Xstrata Technology To Supply Third Isasmelt™ TSL Plant To Vedanta

Xstrata Technology’s ISASMELT^TM top submerged lance (TSL) smelting technology has been chosen for its third smelter project in India, with a contract signed recently with Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc (Sterlite).

Chief Executive Joe Pease said Xstrata Technology (XT) is providing a technology licence, engineering services and commissioning services for the Tuticorin copper smelter expansion project. This is third time Sterlite has chosen the ISASMELT^TM technology for Tuticorin. The new furnace will complement an existing ISASMELT^TM and will have capacity to treat over 1.5 million tonnes a year of concentrate to produce 400,000 tonnes per year of copper anodes.….Read full press release