej

ecte

d C

oils

,et

c

Co

pper

Cat

hode

fro

m

Ref

iner

y

In p

roce

ss M

ater

ial

to

Mel

ting

Furn

ace

Co

nti

nu

ou

s C

asti

ng

S

ecti

on

Con

tinu

ous

Rol

ling

Sec

tion

Wax

ing

and

Coi

ling

Sec

tion

Act

ive

Sili

ca f

or S

ales

/C

on

sum

pti

on

In

PA

P

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

97

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

53:

Pho

spho

ric A

cid

Plan

t Flo

w S

heet

Filt

ered

aci

d is

the

n se

nt t

o C

lari

fica

tion

sec

tion

to

trap

the

sol

ids

pass

ed

thro

ugh

the

filt

er c

loth

. C

lari

fied

aci

d is

the

n fe

d th

roug

h E

vapo

rati

on s

ecti

on

to

enha

nce

the

conc

entr

atio

n to

4

8-5

4%

P

2O5

(Str

ong

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d)

suit

able

for

fer

tiliz

er m

anuf

actu

rer.

D

urin

g ev

apor

atio

n of

the

wea

k P

hosp

hori

c ac

id t

o st

rong

pho

spho

ric

acid

, H

ydro

flu

ro S

ilici

c ac

id o

f 18

-20

% c

once

ntra

tion

is g

ener

ated

. Thi

s ac

id is

the

n

part

ially

con

sum

ed i

n ho

use

for

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

man

ufac

turi

ng a

nd r

est

is

sold

in t

he m

arke

t.

3.15

.ALU

MIN

UM

FLU

OR

IDE

PLA

NT

Hyd

ro f

luro

Sili

cic

acid

gen

erat

ed f

rom

Ph

osph

oric

aci

d pl

ant

will

be

conv

erte

d in

val

ue a

dded

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide.

Tw

o pl

ants

of

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

wit

h a

Phos

phor

ic A

cid

Plan

t Fl

ow S

heet

Rock

Pho

shat

e

Rea

ctio

n Se

ctio

n /

Dig

esto

r

Flas

h C

oole

r

Wea

k Ph

osph

oric

Aci

d Fr

om F

ilter

Sec

tion

Sulp

huri

c A

cid

Wea

k Ph

osph

oric

Aci

dto

R

eact

ion

Sect

ion

Solid

sto

Rea

ctio

n Se

ctio

n

Slur

ryfo

r Fi

ltrat

ion

Phos

phor

icA

cid

(26

-4

3% P

2O5)

for

Cla

rifi

cati

on

Evap

orat

ion

Sect

ion

Phos

phor

ic A

cid

(48

% -

54%

P2O

5) F

or S

ales

Hyd

ro F

luro

Sili

cic

Aci

d fo

rSa

les

& A

lF3

Prod

ucti

on

Gyp

sum

to

Gyp

sum

Yar

d fo

r Sa

les/

Sto

ckpi

le

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

98

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

capa

city

of

15 K

TPA

eac

h w

ill b

e se

t up

. A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e pr

oduc

ed w

ill b

e so

ld t

o A

lum

inum

man

ufac

turi

ng C

ompa

nies

.

Fi

gure

54:

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

Flow

She

et

Alu

min

um h

ydra

te w

ill b

e so

urce

d fr

om lo

cal m

arke

t. A

lum

inum

hyd

rate

will

be

dige

sted

wit

h hy

dro

flur

o si

licic

aci

d to

mak

e A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e in

liq

uid

form

an

d si

lica

part

will

be

sepa

rate

d by

filt

rati

on. L

iqui

d al

umin

um f

luor

ide

will

the

n un

derg

o cr

ysta

lliza

tion

pro

cess

and

the

n A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e w

ill b

e fi

lter

ed a

nd

drie

d w

ith

gase

ous

fuel

bef

ore

send

ing

it t

o pa

ckag

ing

sect

ion.

Cyc

loni

c se

para

tor

and

bag

filt

ers

will

be

inst

alle

d to

rec

over

the

Alu

min

um

fluo

ride

, wh

ich

may

get

esc

aped

dur

ing

the

dryi

ng p

roce

ss.

3.16

.EFF

LUEN

T TR

EATM

ENT

PLA

NT

(ETP

)

Was

te w

ater

gen

erat

ed f

rom

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

, C

oppe

r R

efin

ery,

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y an

d A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e pl

ant

will

be

trea

ted

in s

tate

of

art

effl

uen

t tr

eatm

ent

faci

lity.

Alum

inum

Flu

orid

e Pl

ant

Flow

She

et

Reac

tion

Sect

ion

/ Di

gest

or

Silic

a Fi

ltera

tion

Alum

inum

Hyd

rate

Hyd

ro F

luro

Sili

c Ac

id

(20%

)

Filtr

ate

tran

sfer

red

to

Phos

phor

ic A

cid

Plan

t

Filtr

ate

to C

ryst

allis

er

Alum

inum

Flu

orid

eFi

ltrat

ion

Alum

inum

Fluo

ride

for

Pack

agin

g

Activ

e Si

lica

for S

ales

/Co

nsum

ptio

n In

PAP

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

99

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 5

5: E

fflue

nt T

reat

men

t Fac

ility

The

Ferr

ic a

rsen

ate

proc

ess

is a

sol

utio

n fo

r m

anag

ing

toxi

c ar

seni

c in

pro

cess

an

d ef

flue

nt s

trea

ms.

The

pro

cess

con

sist

s of

a f

erri

c ar

sen

ate

prec

ipit

atio

n

stag

e fo

llow

ed b

y ne

utra

lizat

ion

usin

g lim

e m

ilk. T

he p

roce

ss is

bas

ed o

n ea

sy,

robu

st

and

unde

rsta

ndab

le

prec

ipit

atio

n.

The

trea

tmen

t of

to

xic

arse

nic

requ

ires

a h

igh

leve

l pro

cess

rel

iabi

lity.

Thi

s ca

n be

gua

rant

eed

usin

g th

e co

st-

effe

ctiv

e Fe

rric

ars

enat

e pr

oces

s.

Aft

er

the

ferr

ic

arse

nate

pr

oces

s th

e tr

eate

d w

ater

ha

s a

low

ar

seni

c co

ncen

trat

ion,

typ

ical

ly c

onta

inin

g 1-

3 m

g/L

arse

nic.

If

an e

ven

low

er a

rsen

ic

conc

entr

atio

n is

req

uire

d, a

pol

ishi

ng s

tep

wit

h en

hanc

ed a

rsen

ic r

emov

al c

an

be i

nclu

ded.

The

pro

cess

com

pris

es t

he n

eutr

aliz

atio

n of

aci

dic

stre

ams

and

the

adva

nced

rem

oval

of

met

al im

puri

ties

, inc

ludi

ng N

i, C

d, C

u, S

b an

d Zn

. The

fi

nal p

rodu

ct o

f th

e fe

rric

ars

enat

e tr

eatm

ent

proc

ess

is t

reat

ed w

ater

tha

t ca

n be

saf

ely

disc

harg

ed t

o th

e en

viro

nmen

t or

rec

ycle

d ba

ck f

or p

roce

ss u

se. T

he

sele

ctio

n of

the

ars

enic

tre

atm

ent

proc

ess

is g

over

ned

by r

esid

ual s

tabi

lity.

The

re

sidu

e of

the

Fer

ric

arse

nate

pro

cess

is a

sta

ble

solid

pre

cipi

tate

.

Trea

ted

effl

uent

will

be

cons

umed

wit

hin

the

plan

t op

erat

ions

to

max

imu

m

exte

nt.

Res

t w

ill b

e fe

d to

Rev

erse

Osm

osis

(R

O)

plan

t fo

r fu

rthe

r tr

eatm

ent

and

reco

very

for

wat

er.

Rej

ects

fro

m t

he R

O p

lant

will

be

fed

to M

ulti

Eff

ect

Eva

pora

tor

(ME

E)

and

solid

s fr

om M

EE

will

be

disp

osed

to

Sec

ured

Lan

d Fi

ll (S

LF).

3.17

.UTI

LITI

ES R

EQU

IREM

ENT:

Follo

win

g ut

ility

item

s ar

e co

nsid

ered

.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

100

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

a.P

ower

– In

com

ing

Su

bsta

tion

b.

Req

uire

d Fu

el O

il su

pply

sys

tem

c.

LNG

/LP

G

d.P

roce

ss a

ir c

ompr

esso

r

e.O

xyge

n P

lant

f.

Req

uire

d E

lect

rica

l & In

stru

men

tati

on

g.W

aste

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

Bas

ed P

ower

Pla

nt

h.R

aw W

ater

Sto

rage

and

sup

ply

syst

em

i.D

M P

lant

j.

Sec

onda

ry R

O P

lant

, k.

Mul

ti E

ffec

t E

vapo

rato

r, et

c

3.

17.1

.W

ATE

R:

The

Req

uire

men

t W

ater

for

the

pla

nt h

as b

een

esti

mat

ed a

rou

nd 3

2,8

00

M

3/D

ay f

or p

hase

# 1

and

pha

se #

2 p

ut t

oget

her.

M/s

. A

dani

Por

ts &

S

peci

al E

cono

mic

Zon

e Lt

d (

AP

SEZL

) w

ill b

e su

pply

ing

the

tota

l w

ater

re

quir

emen

t fo

r th

e pl

ant.

3.17

.2.

PO

WER

:

The

tota

l est

imat

ed p

ower

req

uire

men

t fo

r C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt is

30

0

MW

for

pha

se #

1 a

nd p

hase

# 2

, pu

t to

geth

er;

out

of w

hich

40

MW

w

ould

be

gene

rate

d fr

om i

nter

nal

proc

ess

stea

m a

nd b

alan

ce 2

60

MW

po

wer

wou

ld b

e so

urce

d fr

om G

rid/

M/s

. Ada

ni P

orts

& S

peci

al E

cono

mic

Zo

ne L

td (

AP

SE

ZL)

3.17

.3.

FUEL

OIL

:

Fuel

oil

stor

age

faci

lity

will

be

built

as

per

requ

irem

ent

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

guid

elin

es

from

P

etro

leum

&

E

xplo

sive

s S

afet

y O

rgan

isat

ion

(P

ES

O).

. Cap

acit

y of

the

sys

tem

will

be

base

d on

the

des

ign

requ

irem

ent

afte

r fi

naliz

atio

n of

the

eng

inee

ring

.

3.17

.4.

LPG

/ LN

G:

LPG

/LN

G s

tora

ge f

acili

ty w

ill b

e bu

ilt a

s pe

r re

quir

emen

t in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h gu

idel

ines

fro

m P

etro

leum

& E

xplo

sive

s S

afet

y O

rgan

isat

ion

(PE

SO

).

Cap

acit

y of

the

sys

tem

will

be

base

d on

the

des

ign

requ

irem

ent

afte

r fi

naliz

atio

n of

the

en

gine

erin

g.

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

101

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

3.17

.5.

AIR

CO

MP

RES

SOR

:

A

ded

icat

ed a

ir c

ompr

esso

r st

atio

n w

ill in

stal

led

to s

uppl

y pr

oces

s ai

r as

w

ell

as m

oist

ure

free

air

as

Inst

rum

ent

air

for

oper

atio

n of

pne

umat

ic

base

d in

stru

men

ts.

Cap

acit

y of

the

sys

tem

will

be

base

d on

the

des

ign

re

quir

emen

t af

ter

fin

aliz

atio

n of

the

eng

inee

ring

.

3.17

.6.

OX

YG

EN P

LAN

T:

2 O

xyge

n pl

ants

ea

ch

of

160

0

TPD

C

apac

ity

deliv

erin

g 9

5%

puri

ty

Oxy

gen

will

be

set

up f

or C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

requ

irem

ent.

3.17

.7.

WA

STE

HEA

T R

ECO

VER

Y B

AS

ED P

OW

ER P

LAN

T:

Wit

h fo

cus

on r

ecov

ery

of h

eat

ener

gy, w

aste

hea

t re

cove

ry b

ased

pow

er

plan

t w

ith

~ 4

0 M

W c

apac

ity

will

be

inst

alle

d.

3.17

.8.

DM

PLA

NT

A

ded

icat

ed D

M p

lant

will

be

set

up t

o fu

lfill

the

req

uire

men

t of

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Ta

nk H

ouse

and

Con

tinu

ous

Cas

t C

oppe

r R

od P

lant

.

3.17

.9.

REV

ERS

E O

SM

OSI

S (R

O)

PLA

NT:

A d

edic

ated

RO

pla

nt

will

be

inst

alle

d at

the

dow

nst

ream

of

the

prop

osed

E

fflu

ent

Trea

tmen

t P

lant

. Thi

s w

ill h

elp

to r

euse

and

rec

ycle

th

e tr

eate

d w

ater

eff

ecti

vely

wit

hin

the

plan

t re

quir

emen

t.

3.17

.10

.MU

LTI E

FFEC

T EV

AP

OR

ATO

R:

Rej

ects

fro

m t

he R

O p

lant

will

be

fed

to M

ulti

Eff

ect

Eva

pora

tor

(ME

E)

to

ensu

re t

hat

plan

t w

ill b

e Ze

ro L

iqui

d D

isch

arge

(ZL

D)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

102

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 5

6: P

roce

ss F

low

shee

t for

Inte

grat

ed C

oppe

r Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

Air

Ener

gy

Ste

amH

eat

SO2 G

as

Mat

te +

Sla

g

Gas

Sta

ck

Slag

for

Gra

nula

tion

Mat

teSl

ag f

or G

ranu

lati

on

Hg

Sale

sCo

nver

ter S

lag

SO2 G

asM

atte

Dry

SO

2

Gas

Blis

ter C

oppe

r

H2S

O4

Sale

s A

node

Sla

g

Copp

er M

etal

H2S

O4

Copp

er A

node

Bi &

Sb

Salt

s

Tellu

rium

Nic

kel

H3P

O4

Sale

s

Gyp

sum

Sele

nium

H2S

iF6

Alum

inum

Hyd

rate

H2S

iF6

Sale

sSi

lver

Gol

d

Cath

odes

Sale

s

CCR

Sal

es

Copp

er S

mel

ter

Com

plex

Flo

w S

heet

Roc

k Ph

osph

ate

Cath

odes

PGM

Con

cent

rate

AlF 3

Sal

es

Copp

er S

crap

(Int

erna

l +E

xter

nal)

Copp

er S

crap

(Int

erna

l +E

xter

nal)

Smel

ting

Fur

nace

Sett

ler/

Sla

g Cl

eani

ngFu

rnac

e

Fugi

tive

G

ases

Sc

rubb

er

Oxy

gen

Plan

t

Cu

Con

cent

rate

Flux

Mat

eria

l

Pier

ce S

mit

h Co

nver

ter

Slag

Cle

anin

g Fu

rnac

e

WH

RB

Turb

ine

Anod

e Fu

rnac

e

Sulp

huri

c A

cid

Pla

nt

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

dA

cid

Pla

nt

Alu

min

um

Fluo

ride

Pla

nt

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Tank

H

ouse

CC

R P

lant

Min

or M

etal

Rec

over

y

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y

Gas

C

lean

ing

P

lant

Copp

erSc

rap

Mel

ting

Fu

rnac

e

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

103

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

-4: R

ESO

UR

CES

CO

NSU

MP

TIO

N

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

104

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 4

Res

ourc

es C

onsu

mpt

ion

4.1

.R

AW

MA

TER

IAL

CO

NSU

MP

TIO

N &

SO

UR

CE:

Tabl

e 11

: Raw

Mat

eria

l Con

sum

ptio

n Q

uant

ity &

Sou

rce:

4.2

.R

AW

MA

TER

IAL

CH

EMIC

AL

AN

ALY

SIS

1.C

oppe

r C

once

ntra

te C

ompo

siti

on (

Feed

Mix

to

Sm

elti

ng F

urna

ce):

Tabl

e 12

: Cop

per C

once

ntra

te C

hem

ical

Com

posit

ion

Con

cent

rate

Ble

nd C

ompo

siti

on

Tent

ativ

e V

alue

Moi

stur

e 6

- 8%

Cop

per

23 -

28%

Iron

25

- 29

%

Sul

phur

31

- 34

%

SiO

2 2

- 10

%

CaO

0

.5 -

2%

Al 2

O3

1 - 5

%

Fe3O

4

0.5

– 1

.5%

Aci

d In

solu

ble

9 -

15%

Ars

enic

20

00

- 30

00

ppm

Sl.

No.

Des

crip

tion

UO

MP

hase

# 1

Pha

se #

2S

ourc

e

AR

aw M

ater

ial

1C

oppe

r C

once

ntra

teTP

A16

,00

,00

0

16

,00

,00

0

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

2Si

lica

TPA

1,6

0,0

00

1,

60

,00

0

Loca

l

3Li

me

Ston

eTP

A4

0,0

00

40

,00

0

Lo

cal

4Q

uart

zTP

A72

,00

0

72

,00

0

Lo

cal

5Q

uick

Lim

eTP

A30

,00

0

30

,00

0

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

6C

oppe

r Sc

rap

& E

Scr

apTP

A1,

00

,00

0

1,0

0,0

00

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

7R

ock

Pho

spha

teTP

A8

,75,

00

0

8,7

5,0

00

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

8A

lum

ina

Hyd

rate

TPA

18,7

50

18,7

50

Loca

l

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

105

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Sel

eniu

m

300

ppm

Bis

mut

h 25

0 p

pm

Chl

orid

e 30

0 p

pm

Fluo

ride

10

00

- 15

00

ppm

Mer

cury

50

ppm

Lead

1

- 2%

Zinc

2

– 4

%

2.

