Hatch provides clients with a full range of pyrometallurgy services from concept development to ramp-up to capacity.

• Electrode Management - We evaluate electrode systems:
  • Audit of electrode management process
  • Paste handling system, and level measurement and control
  • Casing design, handling and installation
  • Electrode/furnace interactive control
• Furnace Rebuilds - We refurbish furnaces and metallurgical vessels. Scope could include:
  • Project management
  • Refractory lining replacement, and equipment upgrading
• Operations Review - We perform reviews of:
  • Process
  • Logistics, time and motion
  • De-bottlenecking
  • Maintenance, and environmental controls
• Post Taphole Operations - We assist metal-, matte- and alloy producers to design or improve layouts:
  • Flowsheet and logistics
  • Tapping processes and equipment
  • Slag/metal separation
  • Casting and cooling processes
  • Granulation, crushing and screening
  • Fines recycling, and product recovery from slag
• Process Metallurgy - We support plant and equipment design, and review existing processes:
  • Operations and performance
  • Mass and energy balances
  • Process chemistry and mineralogy
  • Process control, and secondary refining
• Refractory Lining Systems - We design and install refractory linings, coolers and lining monitoring systems