Sili

ca S

and

Tabl

e 13

: Sili

ca S

and

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion

Des

crip

tion

V

alue

SiO

2 >

95%

Min

eral

ogy

Qua

rtz

Par

ticl

e S

ize

< 3

mm

3.Li

me

Sto

ne

Tabl

e 14

: Lim

e St

one

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion

Des

crip

tion

V

alue

C

aO

> 4

5%

Par

ticl

e S

ize

< 8

mm

M

iner

alog

y C

ryst

allin

e

4.

Qua

rtz

Chi

ps

Tabl

e 15

: Qua

rtz C

hips

Che

mic

al C

ompo

sitio

n

Des

crip

tion

V

alue

SiO

2 >

95%

Min

eral

ogy

Qua

rtz

Par

ticl

e S

ize

15 -2

5 m

m

5.

Qui

ck L

ime

Tabl

e 16

: Qui

ck L

ime

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion

Des

crip

tion

V

alue

C

aO

> 9

0%

P

arti

cle

Siz

e ~

25

mm

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

106

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

6.

Alu

min

a H

ydra

te

Tabl

e 17

: Alu

min

a Hy

drat

e Ch

emic

al C

ompo

sitio

n

Des

crip

tion

V

alue

Al 2

O3

> 6

4.5

%

SiO

2 <

0.0

16%

Hyd

rate

>

98

.5%

Moi

stur

e <

8%

LOI

<36

%

7.R

ock

Pho

spha

te

Tabl

e 18

: Roc

k Ph

osph

ate

Chem

ical

Com

posit

ion

Par

amet

er

Val

ue

Moi

stur

e

< 3

%

P2O

5

30%

– 3

4%

Fe2O

3

0

.25%

– 2

.0%

Al 2

O3

0.2

5% –

1.5

0%

Chl

orid

e

50 p

pm –

60

0 p

pm

Fluo

ride

3%

- 4

.5%

Sili

ca

4%

- 14

%

Sul

phat

e as

SO

3-

0.8

% -

1.2

%

CaO

4

4%

-

52%

4.3

.FU

EL C

ON

SUM

PTI

ON

& S

OU

RC

E:

Tabl

e 19

: Fue

l Con

sum

ptio

n Q

uant

ity &

Sou

rce

Sl.

No.

Des

crip

tion

UO

MP

hase

# 1

Pha

se #

2S

ourc

e

Fuel

1H

igh

Spee

d D

iese

lK

LPD

25

25

Loca

l

2Fu

rnac

e O

ilTP

D15

0

150

Lo

cal

3Li

quef

ied

Pet

role

um G

asTP

D50

50

Lo

cal

4C

oal /

Pet

Cok

eTP

D50

50

Lo

cal

5M

et C

oke

TPD

50

50

Loca

l

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

107

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

4.4

.W

ATE

R C

ON

SUM

PTI

ON

& S

OU

RC

E:

The

Req

uire

men

t W

ater

for

the

pla

nt h

as b

een

esti

mat

ed a

s 16

,40

0

M3/

Day

for

pha

se #

1 a

nd p

hase

# 2

eac

h.

AP

SEZ

thro

ugh

M/s

. M

PS

EZ

Uti

lity

Pvt

. Lim

ited

(M

UP

L) w

ill b

e su

pply

ing

the

tota

l wat

er r

equi

rem

ent

for

the

plan

t. T

his

wat

er w

ould

be

utili

zed

to m

eet

the

DM

wat

er a

nd

Pla

nt/U

tilit

y w

ater

req

uire

men

t of

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex.

The

wat

er

syst

em,

is h

ighl

y in

tegr

ated

and

is

desi

gned

for

Zer

o Li

quid

Dis

char

ge

(ZLD

).

4.5

.EL

ECTR

ICIT

Y C

ON

SUM

PTI

ON

& S

OU

RC

E

Tota

l Pow

er C

onsu

mpt

ion

for

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex w

ill b

e ~

300

M

W

Pow

er g

ener

ated

thr

ough

Was

te H

eat

Rec

over

y B

oile

r w

ill b

e ~

40

MW

Bal

ance

E

lect

rica

l po

wer

w

ill

be

sour

ced

from

A

PS

EZ

thro

ugh

M/s

. M

PS

EZ

Uti

lity

Pvt

. Lim

ited

(M

UP

L) /

Gri

d. (

disc

om).

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

108

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Fi

gure

57:

Mat

eria

l Flo

w S

heet

(Ten

tativ

e): P

hase

# 1

(500

KTP

A Co

pper

Cat

hode

)

ProductsCopper CathodeTPA5,00,000

Raw MaterialSulphuric Acid (> 98%)TPA15,00,000 Copper ConcentrateTPA16,00,000 Continuous Cast Copper Wire RodTPA2,50,000 SilicaTPA1,60,000 Oxygen (Technical)TPM48,000 Lime StoneTPA40,000 GoldTPA25 QuartzTPA72,000 SilverTPA250 Quick LimeTPA30,000 Phosphoric Acid (as 100% P2O5)TPA2,50,000 Copper Scrap & E-ScrapTPA1,00,000 Aluminium FluorideTPA15,000 Rock PhosphateTPA8,75,000 ByproductsAlumina HydrateTPA18,750 Anode SlimeTPM250 FuelSeleniumTPM12 High Speed DieselKLPD25 PGM ConcentrateTPM3 Furnace OilTPD150 Ferro Sand/ Iron Silicate - Copper Slag (Granulated)TPM92,500 Liquefied Petroleum GasTPD50 PhosphogypsumTPM1,04,167 Coal / Pet CokeTPD50 Hydro Fluro Silicic Acid (~20% as H2SiF6)TPM1,250 Met CokeTPD50 Copper TellurideTPM21

TelluriumTPM4 Waste NickelTPM8 ETP Waste Sludge & Scrubber WasteTPM9,000 Bismuth BisulphateTPM60 Nickel SludgeTPM265 Calomel (Mercury Chloride) TPM9 Arsenic bearing sludge. As-Cu precipateTPM111 MercuryTPM8 Used OilKL/Yr100 CCR Mill ScaleTPM25 Oil SludgeT/yr25 Waste Heat Recovery Boiler based powerMW20 Spent CatalystKL/Yr200 Spent Resins from DM, RO & Refinery PlantKL/Yr10 ETP Treated WaterKL/Day2,516 Input to Reverse Osmosis PlantKL/Day356 Rejects from Multi Effect EvaporatorKL/Day28

Copper Plant Integrated ( Copper Smelter, Oxygen Plant, Copper Refinery, CCR Plant, PMR Plant, Sulphuric Acid

Plant, Phosphoric Acid Plant, Aluminum Fluoride Plant, etc)

Material Flow Sheet (Tentative) - 500 KTPA Copper Plant - Integrated (Stage # 1)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

109

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 5

8: M

ater

ial F

low

She

et (T

enta

tive)

: Pha

se #

2 (5

00 K

TPA

Copp

er C

atho

de)

ProductsCopper CathodeTPA5,00,000

Raw MaterialSulphuric Acid (> 98%)TPA15,00,000 Copper ConcentrateTPA16,00,000 Continuous Cast Copper Wire RodTPA2,50,000 SilicaTPA1,60,000 Oxygen (Technical)TPM48,000 Lime StoneTPA40,000 GoldTPA25 QuartzTPA72,000 SilverTPA250 Quick LimeTPA30,000 Phosphoric Acid (as 100% P2O5)TPA2,50,000 Copper Scrap & E-ScrapTPA1,00,000 Aluminium FluorideTPA15,000 Rock PhosphateTPA8,75,000 ByproductsAlumina HydrateTPA18,750 Anode SlimeTPM250 FuelSeleniumTPM12 High Speed DieselKLPD25 PGM ConcentrateTPM3 Furnace OilTPD150 Ferro Sand/ Iron Silicate - Copper Slag (Granulated)TPM92,500 Liquefied Petroleum GasTPD50 PhosphogypsumTPM1,04,167 Coal / Pet CokeTPD50 Hydro Fluro Silicic Acid (~20% as H2SiF6)TPM1,250 Met CokeTPD50 Copper TellurideTPM21

TelluriumTPM4 Waste NickelTPM8 ETP Waste Sludge & Scrubber WasteTPM9,000 Bismuth BisulphateTPM60 Nickel SludgeTPM265 Calomel (Mercury Chloride) TPM9 Arsenic bearing sludge. As-Cu precipateTPM111 MercuryTPM8 Used OilKL/Yr100 CCR Mill ScaleTPM25 Oil SludgeT/yr25 Waste Heat Recovery Boiler based powerMW20 Spent CatalystKL/Yr200 Spent Resins from DM, RO & Refinery PlantKL/Yr10 ETP Treated WaterKL/Day2,516 Input to Reverse Osmosis PlantKL/Day356 Rejects from Multi Effect EvaporatorKL/Day28

Copper Plant Integrated ( Copper Smelter, Oxygen Plant, Copper Refinery, CCR Plant, PMR Plant, Sulphuric Acid

Plant, Phosphoric Acid Plant, Aluminum Fluoride Plant, etc)

Material Flow Sheet (Tentative) - 500 KTPA Copper Plant - Integrated (Stage # 2)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

110

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 5

9: W

ater

Bal

ance

for P

hase

# 1

(Qua

ntiti

es in

M3/

Day

) (Te

ntat

ive)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

111

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Figu

re 6

0: W

ater

Bal

ance

for P

hase

# 2

(Qua

ntiti

es in

M3/

Day

) (Te

ntat

ive)

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

112

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

-5: P

RO

DU

CTS

,

BY

PR

OD

UC

TS &

WA

STE

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

113

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 5

Pro

duct

s, B

ypro

duct

s &

Was

te

5.1.

PR

OD

UC

TS A

ND

CA

PA

CIT

Y:

Tabl

e 20

: Pro

duct

s and

Qua

ntity

:

5.2.

BY

-PR

OD

UC

TS A

ND

QU

AN

TITY

Tabl

e 21

: By-

Prod

ucts

and

Qua

ntity

Sl. N

o.Pr

oduc

tsU

OM

Phas

e #

1Ph

ase

# 2

1C

oppe

r Cat

hode

TPA

5,00

,000

5,00

,000

2Su

lphu

ric A

cid

(> 9

8%)

TPA

15,0

0,00

015

,00,

000

3C

ontin

uous

Cas

t Cop

per W

ire R

odTP

A2,

50,0

002,

50,0

00

4O

xyge

n (T

echn

ical

)TP

M48

,000

48,0

00

5G

old

TPA

2525

6Si

lver

TPA

250

250

7Ph

osph

oric

Aci

d (a

s 10

0% P

2O5)

TPA

2,50

,000

2,50

,000

8Al

umin

ium

Flu

orid

eTP

A15

,000

15,0

00

Sl.

No.

Byp

rodu

cts

UO

MP

hase

# 1

Pha

se #

2

1A

node

Slim

eTP

M25

0

25

0

2Se

leni

umTP

M12

12

3P

GM

Con

cent

rate

TPM

3

3

4Fe

rro

Sand

/ Iro

n Si

licat

e - C

oppe

r Sl

ag (G

ranu

late

d)TP

M9

2,50

0

9

2,50

0

5P

hosp

hogy

psum

TPM

1,0

4,1

67

1,0

4,1

67

6H

ydro

Flu

ro S

ilici

c A

cid

(~20

% a

s H

2Si

F 6)

TPM

1,25

0

1,

250

7C

oppe

r Te

lluri

deTP

M21

21

8Te

lluri

umTP

M4

4

9N

icke

lTP

M8

8

10B

ism

uth

Bis

ulph

ate

TPM

60

6

0

11C

alom

el (M

ercu

ry C

hlor

ide)

TP

M9

9

12M

ercu

ryTP

M8

8

13C

CR

Mill

Sca

leTP

M25

25

14W

aste

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

Boi

ler

base

d po

wer

MW

20

20

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

114

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

5.3.

WA

STE

GEN

ERA

TIO

N A

ND

QU

AN

TITY

Tabl

e 22

: Typ

e of

Was

te G

ener

atio

n &

Qua

ntity

5.

4.

BY

PR

OD

UC

T C

HA

RA

CTE

RIS

TIC

S (T

YP

ICA

L)

Tabl

e 23

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f Gra

nula

ted

Ferr

o Sa

nd/ I

ron

Silic

ate/

Cop

per S

lag

Gra

nula

ted

Ferr

o S

and/

Iron

Sili

cate

/ C

oppe

r Sl

ag

Par

amet

er

UO

M

Val

ue

Cop

per

%

< 1

Iron

%

4

0 -

45

Sul

phur

%

0

.5 –

1.5

Sili

ca

%

28 –

35

Lim

e - C

aO

%

3.0

– 5

.0

S.N

o.W

aste

U

OM

Phas

e #

1Ph

ase

# 2

1ET

P W

aste

Slu

dge

& Sc

rubb

er W

aste

TPM

9000

9,00

0

2N

icke

l Slu

dge

TPM

265

265

3Ar

seni

c be

arin

g sl

udge

. As-

Cu p

reci

pate

TPM

111

111

4U

sed

Oil

KL/Y

r10

010

0

5O

il Sl

udge

T/yr

2525

6Sp

ent C

atal

yst

KL/Y

r20

020

0

7Sp

ent R

esin

s fr

om D

M, R

O &

Ref

iner

y Pl

ant

KL/Y

r10

10

8ET

P Tr

eate

d W

ater

KL/D

ay25

162,

516

9In

put t

o Re

vers

e O

smos

is P

lant

KL/D

ay35

6

35

6

10Re

ject

s fr

om M

ulti

Effe

ct E

vapo

rato

rKL

/Day

28

28

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

115

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Tabl

e 24

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f Pho

spho

Gyp

sum

Pho

spho

Gyp

sum

P

aram

eter

U

OM

V

alue

Tota

l P2O

5 %

<

1

Wat

er S

olub

le P

2O5

%

<0

.2

Sul

phat

e as

SO

3- %

<

42

CaO

%

<

34

Sili

ca

%

<8

pH o

f 1%

sol

utio

n %

>

4.5

5.5.

WA

STE

CH

AR

AC

TER

ISTI

CS

(TY

PIC

AL)

Ta

ble

25: C

hem

ical

Ana

lysis

of S

crub

ber C

ake

Scru

bber

Cak

e

P

aram

eter

U

OM

V

alue

Iron

%

0

.05

– 0

.07

Cop

per

pp

m

10 -

20

Zinc

pp

m

1.0

- 2.

0

CaO

%

30

- 32

Sul

phat

e

%

40

– 4

5

Sili

ca

%

< 0

.5%

Moi

stur

e

%

45

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

116

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

Tabl

e 26

: Che

mic

al A

naly

sis o

f ETP

Cak

e

ETP

Cak

e

Par

amet

er

UO

M

Val

ue

Iron

%

4

.5 –

6.2

Ars

enic

%

0

.8 –

1.5

Cop

per

m

g/l

130

0 –

210

0

Bis

mut

h

mg/

l 6

5 –

185

Cad

miu

m

mg/

l <

15

Chr

omiu

m

mg/

l <

15

Cob

alt

m

g/l

< 2

0

Nic

kel

mg/

l <

15

Lead

m

g/l

20 –

50

Ant

imon

y

mg/

l <

20

Sel

eniu

m

mg/

l 20

– 4

0

Zinc

m

g/l

110

0 –

250

0

CaO

%

28

– 3

0

Sul

phat

e as

SO

3- %

38

– 4

2

Sili

ca

%

< 0

.5%

Moi

stur

e %

35

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

117

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

-6: S

ITE

AN

ALY

SIS

&

SELE

CTI

ON

F

easib

ility

Rep

ort

118

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 6

Site

Ana

lysi

s &

Sel

ecti

on

6.1

.N

ATU

RE

OF

PR

OJE

CT:

The

proj

ect

cost

est

imat

ed t

o be

aro

und

US

$ 1

.5 b

illio

n (R

s. 1

0,0

00

cr

ore)

for

pha

se #

1 &

Pha

se#

2; w

hich

incl

udes

tw

o pl

ants

eac

h of

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r, S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

, C

oppe

r R

efin

ery,

Con

tinu

ous

Cas

t C

oppe

r W

ire

Rod

Pla

nt,

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y P

lant

, P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

Pla

nt,

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

Pla

nt,

etc.

The

pro

ject

wou

ld b

e lo

cate

d in

Mun

dra,

G

ujar

at w

ill p

rodu

ce 1

0LT

PA

of

Cop

per

Cat

hode

; 5L

TPA

of

Cop

per

Rod

; 30

LTP

A o

f S

ulph

uric

Aci

d; 5

LTP

A o

f P

hosp

hori

c A

cid;

30

,00

0TP

A o

f A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e, 2

88

TP

A o

f S

elen

ium

, 50

TPA

of

Gol

d; 5

00

TPA

of

Silv

er; e

tc w

ith

stat

e of

art

env

iron

men

t fr

iend

ly t

echn

olog

y.

Pla

nt C

onfi

gura

tion

:

Tabl

e 27

: Pla

nt C

onfig

urat

ion

Sl.N

o.

Pla

nt

Pha

se #

1

Pha

se #

2

1 C

oppe

r S

mel

ter

Pla

nt

4.5

0 L

TPA

4

.50

LTP

A

2 C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt

5.0

0 L

TPA

5.

00

LTP

A

3 C

onti

nuou

s C

ast

Cop

per

Rod

Pla

nt

2.50

LTP

A

2.50

LTP

A

4

Cop

per

Scr

ap &

E-S

crap

Mel

ting

Fac

ility

0

.50

LTP

A

0.5

0 L

TPA

5

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt

15.0

0 L

TPA

15

.00

LTP

A

6

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d P

lant

(10

0%

P2O

5)

2.50

LTP

A

2.50

LTP

A

7 A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e P

lant

0

.15

LTP

A

0.1

5 LT

PA

8

S

elen

ium

Rec

over

y P

lant

14

4 T

PA

14

4 T

PA

9

P

reci

ous

Met

al R

ecov

ery

Pla

nt

A

Gol

d 25

TP

A

25 T

PA

B

S

ilver

25

0 T

PA

25

0 T

PA

10

O

xyge

n (I

ndus

tria

l) P

lant

4

8,0

00

TP

M

48

,00

0 T

PM

11

W

aste

Hea

t re

cove

ry b

oile

r ba

sed

pow

er p

lant

20

MW

20

MW

6.2

.P

RO

JEC

T LO

CA

TIO

N:

The

Pro

ject

sit

e is

loc

ated

in

Sir

acha

and

Nav

inal

Vill

ages

at

AP

SE

Z M

undr

a ta

luka

, Dis

tric

t K

utch

in

the

stat

e of

Guj

arat

and

abo

ut

8.0

km

fr

om M

undr

a W

est

Por

t, G

ujar

at,

(lat

itud

e 2

2°4

8'5

5.78

"N a

nd l

ongi

tude

6

9°3

4'3

2.0

2"E

pr

ojec

t ar

ea c

ente

r ap

prox

). L

ocat

ion

map

of

the

plan

t is

sh

own

in F

igur

e 6

1: L

ocat

ion

map

of

the

plan

t.

Feasibility Report

119 Copper Refinery Project

Figure 61: Location map of the plant

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Feasibility Report

120 Copper Refinery Project

Figure 62: Composite Layout for Copper Refinery Project

Site 2

Site 3

Site 1

UMPP – TATA Power Plant

Adani Power Plant

Adani West Port for RM Handling

Intake Channel for Power Plant

Outfall Channel

Outfall Channel for CGPL

Raw Material Conveyor from West Port to Copper

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

121

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

6.2

.1.

CO

NN

ECTI

VIT

Y

The

prop

osed

pro

ject

will

be

loca

ted

near

to

exis

ting

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt, 2

0

km d

ista

nce

from

Mun

dra

tow

n an

d a

roun

d 10

.5 k

m f

rom

Wes

t P

ort.

P

ropo

sed

Pla

nt s

ite

is l

ocat

ed i

n S

irac

ha a

nd N

avin

al v

illag

es i

n A

PS

EZ

Mun

dra,

M

undr

a Ta

luka

, K

utch

di

stri

ct

(lat

itud

e

22°4

8'5

5.78

"N

and

long

itud

e 6

9°3

4'3

2.0

2"E

pr

ojec

t ar

ea c

ente

r ap

prox

). A

ll ex

isti

ng v

illag

es

outs

ide

the

AP

SE

Z ar

ea a

nd a

re

acce

ssib

le b

y ex

isti

ng S

tate

Hig

hway

9S

h-

6)

and

Nat

iona

l H

ighw

ay (

NH

-8A

ext

) b

etw

een

Gan

dhid

ham

and

Man

dvi

tow

ns. P

ropo

sed

Pla

nt a

rea

is a

cces

sibl

e th

roug

h ex

isti

ng A

PS

EZ

road

whi

ch

conn

ecte

d th

roug

h ex

isti

ng S

tate

Hig

hway

and

nat

ion

al H

ighw

ay.

The

prop

osed

si

te

is

wel

l co

nnec

ted

by

the

exis

ting

N

atio

nal

/ S

tate

H

ighw

ays,

car

go r

ail

link,

whi

ch i

s ab

out

2.0

km

aw

ay f

rom

the

Nav

inal

R

ailw

ay S

tati

on .

The

near

est

airp

ort

is B

huj A

irpo

rt lo

cate

d at

a d

ista

nce

of

65

kms

from

th

e pr

opos

ed

proj

ect

site

. Th

e ne

ares

t ra

ilway

st

atio

n is

A

dipu

r/G

andh

idha

m,

whi

ch i

s ab

out

80

km

s fr

om p

roje

ct s

ite

and

near

est

tow

n is

Mun

dra

whi

ch i

s ab

out

20.0

km

s fr

om t

he p

ropo

sed

proj

ect

site

. Th

e na

tion

al h

ighw

ay N

H-8

A i

s pa

ssin

g at

abo

ut 1

5.0

km

s aw

ay f

rom

the

si

te. S

tate

Hig

hway

SH

-6 is

abo

ut 3

.0 k

m a

t no

rth

of p

ropo

sed

site

. The

sit

e is

wel

l con

nect

ed w

ith

Ahm

edab

ad c

ity

loca

ted

at a

bout

46

0 k

ms.

6.2

.2.

LAN

D F

OR

M/L

AN

D U

SE

PA

TTER

N, U

SE

& O

WN

ERS

HIP

:

The

area

ear

mar

ked

for

prop

osed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y is

app

rox

634

Acr

e.

Det

ails

of

the

sam

e ar

e gi

ven

belo

w:

Tabl

e 28

: Lan

d Fo

rm/L

and

Use

Pat

tern

, Use

& O

wne

rshi

p

Sr,N

o.

Par

ticu

lars

A

ppro

x A

rea

in A

cres

C

urre

nt

Ow

ners

hip

Kha

sra

No.

1.

AP

SE

Z S

EZ

Not

ifie

d La

nd

(Par

t)

381

AP

SE

Z S

irac

ha v

illag

e

125/

1, 1

25/2

, 126

, 129

, 13

5, 1

37,

138

/1,

140

, 14

1 pa

rt,

142

part

, 14

3, 1

44

/1, 1

44

/2, 1

47

part

, 29

5/1

part

, O

ld

AC

L,

Uns

urve

yed

land

.

Mun

dra

dive

rted

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

122

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

Sr,N

o.

Par

ticu

lars

A

ppro

x A

rea

in A

cres

C

urre

nt

Ow

ners

hip

Kha

sra

No.

fore

st la

nd p

art.

Nav

inal

vill

age

223

part

, 22

4

part

, 22

5 pa

rt, O

ld A

CL

2.

AP

SE

Z

App

lied

fore

st

Land

(P

art)

253

AP

SE

Z S

irac

ha v

illag

e

Sur

vey

nos.

– 2

95/

2

To

tal

area

in

Acr

es

634

The

requ

ired

la

nd

fo

r en

tire

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

in

clud

ing

its

Gre

enbe

lt (

33%

of

tota

l la

nd)

will

be

acco

mm

odat

e as

per

the

det

aile

d pr

ojec

t re

quir

emen

ts in

the

iden

tifi

ed la

nd a

ppro

x. 6

34 A

cres

. The

Det

ails

of

the

iden

tifi

ed la

nd i

s m

enti

oned

abo

ve. L

and

for

diff

eren

t co

rrid

ors

(Pow

er/

Roa

d/ R

aw M

ater

ial C

onve

yor)

wou

ld b

e ad

diti

onal

.

6.2

.3.

TOP

OG

RA

PH

Y :

The

proj

ect

site

is

lo

cate

d w

ithi

n th

e A

PS

EZL

la

nd

and

alre

ady

desi

gnat

ed/r

ecor

ded

as in

dust

rial

land

. The

re is

no

sign

ific

ant

vege

tati

on o

r ha

bita

tion

in

the

pro

ject

sit

e. T

he n

eare

st s

igni

fica

nt f

eatu

res

from

the

pr

ojec

t si

te a

re 4

620

MW

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt a

nd T

ata

Pow

er (

Wes

tern

sid

e of

pro

ject

are

a),

and

Wes

t P

ort

of A

PSE

ZL (

Sou

th –

wes

t di

rect

ion

from

pr

ojec

t).

The

exis

ting

S

irac

ha

and

Nav

inal

vi

llage

s se

ttle

men

ts

ar

e in

pr

oxim

ity

wit

h th

e ap

prox

. dis

tanc

e of

2.5

km

to

the

prop

osed

pro

ject

sit

e.

From

Sou

th W

est

to N

orth

Eas

t m

ajor

ity

of a

rea

is o

f A

PS

EZL

whe

re w

est

port

is

also

loc

ated

.. Th

e la

nd i

s ha

ving

und

ulat

ions

and

min

or g

radi

ng w

ill

be r

equi

red.

6.2

.4.

EXIS

TIN

G IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E:

�D

ista

nce

from

Mun

dra

Tow

n –

15K

M

�D

ista

nce

from

Mun

dra

Wes

t P

ort

– 10

.5 K

M

�D

ista

nce

from

Sta

te H

ighw

ay-S

H6

– <

1 K

M (

Gan

dhid

ham

-Mun

dra-

Man

dvi)

Dis

tanc

e fr

om N

H8

A –

10

.0 K

M

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

123

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

�D

ista

nce

from

Rai

lway

line

– 3

.0 K

M (

AP

L G

ate

no-4

) �

Dis

tanc

e fr

om A

dani

Air

stri

p –

25 K

M

�D

ista

nce

from

Com

mer

cial

Air

port

(B

huj)

– 6

5 K

M

�D

ista

nce

from

Com

mer

cial

Air

port

(K

andl

a) –

80

KM

Wat

er s

ourc

e (S

ea)

– A

djac

ent

wit

hin

5.0

km

�A

djac

ent

to A

dani

Pow

er P

lant

Dis

tanc

e fr

om A

dani

Tow

nshi

p –

30 K

M

6.2

.5.

SOIL

CLA

SSIF

ICA

TIO

N:

Det

aile

d S

oil

Inve

stig

atio

n ha

s no

t be

en c

arri

ed o

ut i

n th

e ar

ea.

How

ever

, ba

sed

on a

vaila

ble

info

rmat

ion

from

the

nea

rby

and

adja

cen

t po

wer

pla

nt

proj

ect,

fou

ndat

ion

syst

em h

as b

een

env

isag

ed a

s fo

llow

s:

The

subs

oil

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e ge

nera

lly o

f go

od q

ualit

y. T

he s

ub s

oil

is

basi

cally

re

sidu

al

in

natu

re

wit

h un

derl

ying

ro

ck

laye

r.

The

soil

in

the

adja

cent

are

a is

med

ium

den

se s

ilty

fine

to

med

ium

san

d un

der

the

top

laye

r fo

llow

ed b

y de

nse

to v

ery

dens

e si

lty

fine

to

med

ium

san

d in

the

low

er la

yer.

A

t so

me

isol

ated

pla

ces,

sti

ff t

o ha

rd s

ilty

clay

or

clay

ey s

ilt m

ay b

e fo

und.

Th

e un

derl

ying

roc

k la

yer

is h

ighl

y w

eath

ered

roc

k in

the

upp

er l

ayer

to

mod

erat

ely

wea

ther

ed r

ock

in la

yers

bel

ow.

Wit

h th

e ab

ove

subs

oil

feat

ures

, the

sub

soil

is f

ound

to

be o

f go

od q

ualit

y an

d ex

pect

ed t

o pr

ovid

e go

od b

eari

ng c

apac

ity

at a

dep

th o

f ab

out

3 to

4m

. H

eavy

str

uctu

res

are

expe

cted

to

be o

n pi

les

and

the

light

er s

truc

ture

s w

ill

be o

n op

en f

ound

atio

ns.

The

stru

ctur

es w

hich

req

uire

pile

fou

ndat

ion

shal

l be

fin

aliz

ed b

ased

on

the

soi

l inv

esti

gati

on d

ata.

6.2

.6.

CLI

MA

TIC

DA

TA:

As

per

Indi

an M

eteo

rolo

gica

l de

part

men

t, G

ovt.

of

Indi

a, H

ighe

st m

onth

ly

mea

n of

da

ily

mea

n m

axim

um

tem

pera

ture

is

36

C

and

max

. dr

y bu

lb

tem

pera

ture

is 4

7.8

C, c

onsi

deri

ng m

ax H

umid

ity

95%

.

The

win

d is

pre

dom

inan

tly

from

the

sou

th-

wes

t as

wel

l as

fro

m w

est

to

som

e ex

tent

. Th

e ba

sic

win

d sp

eed

is 5

0 m

/sec

and

max

imum

win

d ve

loci

ty

is 6

5 km

ph. T

he p

ropo

sed

site

is lo

cate

d in

Sei

smic

Zon

e –

V a

s pe

r re

leva

nt

IS: 1

89

3-20

02.

Met

eoro

logi

cal D

ata

encl

osed

as

Ann

exur

e –

VI.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

124

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

6.3

.SE

LEC

TIO

N O

F LA

ND

FO

R T

HE

PR

OJE

CT

SITE

:

The

follo

win

g al

tern

ativ

e lo

cati

ons/

sit

es w

ere

cons

ider

ed a

nd

anal

ysed

to

sele

ct

the

mos

t su

itab

le

loca

tion

fo

r de

velo

pmen

t of

pr

opos

ed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y fa

cilit

y on

the

bas

is o

f ra

w m

ater

ial,

pow

er &

wat

er a

vaila

bilit

y, a

rea

requ

irem

ent

and

acce

ssib

ility

via

roa

d or

por

t.

Sit

e -

1 (A

rea

appr

ox. 8

00

Acr

es)

in A

PS

EZ

land

loca

ted

in R

atad

iya.

Gun

dala

&

Mok

a vi

llage

s.

Sit

e -

2 (A

rea

appr

ox. 6

34 A

cres

) in

Vill

age

Sir

acha

and

Nav

inal

(N

orth

Eas

t &

E

ast

of e

xist

ing

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt)

Sit

e -

3 (A

rea

appr

ox.

120

0 A

cres

) in

AP

SE

Z no

tifi

ed S

EZ

lan

d lo

cate

d in

M

undr

a v

illag

e.

Loca

tion

of

cons

ider

ed s

ites

is s

how

n be

low

:-

Feasibility Report

125 Copper Refinery Project

Figure 63: Alternate Sites Evaluated for Copper Refinery Project

Site 2

Site 1

Site 3

UMPP – TATA Power Plant

Adani Power Plant

Adani West Port for RM Handling

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

126

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

6.3

.1.

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS F

OR

CO

PP

ER R

EFIN

ERY

PLA

NT

SITE

Follo

win

g ar

e th

e re

quir

emen

ts w

hich

sho

uld

be f

ulfi

lled

by t

he s

elec

ted

site

fo

r th

e pr

opos

ed C

oppe

r S

mel

ter,

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt,

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y,

Con

tinu

ous

Cas

t C

oppe

r W

ire

Rod

Pla

nt,

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

Rec

over

y P

lant

, P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

Pla

nt,

Alu

min

um F

luor

ide

Pla

nt, e

tc.

a.La

nd

The

tota

l ar

ea w

ithi

n th

e pl

ant

boun

dary

req

uire

d fo

r th

e in

stal

lati

on o

f ab

ove

faci

litie

s w

ith

nece

ssar

y au

xilia

ry a

nd s

ervi

ces

unit

s an

d co

nsid

erin

g a

smoo

th o

pera

tion

al f

low

will

be

App

rox.

60

0 a

cres

.

b.W

ater

A C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

plan

t in

gen

eral

con

sum

es c

onsi

dera

ble

quan

tity

of

wat

er,

bulk

of

whi

ch i

s re

quir

ed f

or c

oolin

g pu

rpos

es a

nd t

he r

est

is u

tiliz

ed f

or

proc

ess

need

s, d

rink

ing,

san

itar

y an

d fi

re f

ight

ing

pur

pose

. In

orde

r to

red

uce

the

requ

irem

ent

of f

resh

wat

er, c

ircu

lati

on s

yste

m h

as b

een

cons

ider

ed.

In

this

sys

tem

, the

ret

urn

wat

er f

rom

var

ious

uni

ts o

f pl

ant

will

be

reus

ed a

fter

ne

cess

ary

cool

ing/

trea

tmen

t.

Fres

h m

ake

up

wat

er

will

be

ad

ded

to

com

pens

ate

for

loss

es in

re-

circ

ulat

ion

syst

em.

Tota

l Wat

er R

equi

rem

ent

for

each

pha

se o

f 5L

TPA

will

be

~16

,40

0 m

3 /Day

,

c.P

ower

The

plan

t an

d eq

uipm

ent

of a

cop

per

plan

t ar

e re

quir

ed t

o ru

n ro

und

the

cloc

k an

d an

y un

-pla

nned

inte

rrup

tion

in t

he o

pera

tion

not

onl

y ha

mpe

rs t

he

prod

ucti

on b

ut c

ause

s da

mag

e to

equ

ipm

ent

also

.

Tota

l Pow

er R

equi

rem

ent

for

each

ph

ase

of 5

LTP

A w

ill b

e ~

150

MW

. Par

t of

th

e po

wer

~20

MW

will

be

gene

rate

d fr

om t

he v

ario

us W

aste

Hea

t R

ecov

ery

base

d po

wer

pla

nt a

nd r

est

will

be

sour

ced

from

AP

SE

Z th

roug

h M

undr

a U

tilit

y P

vt. L

imit

ed (

disc

om)/

Gri

d.

Raw

Mat

eria

l

In e

ach

phas

e, a

bout

25

LTP

A o

f ra

w m

ater

ial w

ill b

e re

quir

ed t

o pr

oduc

e of

5

LTP

A o

f C

oppe

r C

atho

de a

s fi

nish

ed p

rodu

ct a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d P

hosp

hori

c A

cid.

The

ann

ual

maj

or r

aw m

ater

ial

requ

ires

for

pro

duct

ion

of c

oppe

r ar

e gi

ven

belo

w:

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

127

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

Figu

re 6

4: A

nnua

l maj

or ra

w m

ater

ial r

equi

res f

or p

rodu

ctio

n of

cop

per

The

indi

cati

ve

sour

ces

have

be

en

take

n fo

r th

e pr

esen

t an

alys

is

for

com

pari

son

of v

ario

us

site

s.

d.R

oad

For

rece

ipt

of o

ther

raw

mat

eria

ls a

t pl

ant

site

and

dis

patc

hes

of v

ario

us

prod

ucts

and

byp

rodu

cts

from

sit

e, t

he r

egio

n sh

ould

be

wel

l co

nnec

ted

by

road

s.

e.P

ort

Sit

e sh

ould

be

w

ell

conn

ecte

d to

th

e w

est

port

fo

r re

ceip

t of

C

oppe

r C

once

ntra

te &

Roc

k P

hosp

hate

and

for

dis

patc

h of

fin

ishe

d pr

oduc

ts t

o ov

erse

as m

arke

t. T

his

will

ens

ure

low

er t

rans

port

atio

n co

sts.

6.3

.2.

CR

ITER

IA F

OR

SIT

E S

ELE

CTI

ON

Maj

or f

acto

rs,

cons

ider

ed i

n se

lect

ion

of s

ite

for

loca

ting

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y,

are

stat

ed b

elow

:

�A

way

fro

m e

nvir

onm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

are

as

�A

vaila

bilit

y of

ade

quat

e la

nd w

ith

favo

rabl

e te

rrai

n an

d so

il co

ndit

ion

Ava

ilabi

lity

of in

fras

truc

tura

l fac

iliti

es v

iz. p

ower

, wat

er, r

oad

and

port

fa

cilit

ies.

�P

roxi

mit

y to

the

por

t fo

r tr

ansp

orta

tion

of

copp

er c

once

ntra

te a

nd a

s w

ell a

s to

exp

ort

fini

shed

pro

duct

.

Sl.

No.

Des

crip

tion

UO

MP

hase

# 1

Pha

se #

2S

ourc

e

AR

aw M

ater

ial

1C

oppe

r C

once

ntra

teTP

A16

,00

,00

0

16

,00

,00

0

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

2Si

lica

TPA

1,6

0,0

00

1,

60

,00

0

Loca

l

3Li

me

Ston

eTP

A4

0,0

00

40

,00

0

Lo

cal

4Q

uart

zTP

A72

,00

0

72

,00

0

Lo

cal

5Q

uick

Lim

eTP

A30

,00

0

30

,00

0

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

6C

oppe

r Sc

rap

TPA

1,0

0,0

00

1,

00

,00

0

Loca

l & Im

port

7R

ock

Pho

spha

teTP

A8

,75,

00

0

8,7

5,0

00

Lo

cal &

Impo

rt

8A

lum

ina

Hyd

rate

TPA

18,7

50

18,7

50

Loca

l

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�S

ite

slop

e an

d dr

aina

ge p

atte

rn

Kee

ping

the

abo

ve f

acili

ties

in v

iew

, an

att

empt

is m

ade

to s

elec

t a

suit

able

si

te w

hich

mee

ts t

he a

bove

req

uire

men

ts a

nd a

lso

resu

lts

in o

ptim

izat

ion

of

not

only

the

init

ial i

nves

tmen

t co

st b

ut a

lso

the

oper

atin

g co

sts.

6.3

.3.

DES

CR

IPTI

ON

OF

ALL

TH

E C

ON

SID

ERED

SIT

ES

Sit

e –

I (In

Gun

dala

& M

okha

vill

ages

)

i.Lo

cati

on

The

prop

osed

sit

e is

loc

ated

at

a di

stan

ce o

f 24

Km

eas

t o

f M

undr

a P

ort

in

Talu

k M

undr

a. T

he s

ea is

at

a di

stan

ce o

f ap

prox

8.0

Km

fro

m s

ite.

ii.La

nd &

Ter

rain

A

ppro

x 8

00

acr

es o

f S

EZ

land

is

avai

labl

e fo

r th

e pr

opos

ed p

roje

ct.

In t

he

iden

tifi

ed l

ocat

ion

appr

ox.

20%

of

land

are

und

er p

roce

ss o

f ac

quis

itio

n re

st

land

is a

vaila

ble

wit

h A

PS

EZ

for

the

proj

ect

deve

lopm

ent.

The

ter

rain

is f

lat

and

av

erag

e el

evat

ion

of t

he s

ite

is 8

.5 m

as

com

pare

d to

hig

h ti

de le

vel o

f 6

.5 m

.

iii.

Roa

d E

xist

ing

Nat

iona

l H

ighw

ay n

o. 8

A e

xt.

pas

sing

nor

th o

f th

e id

enti

fied

sit

e co

nnec

ting

Mun

dra

/Man

dvi i

s ab

out

12 K

m f

rom

the

sit

e. S

tate

Hig

hway

no.

6

is r

unni

ng a

t so

uthe

rn s

ide

of t

he i

dent

ifie

d lo

cati

on w

hich

is

at a

ppro

x di

stan

ce o

f 4

km

fro

m t

he s

ite.

The

sit

e is

con

nect

ed t

hrou

gh e

xist

ing

NH

-8A

ex

t. a

t no

rth

.

iv.

Wat

er

The

Req

uire

men

t of

des

alin

ated

Wat

er f

or t

he p

lant

has

bee

n es

tim

ated

as

32,8

00

M3/

Day

. M/s

. AP

SE

ZL w

ill b

e su

pply

ing

the

tota

l wat

er r

equi

rem

ent

for

the

plan

t.

v.

Pow

er

The

requ

irem

ent

of

pow

er

will

be

ab

out

300

M

W.

To

mee

t th

e ab

ove

requ

irem

ent

the

pow

er

will

be

m

ade

avai

labl

e th

roug

h st

ate

govt

po

wer

di

stri

buti

on a

genc

y i.e

. fr

om P

GV

CL

from

exi

stin

g m

okha

sub

sta

tion

loc

ated

5.

0 k

m d

ista

nce

from

the

pro

pose

d si

te

vi.

Por

t A

PS

EZ

Mun

dra

port

fac

iliti

es a

re l

ocat

ed a

t ap

prox

. 25

km

dis

tanc

es a

nd

Rec

eipt

of

copp

er c

once

ntra

te w

ill b

e at

Mun

dra

Por

t (W

est

basi

n) a

nd t

rans

fer

thro

ugh

by r

oad

whi

ch is

app

rox.

40

km

.

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Sit

e –

II (E

ast

Side

of

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt)

i.Lo

cati

on

The

prop

osed

sit

e is

loc

ated

at

a di

stan

ce o

f 15

Km

fro

m M

undr

a To

wn

betw

een

villa

ge S

irac

ha a

nd N

avin

al.

The

sea

is a

t a

dist

ance

of

appr

ox 9

Km

fr

om s

ite.

ii.

Land

& T

erra

in

App

rox

634

acr

es o

f S

EZ

land

is a

vaila

ble

for

the

prop

osed

pro

ject

. The

ter

rain

is

fla

t an

d el

evat

ion

of t

he s

ite

vari

es f

rom

6.5

m t

o 11

m a

bove

MS

L. T

he s

ite

is

full

of b

ushe

s an

d ju

ngle

wit

h sm

all t

rees

. iii

.R

oad

Exi

stin

g N

atio

nal H

ighw

ay n

o. 8

A c

onne

ctin

g M

undr

a to

Man

dvi i

s ab

out

10 K

m

from

the

sit

e. S

tate

Hig

hway

no.

6 is

run

ning

clo

se t

o th

e si

te.

iv.

Wat

er

The

Req

uire

men

t of

des

alin

ated

Wat

er f

or t

he p

lant

has

bee

n es

tim

ated

as

32,8

00

M3/

Day

. M/s

. AP

SE

ZL w

ill b

e su

pply

ing

the

tota

l wat

er r

equi

rem

ent

for

the

plan

t.

v.P

ower

Th

e re

quir

emen

t of

po

wer

w

ill

be

abou

t 30

0

MW

. To

m

eet

the

abov

e re

quir

emen

t th

e po

wer

will

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

from

40

0 k

V s

wit

ch y

ard

of

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt. D

evel

opm

ent

of b

ay a

nd H

T lin

e of

abo

ut 0

.5 k

m f

rom

bay

to

sit

e w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

as in

fras

truc

ture

fac

iliti

es.

vi.

Por

t R

ecei

pt o

f co

pper

con

cent

rate

will

be

thro

ugh

pipe

con

veyo

r fr

om w

est

port

at

Mun

dra

whi

ch is

abo

ut 1

0.5

Km

fro

m S

ite.

Sit

e III

– (

Nea

r M

undr

a vi

llage

)

i.Lo

cati

on

The

prop

osed

sit

e is

loc

ated

at

a di

stan

ce o

f 7.

5 K

m f

rom

sou

th o

f M

undr

a To

wn

The

sea

is a

djoi

ning

the

pro

pose

d si

te v

ia c

reek

at

sout

h ea

st o

f th

e pr

opos

ed s

ite

ii.La

nd &

Ter

rain

Th

e to

tal

iden

tifi

ed l

and

is n

otif

ied

SE

Z la

nd a

nd a

vaila

ble

for

the

prop

osed

pr

ojec

t. T

he t

erra

in is

fla

t an

d av

erag

e el

evat

ion

of t

he s

ite

is +

7.5

mt

CD

. Due

to

clo

sene

ss o

f se

a m

ajor

ity

of a

rea

appr

ox. 6

5% o

f la

nd a

re f

all u

nder

CR

Z ar

ea.

iii

.R

oad

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The

prop

osed

sit

e ac

cess

ible

thr

ough

exi

stin

g S

tate

Hig

hway

at

wes

t, w

hich

fu

rthe

r co

nnec

ting

Mun

dra

is a

bout

7.5

Km

fro

m t

he s

ite.

iv

.W

ater

Th

e R

equi

rem

ent

of d

esal

inat

ed W

ater

for

the

pla

nt h

as b

een

esti

mat

ed a

s 32

,80

0 M

3/D

ay. M

/s. A

PS

EZL

will

be

supp

lyin

g th

e to

tal w

ater

req

uire

men

t fo

r th

e pl

ant.

v.P

ower

Th

e re

quir

emen

t of

po

wer

w

ill

be

abou

t 30

0

MW

. To

m

eet

the

abov

e re

quir

emen

t th

e po

wer

will

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

from

40

0 k

V s

wit

ch y

ard

of

Ada

ni P

ower

Pla

nt. D

evel

opm

ent

of b

ay a

nd H

T lin

e of

abo

ut 2

0

km f

rom

bay

to

sit

e w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

as in

fras

truc

ture

fac

iliti

es.

vi.

Por

t R

ecei

pt

of

copp

er

conc

entr

ate

will

be

th

roug

h pi

pe

conv

eyor

fr

om

wes

t po

rt/S

outh

por

t a

t M

undr

a w

hich

fur

ther

tra

nsfe

r by

roa

d is

abo

ut 3

0 K

m f

rom

S

ite.

6.4

.SI

TE A

NA

LYSI

S

6.4

.1.

SA

LIEN

T FE

ATU

RES

OF

SIT

ES S

ELEC

TED

FO

R D

ETA

ILED

AN

ALY

SIS

In o

rder

to

sele

ct t

he b

est

site

out

of

the

two

site

s co

nsi

dere

d fo

r fu

rthe

r an

alys

is, i

t is

nec

essa

ry t

o ca

rry

out

quan

tita

tive

/qua

litat

ive

com

pari

son

of a

ll th

e re

leva

nt f

acto

rs in

flue

ncin

g th

e se

lect

ion

of o

ne s

ite

over

oth

er. T

he s

alie

nt

feat

ures

of

two

site

s ar

e de

pict

ed b

elow

Tabl

e 29

: Site

Eva

luat

ion

for C

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r Ref

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y Pr

ojec

t

Sl.

Des

crip

tion

S

ite-

1 S

ite-

II S

ite-

III

1.

Loca

tion

24

km

s ea

st o

f M

undr

a, G

ujar

at

15 k

ms

wes

t of

M

undr

a, G

ujar

at

7.5

kms

sout

h o

f M

undr

a, G

ujar

at

2.

Lati

tude

Long

itud

e (A

vera

ge C

ente

r of

Plo

t)

22°5

4'5

3.6

3"N

6

9°4

7'4

6.8

1"E

22

°48

'55.

78"N

6

9°3

4'3

2.0

2"E

22

°46

'43.

82"

N

69

°42'

56.4

2"E

3.

Terr

ain

Flat

Fl

at a

nd s

lopi

ng

sout

h ea

st t

o no

rth

wes

t

Flat

4.

Ave

rage

el

evat

ion

from

M

SL

12- 1

5 m

abo

ve

MS

L 6

.5- 1

1 m

abo

ve

MS

L 7.

5-8

.5 m

abo

ve

MS

L

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Land

A

vaila

bilit

y 8

00

acr

es

634

acr

es

120

0 a

cres

6.

Land

de

velo

pmen

t re

quir

emen

t

Bus

hes/

jung

le

clea

ranc

e

Bus

hes/

jung

le

clea

ranc

e re

quir

ed

Flat

vac

ant

land

N

o la

nd

deve

lopm

ent

7.

Dis

tanc

e fr

om

near

est

Nat

iona

l H

ighw

ay n

o.

8A

adjo

inin

g at

no

rth

5 km

18

km

8.

Dis

tanc

e fr

om

near

est

Sta

te

Hig

hway

No.

6

/ ne

ares

t A

PS

EZ

road

8 k

m

Clo

se t

o si

te

Adj

oini

ng a

t w

est

9.

App

roac

h R

oad

requ

irem

ent

Wid

enin

g of

ex

isti

ng r

oad

Wid

enin

g of

ex

isti

ng r

oad

Nil

10.

Dis

tanc

e fr

om

Pow

er S

ourc

e

Mok

ha S

un

Sta

tion

abo

ut 5

km

AP

L S

wit

ch Y

ard

at a

bout

0.5

km

fr

om s

ite

AP

L S

wit

ch Y

ard

at

abou

t 20

km

fro

m

site

11.

Dis

tanc

e fr

om

Wat

er S

ourc

e

Wat

er w

ill b

e su

pplie

d by

M/s

. M

UP

L

Wat

er w

ill b

e su

pplie

d by

M/s

. M

UP

L

Wat

er w

ill b

e su

pplie

d by

M/s

. M

UP

L

12.

Dis

tanc

e fr

om

Wes

t P

ort

40

km

10

km

30

km

13.

Riv

er/

Str

eam

s/

Nal

lahs

Var

ious

Str

eam

s pa

ssin

g be

twee

n th

e si

te

Nat

ural

Ste

am

pass

ing

thro

ugh

the

site

N

il

14.

Man

grov

es

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

15.

Fish

Lan

ding

C

ente

rs

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

Not

App

licab

le

16.

Fore

st

Nil

Par

t of

land

ap

prox

. 253

acr

es

are

App

lied

fore

st

land

, pro

pose

d fo

r di

vers

ion

Nil

17.

Ero

sion

Pro

ne

NO

N

O

Yes

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6.4

.2.

MER

ITS

& D

EMER

ITS

Site

-I (L

ocat

ed in

Gun

dala

& M

okha

vill

age)

Site

is

clos

e to

exi

stin

g N

H-8

A e

xt a

nd S

H-6

is

clos

e to

sit

e. D

ista

nce

from

w

ater

and

pow

er s

ourc

e is

les

s co

mpa

red

to o

ther

ide

ntif

ied

site

. R

aw

mat

eria

l tra

nspo

rtat

ion

dist

ance

is m

ore

as c

ompa

red

to o

ther

iden

tifi

ed s

ite

La

nd i

s hi

gh a

nd t

erra

in i

s fl

at.

Bus

hes/

jung

le c

lear

ance

and

tre

e cu

ttin

g is

in

volv

ed f

or s

etti

ng u

p th

e pl

ant.

Site

-II (E

ast

of A

PL)

Site

is a

djac

ent

to e

xist

ing

AP

L an

d SH

-6 is

clo

se t

o si

te. D

ista

nce

of p

ower

an

d w

ater

sou

rces

is

less

as

com

pare

d to

Sit

e -II

I an

d IV

. R

aw m

ater

ial

tran

spor

tati

on

dist

ance

is

m

ore

as

com

pare

d to

Si

te-II

I. B

ushe

s/ju

ngle

cl

eara

nce

and

tree

cut

ting

is

invo

lved

for

set

ting

up

the

plan

t. L

and

is h

igh

and

terr

ain

is f

lat.

Sit

e ha

s w

eigh

tage

in r

espe

ct o

f w

ater

, pow

er s

ourc

e an

d ap

proa

ch r

oad

but

disa

dvan

tage

in r

aw m

ater

ial t

rans

port

atio

n fr

om p

ort.

Site

-III (

Nea

r M

undr

a V

illag

e )

Site

is a

ppro

x. 3

0 k

m d

ista

nce

from

the

wes

t po

rt a

nd la

nd is

fla

t. D

ista

nce

of

wat

er a

nd p

ower

sou

rces

are

mor

e as

com

pare

d to

oth

er id

enti

fied

sit

e .

6.4

.3.

SIT

E R

AN

KIN

G

The

rank

ing

wor

ked

out

for

feat

ures

for

the

pro

pose

d si

tes

have

bee

n gi

ven

in

the

Tabl

e be

low

Tabl

e 30

: Cop

per R

efin

ery

Site

Ran

king

Item

Ran

king

Sit

e-I

Sit

e-II

Sit

e-III

Roa

d A

ppro

ach

3 2

1

Land

ter

rain

2

1 3

area

s

18.

Soc

ial a

nd

R&

R Is

sues

N

ot A

pplic

able

N

ot A

pplic

able

N

ot A

pplic

able

19.

Rec

omm

enda

tio

ns

Not

Sui

tabl

e M

ost

Suit

able

N

ot S

uita

ble

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Ran

king

Sit

e-I

Sit

e-II

Sit

e-III

Land

dev

elop

men

t 3

2 1

Wat

er S

ourc

e 2

1 3

Pow

er S

ourc

e 2

1 3

Raw

mat

eria

l tra

nspo

rtat

ion

2 1

3

Ran

k 2

1 3

6.5

.C

ON

CLU

SIO

N/R

ECO

MM

END

ATI

ON

The

fact

s pr

esen

ted

in p

rece

ding

par

agra

phs

man

date

tha

t Si

te-II

in S

irac

ha &

N

avin

al V

illag

e ad

jace

nt t

o ex

isti

ng A

PL

emer

ges

as t

echn

ical

ly s

uper

ior

site

su

ch a

s av

aila

bilit

y &

clo

sene

ss o

f w

ater

and

pow

er s

ourc

e, la

nd d

evel

opm

ent,

cl

osen

ess

to R

oad

and

Rai

l, et

c. I

t is

sub

stan

tial

ly a

dvan

tage

ous

in t

erm

s of

en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd t

echn

ical

cri

teri

a.

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ty R

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iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

-7: P

LAN

NIN

G B

RIE

F

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

135

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

– 7

Pla

nnin

g B

rief

7.1.

PLA

NN

ING

CO

NC

EPT

The

prop

osed

Cop

per

Pla

nt C

ompl

ex o

f A

dani

Ent

erpr

ises

Lim

ited

(A

EL)

wou

ld

requ

ire

a to

tal l

and

area

of

634

Acr

es (

~ 2

56H

ecta

res)

. The

det

ail B

reak

-up

of

land

req

uire

d fo

r va

riou

s fa

cilit

ies

of C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

is

encl

osed

as

Ann

exur

e - V

III.

The

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex w

ill r

equi

re a

bove

are

a fo

r C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

plan

t &

re

late

d fa

cilit

ies,

G

reen

B

elt

Are

a as

w

ell

as

com

mon

in

fras

truc

ture

re

quir

emen

t to

sup

port

the

Wor

ld C

lass

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex.

Land

req

uire

d fo

r co

rrid

ors

for

Pow

er/R

oad/

Raw

Mat

eria

l C

onve

yor

from

por

t is

not

incl

uded

in t

he a

bove

are

a.

Ann

exur

e –

VII,

sho

ws

Plo

t P

lan

of t

he t

ypic

al C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Com

plex

and

as

soci

ated

fac

iliti

es.

This

Are

a is

bas

ed o

n a

prel

imin

ary

plot

pla

n w

hich

has

be

en d

evel

oped

tak

ing

into

acc

ount

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y fa

cilit

y pr

oces

s, t

he

site

inf

rast

ruct

ure

requ

irem

ents

and

ext

erna

l in

terf

aces

. Th

e un

it b

lock

siz

es

and

spac

ing

on

this

P

lot

Pla

n ar

e ba

sed

on

prev

ious

ly

deve

lope

d an

d en

gine

ered

pla

nt la

yout

s.

7.2.

LAN

D J

UST

IFIC

ATI

ON

OF

CO

PP

ER R

EFIN

ERY

PLA

NT

CO

MP

LEX

:

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

lant

Com

plex

:

�C

oppe

r P

lant

Com

plex

wou

ld c

ompr

ise

of L

and

for

follo

win

g U

nits

:-

�R

aw M

ater

ial S

tora

ge a

nd B

lend

ing

Sys

tem

Mai

n S

mel

ting

Pla

nt

�O

xyge

n (I

ndus

tria

l) P

lant

Pol

luti

on C

ontr

ol E

quip

men

t &

Sys

tem

s �

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt

�E

fflu

ent

Trea

tmen

t P

lant

Rev

erse

Osm

osis

pla

nt &

Mul

ti E

ffec

t E

vapo

rato

r �

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Ta

nk

Hou

se

�M

inor

Met

al R

ecov

ery

Pla

nt

�P

reci

ous

Met

al R

ecov

ery

Pla

nt

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

136

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

�C

onti

nuou

s C

ast

Cop

per

Rod

Pla

nt

�P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

Pla

nt

�A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e P

lant

The

abov

e fa

cilit

ies

wou

ld r

equi

re la

nd

arou

nd 1

67

Acr

es.

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y In

fras

truc

ture

:-

Bas

ed o

n pr

elim

inar

y es

tim

ates

, the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y In

fras

truc

ture

wou

ld r

equi

re

an a

ddit

ion

al ~

14

6 A

cres

of

land

whi

ch in

clud

es f

acili

ties

like

�Fu

el O

il an

d LP

G S

tora

ge

�P

ipel

ines

/ P

ipe

Rac

ks/

Tren

ches

, Cab

le T

rays

Roa

d/D

rain

age

�Lo

gist

ical

ar

ea

requ

irem

ents

, e.

g.

Truc

k lo

adin

g an

d un

load

ing

area

, D

ispa

tch

Sec

tion

and

cor

rido

rs f

or c

oal a

nd

prod

uct

tran

spor

tati

on.

�N

on-P

lant

B

uild

ing

(Wor

ksho

p,

Labo

rato

ries

, A

dmin

B

uild

ings

, Tr

aini

ng

Blo

ck, S

ecur

ity

Roo

m, S

ite

Off

ices

, Can

teen

s O

HC

etc

.)

�G

ener

al S

tore

s/W

areh

ouse

s �

Wei

gh B

ridg

es

�C

onst

ruct

ion

lay

dow

n A

rea

Buf

fer

Zone

Fabr

icat

ion

Yar

ds

�G

ate

Hou

se/

Tim

e O

ffic

e �

Fire

& S

afet

y D

epar

tmen

t et

c.

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y To

wns

hip:

-

�N

o se

para

te T

owns

hip

has

been

pla

nned

for

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex. T

he

hous

e fo

r O

&M

per

sonn

el w

ould

be

prov

ided

at

Ada

ni’s

exi

stin

g to

wns

hip

by

augm

enti

ng

the

tow

nshi

p,

wh

ich

is

arou

nd

30

km

away

fr

om

the

prop

osed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex.

GR

EEN

BEL

T:-

Out

of

the

enti

re a

rea

of p

ropo

sed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex, 3

3% o

f to

tal

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex

area

w

hic

h is

ar

ound

20

9

Acr

es

of

land

is

re

serv

ed f

or G

reen

Bel

t de

velo

pmen

t as

per

pre

vaili

ng g

uide

lines

fro

m

GS

PC

B/C

PC

B/M

OE

& F

.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

137

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

7.3.

LAN

D U

SE P

LAN

:

The

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex w

ill r

equi

re p

lot

area

s fo

r th

e C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

and

rela

ted

com

mon

fac

iliti

es.

The

prop

osed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex o

f A

dani

Ent

erpr

ises

Ltd

. w

ould

req

uire

a t

otal

lan

d ar

ea o

f 6

34A

cres

( ~

256

H

ecta

res)

. A

lso,

th

e de

taile

d La

nd

Bre

ak-u

p of

en

tire

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

Pha

se-I

and

Pha

se-I

I is

atta

ched

as

Ann

exur

e - V

III.

7.4

.C

OP

PER

REF

INER

Y IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

:

The

anal

ysis

of

infr

astr

uctu

re n

eeds

is a

n im

port

ant

step

in a

ny p

roje

ct. T

he

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y ve

ntur

e op

erat

es i

n a

com

plex

env

iron

men

t an

d ne

eds

relia

ble

acce

ss t

o cr

itic

al in

fras

truc

ture

res

ourc

es li

ke P

ow

er, W

ater

as

wel

l as

inf

rast

ruct

ure

linka

ges

like

Roa

d, R

ail,

Por

t an

d A

ir c

onne

ctiv

ity.

The

se

key

infr

astr

uctu

re r

equi

rem

ents

are

ela

bora

ted

belo

w b

ased

on

vari

ous

stud

ies

done

by

vent

ure

so f

ar.

7.4

.1.

PH

YS

ICA

L IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E N

EED

S:

7.4

.1.1

. Wat

er:

The

Req

uire

men

t W

ater

fo

r th

e pl

ant

has

been

es

tim

ated

as

32

,80

0

M3/

Day

for

Pha

se-I

of

500

KTP

A C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

and

Ph

ase-

II of

50

0 K

TPA

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

in t

otal

. M

/s.

Ada

ni P

orts

& S

peci

al E

cono

mic

Zon

e Lt

d

(AP

SE

ZL)

will

be

supp

lyin

g th

e to

tal w

ater

req

uire

men

t fo

r th

e pl

ant.

An

inte

grat

ed w

ater

sys

tem

is

prop

osed

whe

re e

fflu

ent

from

the

pro

cess

un

its

is t

reat

ed a

nd r

euse

d to

red

uce

wat

er d

eman

d. I

t is

als

o pr

opos

ed t

o in

stal

l a s

econ

dary

RO

Pla

nt t

o fu

rthe

r tr

eat

wat

er f

rom

the

Eff

luen

t P

lant

Fa

cilit

y fo

r ef

fect

ive

use

and

wat

er b

alan

ce w

ith

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex.

Wat

er d

eman

d is

mad

e up

of

the

follo

win

g:

�W

ater

for

Pro

duct

pur

pose

like

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

and

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d

�M

ake-

up lo

sses

for

Cop

per

Sla

g G

ranu

lati

on p

repa

rati

on

�M

ake

up L

osse

s in

The

Coo

ling

Tow

ers

and

Hea

t E

xcha

nger

s/

Cir

cuit

s �

Ste

am lo

sses

fro

m t

he

stea

m a

nd p

ower

sys

tem

s �

Ste

am c

onsu

med

dir

ectl

y in

the

pro

cess

, et

c

7.4

.1.2

. Pow

er

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

138

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

Pow

er r

equi

rem

ent

@30

0 M

W f

or P

hase

-I o

f 50

0 K

TPA

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y an

d P

hase

-II

of 5

00

KTP

A C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

in t

otal

and

wou

ld b

e so

urce

d fr

om M

/s. A

dani

Por

ts &

Spe

cial

Eco

nom

ic Z

one

Ltd

(A

PS

EZL

) th

roug

h M

/s.

MU

PL.

Pow

er is

dis

trib

uted

wit

hin

the

plan

t at

3 p

hase

, 11

kV a

nd 5

0 H

z vi

a a

num

ber

of u

nit

subs

tati

ons.

The

AP

L’s

pow

er p

lant

is a

roun

d 1

kms

away

fr

om t

he p

ropo

sed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y si

te. S

team

Tur

bine

of

capa

city

50

MW

is

en

visa

ged

wh

ich

will

pa

rtia

lly

mee

t po

wer

re

quir

emen

ts

of

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y fa

cilit

y.

The

cons

truc

tion

pow

er n

eed

of a

roun

d 10

~12

MW

wou

ld b

e so

urce

d fr

om

the

Gri

d/ M

/s. A

dani

Por

ts &

Spe

cial

Eco

nom

ic Z

one

Ltd

(A

PS

EZL

).

7.4

.1.3

. Roa

d Li

nkag

e

The

proj

ect

site

is lo

cate

d ab

out

12 k

m f

rom

Nat

iona

l Hig

hway

– 8

A a

nd 4

km

fro

m S

tate

Hig

hw

ay S

H-6

and

63

km f

rom

the

Adi

pur

/ G

andh

idha

m

railw

ay s

tati

on.

Hen

ce,

tran

spor

tati

on o

f m

ater

ials

to

the

proj

ect

site

will

no

t be

a m

ajor

con

stra

int.

Furt

her

stud

ies

are

plan

ned

on t

hese

spe

cifi

c co

nnec

tion

s an

d ac

cess

ro

utes

to

dete

rmin

e th

e im

pact

of

incr

ease

d tr

affi

c vo

lum

es.

7.4

.1.4

. Rai

l Lin

kage

The

near

est

railw

ay s

tati

ons

to t

he p

ropo

sed

site

are

Adi

pur/

Gan

dhid

ham

w

hich

is 6

3 K

M a

way

fro

m t

he C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

.

The

dist

ance

fro

m e

xist

ing

railw

ay l

ine

of A

PL’

s G

ate

NO

-4 t

o pr

opos

ed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex is

aro

und

1 km

.

7.4

.1.5

. Por

t C

onne

ctiv

ity

The

Por

t of

Mun

dra

is I

ndia

’s b

igge

st p

riva

te p

ort.

Loc

ated

in

the

Kut

ch

dist

rict

of

the

stat

e of

Guj

arat

, Mun

dra

lies

on t

he n

orth

sho

res

of t

he G

ulf

of K

utch

abo

ut 5

0 k

ilom

eter

s so

uth

of A

njar

and

44

kilo

met

ers

east

the

P

ort

of M

andv

i.

The

Por

t of

Mun

dra

is n

ot o

nly

a pr

ivat

e po

rt,

but

it i

s al

so a

spe

cial

ec

onom

ic z

one.

Inco

rpor

ated

in 1

99

8 a

s G

ujar

at A

dani

Por

t Li

mit

ed (

GA

PL)

, th

e co

mpa

ny b

egan

ope

rati

ng in

20

01.

The

Mun

dra

Spe

cial

Eco

nom

ic Z

one

was

in

corp

orat

ed

in

200

3 an

d w

as

mer

ged

wit

h G

AP

L in

20

06

. Th

e co

mbi

ned

com

pany

was

ren

amed

“M

undr

a P

ort

and

Spe

cial

Eco

nom

ic Z

one

Lim

ited

” an

d no

w

is

Ada

ni

Por

ts

&

Spe

cial

E

cono

mic

Zo

ne

Lim

ited

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

139

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

(AP

SE

ZL).

It is

Ind

ia’s

fir

st m

ulti

-pro

duct

por

t-ba

sed

spec

ial e

cono

mic

zon

e (S

EZ)

.

The

Por

t of

Mun

dra

and

SE

Z ho

pes

to b

e a

glob

al p

laye

r an

d pr

efer

red

part

ner

that

pur

sues

inno

vati

on in

bus

ines

s, t

echn

olog

ical

, and

com

mer

cial

ar

eas.

It

stri

ves

to a

dd v

alue

to

part

ners

’ ac

tivi

ties

and

eff

orts

whi

le a

lso

redu

cing

its

im

pact

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.

The

Por

t of

Mun

dra

and

SE

Z is

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ac

quir

ing,

dev

elop

ing,

and

man

agin

g kn

owle

dge

to b

ecom

e ex

pert

s in

the

fie

ld a

nd t

o ap

ply

that

kno

wle

dge

acro

ss t

heir

ran

ge o

f bu

sine

ss i

nter

ests

. A

s a

priv

ate

port

, th

e P

ort

of M

undr

a al

so s

eeks

to

ensu

re t

angi

ble

and

inta

ngib

le p

rofi

ts.

The

Por

t of

Mun

dra

offe

rs 2

1 cl

osed

doc

ksid

e w

areh

ouse

s (g

o-do

wns

) w

ith

capa

city

fo

r 13

7 th

ousa

nd

squa

re

met

ers

to

stor

e w

heat

, su

gar,

rice

, fe

rtili

zer

and

fert

ilize

r ra

w m

ater

ials

, an

d de

oile

d ca

kes.

The

por

t of

fers

8

80

tho

usan

d sq

uare

met

ers

of o

pen

stor

age

for

stee

l sh

eets

, coi

ls, p

late

, cl

inke

r, sc

rap,

sal

t, c

oke,

ben

toni

te,

and

coal

. A

n ad

diti

onal

26

tho

usan

d sq

uare

met

ers

of o

pen

stor

age

is a

vaila

ble

alon

gsid

e th

e ra

ilway

. Th

e po

rt

also

off

ers

a w

heat

-cle

anin

g fa

cilit

y w

ith

capa

city

to

hand

le 1

200

met

ric

tons

per

day

and

a r

ice-

sort

ing

and

–gra

ding

fac

ility

tha

t ca

n h

andl

e 50

0

met

ric

tons

per

day

.

The

Por

t of

Mun

dra

is p

lann

ing

seve

ral a

ddit

ions

and

impr

ovem

ents

. A n

ew

term

inal

sit

e is

pro

pose

d to

be

loca

ted

abou

t te

n na

utic

al m

iles

wes

t of

the

cu

rren

t te

rmin

als

at

the

Por

t of

M

undr

a.

The

term

inal

w

ill

even

tual

ly

cont

ain

thre

e de

ep-w

ater

off

shor

e be

rth

s an

d tw

o se

ts o

f st

acky

ards

for

co

al, i

ron

ore,

and

oth

er d

ry b

ulk

carg

o.

The

tow

n’s

show

piec

e is

the

Por

t of

Mun

dra,

whi

ch h

as t

rans

form

ed t

he

loca

l ec

onom

y an

d at

mos

pher

e. T

he P

ort

of M

undr

a w

as t

he p

lace

in

addi

tion

to

Aba

dasa

and

Lak

hpat

tal

ukas

in K

utch

whi

ch w

ere

not

seri

ousl

y da

mag

ed i

n th

e 20

01

Guj

arat

ear

thqu

ake

that

dev

asta

ted

rest

of

the

dist

rict

.

The

curr

ent

capa

city

of

port

to

hand

le 2

.5 m

TE

U's

is t

o be

exp

ande

d to

5 m

TE

U b

y 20

15, m

akin

g it

Indi

a’s

seco

nd la

rges

t co

ntai

ner

port

.

The

Cop

per

Con

cent

rate

and

Roc

k P

hosp

hate

wou

ld b

e im

port

ed t

hrou

gh

Wes

t P

ort

whi

ch is

aro

und

10 k

m a

way

fro

m t

he p

ropo

sed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y si

te.

7.4

.1.6

. Air

Con

nect

ivit

y

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

140

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

The

prop

osed

Mun

dra

site

is

60

km

aw

ay f

rom

Bhu

j A

irpo

rt, 6

5 K

M a

way

fr

om K

andl

a A

irpo

rt a

nd 4

60

km

aw

ay f

rom

th

e ne

ares

t co

mm

erci

al a

irpo

rt,

Ahm

edab

ad.

Ada

ni G

roup

s ow

n A

irst

rip

is a

roun

d 25

km

aw

ay f

rom

the

pr

opos

ed s

ite.

7.4

.2.

SO

CIA

L IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E N

EED

S:

Dev

elop

men

t of

ph

ysic

al

infr

astr

uctu

re

cann

ot

ushe

r in

ov

eral

l de

velo

pmen

t at

th

e de

sire

d le

vel

if

the

soci

al

infr

astr

uctu

re

is

not

sim

ulta

neou

sly

deve

lope

d.

Edu

cati

on,

Hea

lth,

S

ocia

l se

curi

ty,

publ

ic

ente

rtai

nmen

t et

c.

has

to

be

deve

lope

d to

en

sure

pr

oper

so

cial

in

fras

truc

ture

.

7.4

.2.1

. Edu

cati

onal

Init

iati

ves:

�In

fras

truc

tura

l Dev

elop

men

t in

the

for

m o

f sc

hool

bui

ldin

g,

teac

hing

& le

arni

ng e

quip

men

t an

d fu

rnit

ure

& F

ixtu

res

etc.

Qua

lity

Teac

her

supp

ort

Sch

olar

ship

for

Edu

cati

on E

xcel

lenc

e �

Pro

mot

ion

of

Gir

l Chi

ld E

duca

tion

Inco

rpor

atio

n of

Ext

ra C

urri

cula

r ac

tivi

ties

7.4

.2.2

. Hea

lth:

AE

L w

ould

tak

e ca

re o

f al

l the

med

ical

req

uire

men

ts o

f th

e C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

by

es

tabl

ishi

ng

a ho

spit

al

wit

h qu

alit

y do

ctor

s.

In

addi

tion

di

ffer

ent

awar

enes

s pr

ogra

ms

wou

ld b

e co

nduc

ted

as f

urni

shed

bel

ow.

�A

ddre

ssin

g th

e M

othe

r &

Chi

ld H

ealt

h

�S

uppo

rt t

o th

e N

utri

tion

al P

rogr

am o

f M

othe

r, C

hild

& S

choo

l go

ers.

Sup

port

the

Dis

tric

t H

ealt

h ad

min

istr

atio

n in

the

com

mun

ity

he

alth

act

ivit

ies

Impr

ovem

ent

of t

own

San

itat

ion

thro

ugh

Sol

id- L

iqui

d W

aste

M

anag

emen

t.

�K

now

ledg

e E

nhan

cem

ent

on P

reve

ntiv

e H

ealt

h C

are.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

141

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

-8: P

RO

PO

SED

INFR

AST

RU

CTU

RE

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

142

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

– 8

Pro

pose

d In

fras

truc

ture

8.1

.IN

DU

STR

IAL

AR

EA (

PR

OC

ESSI

NG

AR

EA):

The

prop

osed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex o

f A

dani

Ent

erpr

ises

Lim

ited

wou

ld

requ

ire

a to

tal

land

are

a of

634

Acr

es (

~25

6 H

ecta

res)

. Th

is a

rea

is b

ased

on

a p

lot

plan

of

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex a

s A

nnex

ure

- VII

whi

ch h

as b

een

de

velo

ped

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt t

he C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

faci

lity

proc

ess,

the

sit

e in

fras

truc

ture

req

uire

men

t an

d ex

tern

al i

nter

face

s. T

hese

are

as w

ill b

e fi

rmed

up

wit

h on

goin

g en

gine

erin

g st

udie

s to

sui

t th

e fa

cilit

y’s

oper

atin

g co

ndit

ions

, co

nstr

ucti

on

and

mai

nten

ance

ph

iloso

phie

s an

d st

orag

e re

quir

emen

ts.

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

lan

t ar

ea o

f ar

ound

14

6 A

cres

(~

73 a

cres

for

eac

h ph

ase)

of

land

wou

ld c

ompr

ise

of f

acili

ties

for

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r P

lant

, Oxy

gen

Pla

nt,

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt,

Scr

ubbe

r U

nits

, C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

tank

hou

se,

CC

R

Pla

nt.

Pre

ciou

s M

etal

rec

over

y P

lant

, P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

Pla

nt,

Alu

min

um

Fluo

ride

pla

nt, E

fflu

ent

trea

tmen

t P

lant

, Uti

litie

s st

orag

e of

Wat

er a

nd F

uel,

etc.

Th

e C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt I

nfra

stru

ctur

e w

ould

req

uire

aro

und

146

Acr

es

(~6

7 ac

res

for

phas

e-1

& ~

79 a

cres

for

pha

se-I

I) o

f la

nd w

hich

inc

lude

s fa

cilit

ies

like

Pip

elin

es,

Load

ing/

Unl

oadi

ng,

Roa

d/D

rain

age,

P

ipe

Rac

ks/T

renc

hes

&

Cab

le

Tray

s,

Non

P

lant

B

uild

ings

, La

bora

tori

es,

Fabr

icat

ion

Yar

d,

Dis

patc

h S

ecti

on,

Gen

eral

st

ores

/ W

areh

ouse

, Fi

re

&

Saf

ety

Dep

artm

ent,

Mai

nten

ance

Wor

ksho

p, O

ccup

atio

nal

Hea

lth

Cen

ter

etc.

Th

eref

ore,

the

lan

d co

nsid

ered

for

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

roje

ct I

ndus

tria

l A

rea

(Pro

cess

ing

Uni

ts)

is a

roun

d 29

2 A

cres

(~

140

acr

es f

or p

hase

-1 &

~15

2 ac

res

for

phas

e-II)

.

8.2

.IN

DU

STR

IAL

AR

EA (

NO

N-P

RO

CES

SIN

G A

REA

):

Out

of

the

enti

re a

rea

of p

ropo

sed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex, 3

3% o

f to

tal

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex a

rea

wh

ich

is a

roun

d 21

2 A

cres

of

land

is r

eser

ved

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

143

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

for

Gre

en B

elt

deve

lopm

ent

as p

er p

reva

iling

sta

tuto

ry g

uide

lines

fro

m

GS

PC

B/C

PC

B/M

OE

& F

. Th

e La

nd B

reak

-up

for

Non

Pro

cess

ing

Are

a is

tab

ulat

ed in

Bel

ow T

able

:

Land

Bre

ak u

p of

Non

Pro

cess

ing

Uni

ts:

N

on P

roce

ssin

g A

rea

Are

a P

h-I

Are

a P

h-II

AA

G

reen

Bel

t (3

3% o

f to

tal L

and)

12

0

92

AB

S

olid

Was

te S

tora

ge A

rea

83

47

8.3

.SO

CIA

L IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E:

AE

L be

lieve

s th

at a

n ef

fect

ive

grow

th p

olic

y m

ust

also

tak

e in

to a

ccou

nt

the

fulf

illm

ent

of b

asic

nee

ds o

f th

e m

asse

s, e

spec

ially

of

thos

e liv

ing

in

rura

l are

as.

AE

L ha

s on

e of

the

bes

t so

cial

infr

astr

uctu

re p

ropo

sals

whi

ch a

re b

ased

on

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

alr

eady

don

e by

AP

SE

Z an

d A

PL

at M

undr

a, in

the

cor

e ar

ea

of

Hea

lth,

E

duca

tion

, S

usta

inab

le

livel

ihoo

d op

tion

s &

w

omen

em

pow

erm

ent,

Com

mun

ity

infr

astr

uctu

re, Y

outh

spo

rt &

cul

tura

l act

ivit

ies,

C

alam

ity

man

agem

ent.

AE

L is

str

ictl

y co

mm

itte

d an

d is

goi

ng t

o im

plem

ent

the

prop

osal

to

uplif

t th

e so

cial

infr

astr

uctu

re s

urro

undi

ngs

the

CTP

are

a.

The

ke

y hi

ghlig

hts

of

som

e in

itia

tive

s &

ac

tivi

ties

to

im

prov

e so

cial

in

fras

truc

ture

tha

t A

EL

is g

oing

to

unde

rtak

e at

Mun

dra

are:

8.3

.1.

SUST

AIN

AB

LE L

IVEL

IHO

OD

OP

TIO

NS

& W

OM

EN

EM

PO

WER

MEN

T:

�S

tren

gthe

ning

th

e C

omm

unit

y B

ased

O

rgan

izat

ions

lik

e S

elf-

Hel

p G

roup

s, F

arm

er F

eder

atio

n et

c.

� C

apac

ity

Bui

ldin

g of

th

e un

derp

rivi

lege

d co

mm

unit

ies

on

vari

ous

mar

ket

driv

en s

kills

Est

ablis

hmen

t of

Forw

ard

&

Bac

kwar

d M

arke

t Li

nkag

es

thro

ugh

ne

twor

king

Fac

ilita

ting

the

eas

y re

ach

to t

he t

echn

ical

ins

titu

tion

s fo

r kn

owle

dge

up g

rada

tion

. �

Pro

mot

ion

of

lives

tock

hea

lth

man

agem

ent

8

.3.2

.ED

UC

ATI

ON

INIT

IATI

VE

S:

�S

kill

up

grad

atio

n th

roug

h

esta

blis

hmen

t of

Te

chni

cal

Trai

ning

In

stit

utio

n

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

144

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

�In

fras

truc

tura

l D

evel

opm

ent

in t

he f

orm

of

scho

ol b

uild

ing,

tea

chin

g &

le

arni

ng e

quip

men

t an

d fu

rnit

ure

& F

ixtu

res

etc.

Qua

lity

Teac

her

supp

ort

Sch

olar

ship

for

Edu

cati

on E

xcel

lenc

e �

Pro

mot

ion

of

Gir

l Chi

ld E

duca

tion

Inco

rpor

atio

n of

Ext

ra C

urri

cula

r ac

tivi

ties

Hol

isti

c ap

proa

ch t

o th

e ed

ucat

ion

thro

ugh

“Yog

a &

Art

Of

Livi

ng”

Pro

mot

ion

of

Func

tion

al L

iter

acy

8.3

.3.

HEA

LTH

INIT

IATI

VES

:

�A

ddre

ssin

g th

e M

othe

r &

Chi

ld H

ealt

h

�S

uppo

rt t

o th

e N

utri

tion

al P

rogr

am o

f M

othe

r, C

hild

& S

choo

l goe

rs.

�C

ontr

ol o

n B

lindn

ess,

Mal

aria

, T.B

., H

IV &

AID

S, D

iarr

hea

etc.

Sup

port

the

Dis

tric

t H

ealt

h ad

min

istr

atio

n i

n th

e co

mm

unit

y

heal

th

acti

viti

es

Impr

ovem

ent

of

Vill

age

San

itat

ion

thro

ugh

Sol

id-

Liqu

id

Was

te

Man

agem

ent.

Kno

wle

dge

Enh

ance

men

t on

Pre

vent

ive

Hea

lth

Car

e 8

.3.4

.C

OM

MU

NIT

Y IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E &

FA

CIL

ITIE

S:

�E

nhan

cem

ent

of G

reen

Cov

erag

e �

Pro

tect

ion

of W

ildlif

e th

roug

h aw

aren

ess

gene

rati

on

�P

rom

otio

n o

f R

enew

al E

nerg

y �

Was

te M

anag

emen

t th

roug

h in

stal

lati

on o

f re

cycl

ing

mea

sure

s 8

.3.5

.N

ATU

RA

L R

ESO

UR

CE

MA

NA

GEM

ENT:

�E

nhan

cem

ent

of G

reen

Cov

erag

e �

Gro

und

Wat

er R

echa

rge

thro

ugh

Wat

er H

arve

stin

g �

Pro

tect

ion

of W

ildlif

e �

Sol

id &

liqu

id W

aste

Man

agem

ent

� P

rom

otio

n of

use

of

Ren

ewal

Sou

rces

of

Ene

rgy

8.3

.6.

YO

UTH

, SP

OR

TS &

CU

LTU

RE:

�P

rom

otio

n o

f br

othe

rhoo

d &

fra

tern

ity

wit

hin

the

villa

ge y

outh

s �

Dev

elop

men

t of

Spo

rts

Act

ivit

ies

Nur

turi

ng t

he y

outh

for

par

tici

pati

on a

t D

istr

ict,

sta

te a

nd N

atio

nal l

evel

ev

ents

.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

145

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

8.4

.C

ON

NEC

TIV

ITY

:

Bri

ef P

rofi

le o

f K

utch

Dis

tric

t:

Kut

ch d

istr

ict

(als

o sp

elle

d as

Kac

hchh

) is

a D

istr

ict

of G

ujar

at s

tate

in

wes

tern

Ind

ia.

Cov

erin

g an

are

a of

45,

652

km

, it

is

the

larg

est

dist

rict

of

Indi

a.

The

adm

inis

trat

ive

hea

dqua

rter

s is

in

Bh

uj w

hich

is

geog

raph

ical

ly i

n th

e ce

nter

of

dist

rict

. O

ther

mai

n to

wns

are

Gan

dhid

ham

, R

apar

, N

akha

tran

a,

Anj

ar,

Man

dvi,

Mad

hapa

r, M

undr

a an

d bh

acha

u. K

utch

has

96

9 v

illag

es.

Kal

a D

unga

r (B

lack

Hill

) is

the

hig

hest

poi

nt in

Kut

ch a

t 4

58 m

eter

s (1

,50

3 ft

).

Kut

ch i

s vi

rtua

lly a

n is

land

, as

it

is s

urro

unde

d by

the

Ara

bian

Sea

in

the

W

est;

the

Gul

f of

Kut

ch i

n S

outh

and

Sou

th-E

ast

and

Ran

n of

Kut

ch i

n N

orth

and

Nor

th-E

ast.

The

bor

der

wit

h P

akis

tan

lies

alon

g th

e N

orth

ern

edge

of

the

Ran

n o

f K

utch

, of

the

disp

uted

Kor

i Cre

ek. T

he K

utch

pen

insu

la

is a

n ex

ampl

e of

act

ive

fold

and

thr

ust

tect

onis

m.

In C

entr

al K

utch

the

re

are

four

maj

or e

ast-

wes

t hi

ll ra

nges

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y fa

ult

prop

agat

ion

fo

lds

wit

h st

eepl

y di

ppin

g no

rthe

rn l

imbs

and

gen

tly

dipp

ing

sout

hern

lim

bs.

Figu

re 6

5: B

rief P

rofil

e of

Kut

ch D

istric

t

Acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e 20

11 c

ensu

s K

utch

Dis

tric

t ha

s a

popu

lati

on o

f 2,

09

0,3

13,

roug

hly

equa

l to

the

nat

ion

of M

aced

onia

or

the

US

sta

te o

f N

ew M

exic

o.

This

giv

es i

t a

rank

ing

of 2

17th

in

Indi

a (o

ut o

f a

tota

l of

64

0).

The

dis

tric

t ha

s a

popu

lati

on d

ensi

ty o

f 4

6 i

nhab

itan

ts p

er s

quar

e ki

lom

eter

(12

0 /

sq.

mi)

. It

s po

pula

tion

gro

wth

rat

e ov

er t

he

deca

de 2

00

1-20

11 w

as 3

2.0

3%.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

146

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per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

Kut

ch h

as a

sex

rat

io o

f 9

07

fem

ales

for

eve

ry 1

00

0 m

ales

, and

a l

iter

acy

rate

of

71.5

8%

.

The

site

is

wel

l co

nnec

ted

by t

he N

atio

nal

/ S

tate

Hig

hway

s, b

road

gau

ge

rail

link

and

is 5

.5 k

m a

way

fro

m t

he M

undr

a W

est

Por

t. T

he n

eare

st a

irpo

rt

is B

huj

Air

port

loc

ated

at

a di

stan

ce o

f 6

0 k

ms

from

the

pro

ject

sit

e. T

he

near

est

railw

ay s

tati

on i

s A

dipu

r/G

andh

idha

m, w

hich

is

abou

t 6

3 km

s fr

om

proj

ect

site

and

nea

rest

tow

n is

Mun

dra

whi

ch i

s ab

out

20 k

ms

from

the

pr

ojec

t si

te. T

he n

atio

nal h

ighw

ay N

H-8

A i

s pa

ssin

g at

abo

ut 1

2 km

s aw

ay

from

the

sit

e. D

ista

nce

from

Sta

te H

ighw

ay S

H-6

is

4 k

ms.

The

sit

e is

wel

l co

nnec

ted

wit

h A

hmed

abad

cit

y lo

cate

d at

abo

ut 4

60

km

s.

8.5

.D

RIN

KIN

G W

ATE

R M

AN

AG

EMEN

T:

Sour

ce o

f W

ater

:

The

Req

uire

men

t W

ater

fo

r th

e pl

ant

has

been

es

tim

ated

as

32

,80

0

M3/

Day

for

Pha

se-I

of

500

KTP

A C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

and

Pha

se-I

I of

500

KTP

A

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y in

tot

al.

M/s

. M

PS

EZ

Uti

lity

Pvt

. Li

mit

ed (

MU

PL)

will

be

supp

lyin

g th

e to

tal w

ater

req

uire

men

t fo

r th

e pl

ant.

8.6

.SE

WA

GE

SYST

EM:

The

gene

rate

d se

wag

e w

ater

wou

ld b

e tr

eate

d in

Sew

age

Trea

tmen

t P

lant

an

d th

e tr

eate

d w

ater

wou

ld b

e ut

ilize

d fo

r H

orti

cult

ure

purp

oses

.

8.7

.IN

DU

STR

IAL

WA

STE

MA

NA

GEM

ENT:

Ther

e w

ill

not

be

any

sign

ific

ant

gase

ous

emis

sion

s fr

om

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

lant

dur

ing

norm

al o

pera

tion

. O

vera

ll, t

he p

lant

des

ign

min

imiz

es

the

emis

sion

s by

pro

cess

inte

grat

ion

and

was

te h

eat

man

agem

ent.

Th

e In

dust

rial

Was

tes

that

cou

ld b

e ge

nera

ted

from

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

lant

ar

e E

TP C

ake,

Scr

ubbe

r C

ake,

Pho

spho

Gyp

sum

, P

roce

ss W

aste

Wat

er,

etc.

Th

e sa

me

is c

over

ed i

n C

hapt

er 5

of

this

rep

ort.

AE

L ad

opts

ZLD

sys

tem

for

P

roce

ss W

aste

Wat

er. A

RO

pla

nt w

ill b

e in

stal

led

at t

he d

owns

trea

m o

f th

e E

TP, t

o ef

fect

ivel

y re

use

and

recy

cle

the

wat

er. R

O r

ejec

ts f

rom

the

RO

pla

nt

will

be

fed

to M

ulti

Eff

ect

Eva

pora

tor

(ME

E)

to f

urth

er r

ecov

er t

he w

ater

and

re

ject

s fr

om M

EE

will

be

sent

to

secu

red

land

fill.

Bes

ides

, th

e ga

seou

s

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

147

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

emis

sion

s w

ould

be

suit

ably

tre

ated

wit

h la

test

env

iron

men

t te

chno

logi

es

befo

re d

isch

argi

ng in

to

the

atm

osph

ere.

8.7

.1.

AIR

EM

ISSI

ON

S:

The

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y fa

cilit

y w

ould

be

w

ell

equi

pped

to

de

al

wit

h ai

r po

lluta

nt r

egul

atio

ns.

Fugi

tive

em

issi

ons

from

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y pl

ant

will

be

effe

ctiv

ely

colle

cted

an

d sc

rubb

ed

wit

h th

e la

test

en

viro

nmen

tal

tech

nolo

gies

and

will

be

rele

ased

thr

ough

sta

ck,

whi

ch w

ill b

e w

ell

wit

hin

the

perm

issi

ve l

evel

s of

em

issi

on,

as s

tipu

late

d by

Cen

tral

/Sta

te P

ollu

tion

C

ontr

ol B

oard

s, M

inis

try

of E

nvi

ronm

ent

& f

ores

t (M

OE

&F)

.

The

follo

win

g st

eps

wou

ld b

e ta

ken

to r

educ

e ai

r em

issi

ons

wit

h e

xam

ples

of

abat

emen

t te

chno

logi

es:

1.S

ulph

ur D

ioxi

de (

SO

2):

Hig

h E

ffic

ienc

y co

llect

ion

and

scru

bbin

g sy

stem

w

ith

Lim

e an

d C

aust

ic.

2.Fl

uori

ne

(F):

H

igh

Eff

icie

ncy

colle

ctio

n an

d sc

rubb

ing

syst

em

wit

h

wat

er

to

prod

uce

Hyd

ro

Flur

o S

ilici

c A

cid,

w

hich

w

ill

be

inpu

t to

A

lum

inum

flu

orid

e pl

ant.

3.

Par

ticu

late

Mat

ter:

Wet

Scr

ubbe

rs, C

yclo

nes,

Ele

ctro

stat

ic P

reci

pita

tors

, ba

g Fi

lter

s, V

acuu

m T

ruck

s, R

oad

Vac

uum

Sw

eepe

rs, e

tc.;

base

d on

th

e ap

plic

atio

n.

The

fina

l ga

seou

s em

issi

ons

from

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y C

ompl

ex w

ould

be

wel

l wit

hin

the

Per

mis

sibl

e Li

mit

s as

pre

scri

bed

by G

SP

CB

/CP

CB

/MO

E&

F.

8.7

.2.

WA

STE

WA

TER

MA

NA

GEM

EN

T:

The

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y w

aste

wat

er t

reat

men

t sy

stem

con

sist

s of

: �

ETP

/Pro

cess

Was

te W

ater

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt.

�S

ewag

e Tr

eatm

ent

Pla

nt

Th

e P

roce

ss W

aste

Wat

er g

ener

ated

fro

m c

oppe

r sm

elte

r sc

rubb

er,

gas

clea

ning

pla

nt o

f S

ulph

uric

aci

d pl

ant,

cop

per

refi

nery

tan

khou

se,

prec

ious

m

etal

rec

over

y pl

ant

will

be

trea

ted

in s

tate

of

art

Eff

luen

t tr

eatm

ent

plan

t th

en r

ecyc

led

for

reus

e w

ithi

n P

lant

Bat

tery

Lim

it.

Th

e P

roce

ss

Was

te

Wat

er

gene

rate

d fr

om

Alu

min

um

fluo

ride

pl

ant

and

Pho

spho

ric

acid

pla

nt

(in

case

of

requ

irem

ent)

will

be

trea

ted

in s

tate

of

art

Eff

luen

t tr

eatm

ent

plan

t th

en r

ecyc

led

for

reus

e w

ithi

n P

lant

Bat

tery

Lim

it.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

148

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

The

site

phi

loso

phy

is t

o m

inim

ize

the

impo

rt o

f ra

w w

ater

by

max

imiz

ing

the

re-u

se o

f tr

eate

d w

aste

wat

er w

ithi

n th

e C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

faci

lity.

The

was

te

wat

er s

yste

m i

s hi

ghly

int

egra

ted

and

is d

esig

ned

for

Zero

Liq

uid

Dis

char

ge

(ZLD

).

The

gene

rate

d se

wag

e w

aste

wat

er w

ould

be

trea

ted

in S

ewag

e Tr

eatm

ent

Pla

nt a

nd t

he t

reat

ed w

ater

wou

ld b

e us

ed f

or H

orti

cult

ure

purp

oses

.

8.7

.3.

SO

LID

WA

STE

MA

NA

GEM

EN

T:

Th

e m

ain

sol

id w

aste

fro

m C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pla

nt:

�C

oppe

r sl

ag f

rom

cop

per

smel

ter

also

cal

led

as F

erro

San

d in

Kor

ea

and

Iron

Sili

cate

in E

urop

e.

�P

hosp

hogy

psum

fro

m P

hosp

hori

c A

cid

plan

t an

d

�H

azar

dous

Cak

e pr

oduc

ed f

rom

Eff

luen

t tr

eatm

ent

plan

t

�S

crub

ber

Cak

e fr

om F

ugit

ive

Gas

Han

dlin

g S

crub

bers

Opt

ions

wou

ld b

e ex

plor

ed t

o m

axim

ize

the

utili

zati

on o

f C

oppe

r S

lag

in t

he

follo

win

g ar

eas:

�R

oad/

Em

bank

men

t M

akin

g �

Sea

Sho

re E

mba

nkm

ent

�La

nd d

evel

opm

ent

�S

hot

Bla

stin

g �

Cem

ent

Man

ufac

turi

ng

Opt

ions

wou

ld b

e ex

plor

ed t

o m

axim

ize

the

utili

zati

on o

f P

hosp

hogy

psum

in

the

follo

win

g ar

eas:

�C

emen

t M

anuf

actu

ring

Soi

l Rec

tifi

cati

on

�La

nd d

evel

opm

ent

Det

ails

abo

ut t

he s

ame

are

cove

red

in C

hapt

er 2

.

Haz

ardo

us C

ake

and

Scr

ubbe

r C

ake

will

be

stab

ilize

d an

d st

ored

in

secu

red

land

fill

as

per

guid

elin

es o

f M

oEF/

CP

CB

/ G

SP

CB

. A

n ar

ea

of

arou

nd

33

acre

is id

enti

fied

.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

149

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

For

the

init

ial

year

s of

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

plan

t op

erat

ion

till

sust

aine

d U

tiliz

atio

n/M

anag

emen

t of

Cop

per

Sla

g an

d P

hosp

hogy

psum

; in

the

abo

ve

appl

icat

ion

area

s ar

e de

velo

ped,

as

w

ell

as

for

emer

genc

y pu

rpos

e,

an

Cop

per

Sla

g S

tora

ge A

rea

and

Gyp

sum

Pon

d of

aro

und

97

Acr

es w

ould

be

iden

tifi

ed a

nd m

ade

avai

labl

e fo

r in

term

edia

te/e

mer

genc

y st

orag

e of

the

sa

me.

Pro

visi

on

wou

ld

be

mad

e to

re

clai

m

the

disp

osed

C

oppe

r S

lag

and

Pho

spho

gyps

um f

rom

Gyp

sum

pon

d at

a l

ater

sta

ge f

or v

ario

us u

tiliz

atio

n ve

ntur

es.

8.8

.P

OW

ER R

EQU

IREM

ENT

& S

UP

PLY

:

The

by-p

rodu

ct H

P &

MP

Ste

am w

hic

h is

pro

duce

d fr

om v

ario

us p

roce

ss

unit

s of

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y pl

ant

wou

ld b

e us

ed f

or t

he p

ower

gen

erat

ion

E

stim

ated

Pow

er C

onsu

mpt

ion

by C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pro

ject

: -

30

0 M

W

Pow

er g

ener

atio

n fr

om p

roce

ss S

team

: -

40

MW

N

et Im

port

: -

26

0 M

W

The

cons

truc

tion

pow

er (

@20

MW

) an

d C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

oper

atin

g P

ower

(@

260

MW

) w

ould

be

sour

ced

from

the

M/s

. Ada

ni P

orts

& S

peci

al E

cono

mic

Zo

ne L

td (

AP

SE

ZL)

thro

ugh

M/s

.MU

PL.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

150

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per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

-9: R

EHA

BIL

ITA

TIO

N &

RES

ETTL

EMEN

T P

LAN

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ibili

ty R

epor

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per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

– 9

Reh

abili

tati

on &

Res

ettl

emen

t P

lan

9.1

.R

EHA

BIL

ITA

TIO

N &

RES

ETTL

EMEN

T P

LAN

The

prop

osed

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

com

plex

la

nd

is

vaca

nt,

henc

e no

di

spla

cem

ent

and

reha

bilit

atio

n of

loca

l pop

ulat

ion

is e

nvis

aged

.

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ibili

ty R

epor

t

152

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per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

-10

: PR

OJE

CT

SCH

EDU

LE A

ND

CO

ST E

STIM

ATE

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

153

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per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

CH

AP

TER

– 1

0

Pro

ject

Sch

edul

e &

Cos

t Es

tim

ate

10.1

.GEN

ERA

L

Suc

cess

ful

exec

utio

n on

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y co

mpl

ex c

alls

for

wel

l th

ough

t ou

t pr

ojec

t ex

ecut

ion

stra

tegi

es a

nd a

n el

abor

ate

Pro

ject

Impl

emen

tati

on p

lan

fo

r ca

rryi

ng o

ut a

wh

ole

rang

e of

cri

tica

l act

ivit

ies

such

as:

-

�S

elec

tion

of

Tech

nolo

gy/

Pro

cess

Lic

enso

r �

Fina

ncin

g (F

inan

cial

Clo

sure

) �

Pre

Pro

ject

Act

ivit

ies

�S

tatu

tory

App

rova

l �

Pro

ject

Exe

cuti

on P

hilo

soph

y an

d P

lan

Pro

ject

Coo

rdin

atio

n P

roce

dure

s �

Pro

ject

M

anag

emen

t,

Mon

itor

ing,

C

ontr

ol

&

Feed

back

, S

yste

m

&

Ser

vice

s �

Man

agem

ent

of T

echn

olog

y Tr

ansf

er

�B

asic

Eng

inee

ring

/ F

ront

End

Eng

inee

ring

Det

aile

d E

ngin

eeri

ng

�P

rocu

rem

ent

�M

onit

orin

g an

d E

xped

itin

g of

Man

ufac

turi

ng &

Fab

rica

tion

act

ivit

ies

�C

onst

ruct

ion

Man

agem

ent

�In

vent

ory

and

War

ehou

sing

Con

trol

Qua

lity

Ass

uran

ce a

nd Q

ualit

y C

ontr

ol

�O

rgan

izin

g an

d de

ploy

men

t of

ski

lled

labo

ur a

nd S

kille

d C

ontr

acto

rs

�Tr

aini

ng o

f pl

ant

pers

onne

l to

take

ove

r op

erat

ions

on

com

plet

ion

of

cons

truc

tion

act

ivit

y �

Pre

-com

mis

sion

ing,

co

mm

issi

onin

g an

d pe

rfor

man

ce t

esti

ng o

f al

l sy

stem

s an

d pu

ttin

g in

ope

rati

on

�M

aint

enan

ce M

anag

emen

t

All

the

abov

e ac

tivi

ties

can

be

phas

ed o

ut in

suc

h a

man

ner

that

the

pro

ject

is

exec

uted

in t

he m

ost

effi

cien

t an

d op

tim

ized

eco

nom

ic c

ours

e w

ith

a de

fine

d ti

me

sche

dule

gov

erne

d by

ove

rall

proj

ect

sche

dule

& t

he im

plem

enta

tion

Bar

ch

art.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

154

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

For

exec

utio

n of

th

e co

ntem

plat

ed

Meg

a P

roje

ct

like

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y it

es

sent

ially

dem

ands

for

a s

tron

g P

roje

ct E

xecu

tion

Tea

m w

ith

spec

ialis

t in

ea

ch

of

the

abov

e id

enti

fied

ac

tivi

ties

. B

esid

es:

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d re

port

ing

mat

rix

need

s to

be

wel

l def

ined

.

The

Pro

ject

Exe

cuti

on p

lan

(PE

P)

can

be f

urth

er e

labo

rate

d in

the

fut

ure

whe

n th

e C

oppe

r pr

ojec

t ac

hiev

es f

urth

er m

atu

rity

.

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ibili

ty R

epor

t

155

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

10.2

.PR

OJE

CT

EXEC

UTI

ON

PH

ILO

SOP

HY

The

encl

osed

ty

pica

l B

lock

M

atri

x se

ts

out

to

deve

lopm

ent

of

proj

ect

impl

emen

tati

on p

lan

for

the

Cop

per

proj

ect.

Thi

s im

plem

enta

tion

mod

el i

s pr

epar

ed t

o ac

hiev

e th

e op

tim

um

sch

edul

e an

d m

ost

effe

ctiv

e pr

ojec

t co

st.

Figu

re 6

6: P

roje

ct E

xecu

tion

Stra

tegy

AE

L: P

roje

ct M

gmt.

Tea

m

Pro

ject

Man

agem

ent

Con

sult

ant

(PM

C)

Tech

nolo

gy S

uppl

ier/

Li

cens

ors

Pro

ject

Man

agem

ent

B

asic

Eng

g P

kg (

S)

In

spec

tion

Sup

ply

C

atal

ysts

Sup

ply

Pro

prie

tary

E

quip

men

ts

Trai

ning

, Pre

-co

mm

issi

onin

g,

com

mis

sion

ing,

Tr

oubl

e S

hoot

ing

&

Mai

nten

ance

Tech

nica

l S

uper

viso

ry s

ervi

ce

for

DE

, Ere

ctio

n &

Pro

cure

men

t

Det

aile

d E

ngg

&

Uti

lity

Off

site

Eng

g

Fina

lisat

ion

of

-Sit

e W

ork-

Mec

hani

cal &

Civ

il

Con

stru

ctio

n M

anag

emen

t

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

156

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

10.3

.PR

OJE

CT

IMP

LEM

ENTA

TIO

N P

LAN

(P

IM)

G

ener

ally

: The

pro

ject

can

be

exec

uted

in t

he f

ollo

win

g m

anne

r:

Pha

se 1

: D

etai

led

plan

ning

pha

se i

nclu

ding

lic

enso

r se

lect

ion

basi

c en

gine

erin

g,

deta

iled

engi

neer

ing

P

hase

2: A

war

ding

of

PM

C (

Pro

ject

Man

agem

ent

Con

sult

ant/

LSTK

pro

cure

men

t &

co

nstr

ucti

on)

cont

ract

, ord

erin

g of

long

del

iver

y it

ems.

P

hase

3:

Com

plet

ion

of a

ll co

ntra

cts

for

real

izat

ion

of t

he p

roje

ct a

s el

abor

ated

ea

rlie

r.

The

vari

ous

phas

es a

re f

urth

er b

rief

ly e

labo

rate

her

ein

is G

ener

al b

ut e

ssen

tial

for

ex

ecut

ion

of a

con

tem

plat

ed m

ega

proj

ect

alik

e C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

P

hase

1: D

etai

led

Pla

nnin

g ph

ase

This

pha

se o

f th

e pr

ojec

t co

vers

the

fol

low

ing

crit

ical

act

ivit

ies:

�Fi

nanc

ial a

ppro

val o

f th

e bo

ard

follo

win

g D

FR a

nd D

PR

sta

ges

�S

elec

tion

of

Tech

nolo

gy S

uppl

ier

�S

tudy

and

pla

nnin

g of

tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of c

apit

al &

con

stru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent

�S

ite

deve

lopm

ent

plan

ning

& s

elec

tion

of

cont

ract

or

�A

utho

rity

app

rova

l (va

riou

s S

tage

s i.e

. EIA

, EM

P e

tc)

�C

ost

opti

miz

atio

n �

Com

plet

ion

of B

asic

Eng

inee

ring

Pac

kage

& R

evie

w o

f D

PR

Com

plet

ion

of d

etai

l eng

inee

ring

Neg

otia

tion

of

PM

C &

Sel

ecti

on

P

hase

2:

�A

war

ding

of

PM

C

�P

roje

ct C

ontr

ol: E

ngin

eeri

ng P

hase

Ord

erin

g of

Lon

g de

liver

y it

em e

tc

P

hase

3: C

ompl

etio

n of

all

cont

ract

s fo

r re

aliz

atio

n of

pro

ject

of

proj

ects

This

pha

se c

over

s th

e fo

llow

ing

acti

viti

es:

�P

roje

ct M

anag

emen

t �

Pro

ject

Con

trol

: Pro

cure

men

t ph

ase

�P

roje

ct C

ontr

ol: C

onst

ruct

ion

phas

e �

Pro

ject

Con

trol

: Com

mis

sion

ing

phas

e

I

mpl

emen

tati

on s

ched

ule

for

Cop

per

Pro

ject

pos

t al

l rel

evan

t ap

prov

als

and

cons

ents

will

be

36

Mon

ths.

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

157

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t

10.3

.1.

Typi

cal

Pro

ject

P

hase

s fo

r In

tegr

ated

C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pro

ject

Ex

ecut

ion:

Figu

re 6

7: C

oppe

r Ref

iner

y Pr

ojec

t Pha

ses –

Con

cept

to C

omm

issio

ning

�FE

ED

: F

ront

End

Eng

inee

ring

D

esig

n

�E

PC

: E

ngin

eeri

ng/

Pro

cure

men

t/

Con

stru

ctio

n

�C

P :

Con

cept

Pac

kage

(T

echn

ical

H

ighl

ight

)

�P

IP :

Pro

cess

Info

rmat

ion

Pac

kage

GTR

: G

uara

ntee

Tes

t R

un

Pha

se I

C

once

ptua

l

CP

/PFR

3 M

6 M

10

M

18 M

4

8 M

8

Pha

se V

EP

C /

Pre

Com

mis

sion

ing

S

tart

up /

GTR

Pha

se II

Fe

asib

ility

R

epor

t (D

FR)

Pha

se IV

Fr

ont

End

Engg

D

esig

n (F

EED

)

� Dev

elop

/

Sel

ect

P

roce

ss

C on

figu

rati

on

� T

ech

nol

ogy

Inp

ut

� PIP

to

Clie

nt

� Des

ign

Bas

is

� Pro

cess

Uti

lity

Con

cept

Fi

nalis

atio

n

� Ove

rall

Feed

/

Pro

duc

t

B

alan

ce (

PB

D)

� U

tilit

y /

Eff

luen

t

S

umm

ary

� O

vera

ll P

lot

Pla

n

� Pro

ject

A

ppro

ach/

Sch

edu

le

� C

AP

EX

� OP

EX

� I

nves

tmen

t A

naly

sis

� Des

ign

Bas

is

Fina

lisat

ion

� P

lant

/ P

roje

ct

D

efin

itio

n

� P

roce

ss F

low

D

iagr

am

� Pro

cess

ion

D

escr

ipti

on

� Equ

ipm

ent

List

� Uti

lity/

Off

site

Faci

lity

� E

fflu

ent

Sum

mar

y

� Tech

. inp

uts

for

S

tatu

tory

cl

e ara

nces

� P

roje

ct C

ost

Est

imat

e

� Op.

Cos

t E

stim

ate

� Fi

nan

cial

Ana

lysi

s

Pha

se II

I

Det

ail P

roje

ct

Rep

ort

(DP

R)

Feasibility Report

158 Copper Refinery Project

10.3.2 Project Schedule for Copper Refinery Project

Table 31: Project Implementation Schedule

S.N.Acivity DescriptonM0 - M3M4 - M6M6 - M9M10 - M12

M13 - M15

M16 - M18

M19 - M21

M22 - M24

M25 - M27

M28 - M30

M31 - M33

M34 - M36

M37 - M39

M40 - M42

M43 - M45

M46 - M48

AApprovals

1TOR Filing

2All Relevant Approvals and Consent

BEngineering

Finalisation of Basic Engineering and Order Placement

COrder & Execution of EPCs

DOrder & Execution of IMs

EMilestones

1Plant Utilities Readiness

2Plant Commissioning

3Plant Trial Production Start Up

Project Schedule for Copper Refinery Plant

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

159

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

10.4

.PR

OJE

CT

CO

ST E

STIM

ATE

The

tota

l pro

ject

cos

t is

est

imat

ed: R

s. 1

0,0

00

cro

res.

In

vest

men

t in

Pol

luti

on p

reve

ntio

n w

ill b

e ~

10

%.

This

inve

stm

ent

will

be

maj

orly

in t

he f

ollo

win

g ar

eas:

Hot

Gas

Ele

ctro

stat

ic P

reci

pita

tors

in C

oppe

r S

mel

ter

�S

econ

dary

Gas

Scr

ubbi

ng S

yste

m in

Cop

per

Sm

elte

r �

Pie

rce-

Sm

ith

Con

vert

er D

oubl

e H

ood

Gas

Col

lect

ion

Sys

tem

Wet

Gas

Ele

ctro

stat

ic P

reci

pita

tor

Aci

d P

lant

Ven

turi

Scr

ubbe

rs in

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt

�Ta

il G

as S

crub

bing

Sys

tem

in S

ulph

uric

Aci

d P

lant

Eff

luen

t Tr

eatm

ent

Pla

nt f

or C

oppe

r S

mel

ter,

Sul

phur

ic A

cid

Pla

nt,

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y, A

lum

inum

Flu

orid

e, e

tc.

�R

ever

se O

smos

is P

lant

and

Mul

ti E

ffec

t E

vapo

rato

r �

Scr

ubbe

rs in

Pho

spho

ric

Aci

d P

lant

Sec

ured

Lan

dfill

for

Sto

rage

of

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

Line

d po

nd f

or G

ypsu

m s

tora

ge

�O

nlin

e S

tack

Ana

lyse

rs

�A

ir Q

ualit

y M

onit

orin

g S

tati

ons,

Dus

t cl

eani

ng M

achi

ne a

nd V

acuu

m T

ruck

s, e

tc.

The

proj

ect

cost

has

bee

n es

tim

ated

on

the

basi

s of

ide

ntif

ied

scop

e,

engi

neer

ing

deta

ils f

or c

ost

esti

mat

ion,

lice

nsor

’s in

form

atio

n an

d co

st d

ata

for

Eng

inee

ring

, Pro

cure

men

t an

d C

onst

ruct

ion

man

agem

ent

(EP

CM

) m

ode

of e

xecu

tion

. A

rea

sona

ble

cont

inge

ncy

fact

or h

as b

een

appl

ied

to t

ake

care

of

the

unfo

rese

en it

ems.

The

tota

l es

tim

ated

pro

ject

Cos

t of

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y pr

ojec

t is

aro

und

1.5

Bill

ion

US

D (

10,0

00

Cr.

).

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

160

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

-11:

FIN

AL

REC

OM

MEN

DA

TIO

NS

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

161

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

CH

AP

TER

– 1

1

Fina

l Rec

omm

enda

tion

s

11.1

.B

ENEF

ITS

FRO

M T

HE

PR

OJE

CT

The

Pro

pose

d C

oppe

r P

roje

ct o

f A

EL

is a

one

of

the

impo

rtan

t pr

ojec

t.

It is

evi

dent

fro

m t

he k

ey f

indi

ngs

of t

he P

re-F

easi

bilit

y R

epor

t un

dert

aken

by

AE

L th

at t

he p

ropo

sed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

roje

ct i

s Te

chno

-Com

mer

cial

ly

Via

ble.

B

ased

on

the

vari

ous

stud

ies,

AE

L be

lieve

s th

at t

he C

oppe

r R

efin

ery

Pro

ject

w

ould

add

sig

nifi

can

t va

lue

to I

ndia

n ec

onom

y. T

he p

roje

ct w

ill n

ot o

nly

help

ens

urin

g by

bec

omin

g se

lf s

uffi

cien

t in

ter

ms

of C

oppe

r an

d S

ulph

uric

A

cid

for

Indi

a bu

t al

so d

rive

mac

roec

onom

ic g

row

th.

The

seri

es o

f be

nefi

ts t

hat

the

Pro

ject

wou

ld r

eap,

may

it

be S

trat

egic

or

Soc

io-E

cono

mic

are

tab

ulat

ed b

elow

:-

11.1

.1.

BEN

EFIT

S T

O IN

DIA

AN

D S

TATE

OF

GU

JAR

AT:

AE

L ha

s un

dert

aken

a c

ost

bene

fit

anal

ysis

to

asce

rtai

n th

e be

nefi

ts t

hat

wou

ld a

ccru

e to

the

Ind

ia a

nd G

ujar

at i

n pa

rtic

ular

fro

m i

ts p

ropo

sed

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

roje

ct.

The

stud

y re

sult

s sh

ow t

hat

the

Cop

per

Ref

iner

y P

roje

ct w

ould

cre

ate

subs

tant

ial

amou

nt o

f ta

x re

venu

e fo

r In

dia

over

25

ye

ars

of p

roje

ct li

fe.

The

Cop

per

Pro

ject

ven

ture

is

expe

cted

to

empl

oy a

bout

5,0

00

dir

ect

and

indi

rect

em

ploy

ees.

Ada

ni g

roup

hav

e be

en p

ione

ers

in c

orpo

rate

soc

ial

resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d m

ade

sign

ific

ant

cont

ribu

tion

s to

im

prov

e qu

alit

y of

pe

ople

's l

ife

in a

ll th

e re

gion

s th

ey o

pera

te i

n.

In G

ujar

at, A

PSE

ZL a

nd A

EL

have

sta

rted

key

init

iati

ves

in s

uppo

rt o

f su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t.

The

CS

R a

ctiv

ity

of A

PS

EZL

and

AE

L ai

ms

at b

ette

ring

the

soc

io-e

cono

mic

an

d cu

ltur

al s

tatu

s of

loca

l peo

ple.

The

key

hig

hlig

hts

of s

ome

init

iati

ves

&

acti

viti

es t

hat

AE

L is

goi

ng t

o un

dert

ake

at M

undr

a ar

e:

11.1

.2.

SU

STA

INA

BLE

LIV

ELIH

OO

D O

PTI

ON

S &

WO

MEN

EM

PO

WER

MEN

T:

�S

tren

gthe

ning

th

e C

omm

unit

y B

ased

O

rgan

izat

ions

lik

e Se

lf-H

elp

Gro

ups,

Far

mer

Fed

erat

ion

etc.

Cap

acit

y B

uild

ing

of t

he u

nder

priv

ilege

d co

mm

unit

ies

on v

ario

us

mar

ket

driv

en s

kills

Feas

ibili

ty R

epor

t

162

Copp

er R

efin

ery

Proj

ect

�E

stab

lishm

ent

of

Forw

ard

& B

ackw

ard

Mar

ket

Link

ages

thr

ough

ne

twor

king

Fac

ilita

ting

th

e ea

sy

reac

h to

th

e te

chni

cal

inst

itut

ions

fo

r kn

owle

dge

up g

rada

tion

. �

Pro

mot

ion

of

live

stoc

k H

ealt

h M

anag

emen

t

11.1

.3.

EDU

CA

TIO

N IN

ITIA

TIV

ES:

�S

kill

up-g

rada

tion

th

roug

h

esta

blis

hmen

t of

Te

chni

cal

Trai

ning

In

stit

utio

n

�In

fras

truc

tura

l D

evel

opm

ent

in t

he f

orm

of

scho

ol b

uild

ing,

tea

chin

g &

lear

ning

equ

ipm

ent

and

furn

itur

e &

Fix

ture

s et

c.

�Q

ualit

y Te

ache

r su

ppor

t.

�S

chol

arsh

ip f

or E

duca

tion

Exc

elle

nce.

Pro

mot

ion

of

Gir

l Chi

ld E

duca

tion

. �

Inco

rpor

atio

n of

Ext

ra C

urri

cula

r ac

tivi

ties

. �

Hol

isti

c ap

proa

ch t

o th

e ed

ucat

ion

thro

ugh

“Yog

a &

Art

Of

Livi

ng”

. �

Pro

mot

ion

of

Func

tion

al L

iter

acy.

11

.1.4

.H

EALT

H IN

ITIA

TIV

ES:

�A

ddre

ssin

g th

e M

othe

r &

Chi

ld H

ealt

h

� S

uppo

rt t

o th

e N

utri

tion

al P

rogr

am o

f M

othe

r, C

hild

& S

choo

l goe

rs.

�C

ontr

ol o

n B

lindn

ess,

Mal

aria

, T.B

., H

IV &

AID

S, D

iarr

hea

etc.

Sup

port

the

Dis

tric

t H

ealt

h ad

min

istr

atio

n in

the

com

mun

ity

hea

lth

acti

viti

es

Impr

ovem

ent

of

Vill

ages

S

anit

atio

n th

roug

h S

olid

- Li

quid

W

aste

M

anag

emen

t.

�K

now

ledg

e E

nhan

cem

ent

on P

reve

ntiv

e H

ealt

h C

are

11.1

.5.

CO

MM

UN

ITY

INFR

AS

TRU

CTU

RE

& F

AC

ILIT

IES

:

�E

nhan

cem

ent

of G

reen

Cov

erag

e.

�P

rote

ctio

n of

Wild

life

thro

ugh

awar

enes

s ge

nera

tion

. �

Pro

mot

ion

of

Ren

ewal

Ene

rgy.

Was

te M

anag

emen

t th

roug

h in

stal

lati

on o

f re

cycl

ing

mea

sure

s.

11.1

.6.

NA

TUR

AL

RES

OU

RC

E M

AN

AG

EMEN

T:

�E

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Feasibility Report

165 Copper Refinery Project

ANNEXURE I – COPPER REFINERY LOCATION MAP

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Feasibility Report

166 Copper Refinery Project

Annexure II – Satellite View of the Proposed Copper Refinery Plant Location

Proposed Location of the Copper Refinery Project

Adani Power Plant UMPP – TATA Power Plant

Feasibility Report

167 Copper Refinery Project

Annexure III : Alternate Sites Evaluated for Copper Refinery Project

Arabian Sea

Site 2

Site 1

Site 3

UMPP – TATA Power Plant

Adani Power Plant

Adani West Port for RM Handling

Feasibility Report

168 Copper Refinery Project

Annexure IV: Raw Material Conveying From West Port To Copper Refinery Plant Site

Proposed Site for Copper Refinery

Conveyor System for Raw Material

Adani West Port for RM Handling

Feasibility Report

169 Copper Refinery Project

ANNEXURE V : COMPOSITE LAYOUT FOR COPPER REFINERY PROJECT

Site 2

Site 1

Site 3

UMPP – TATA Power Plant

Adani Power Plant

Adani West Port for RM Handling

Intake Channel for Power Plant

Outfall Channel

Outfall Channel for CGPL

Raw Material Conveyor from West Port to Copper

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Copper Plant Integrated ( Copper Smelter, Oxygen Plant, Copper Refinery, CCR Plant, PMR Plant, Sulphuric Acid

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