Net Smelter Return

Set concentrate targets pose a high risk to achieving maximum revenue.

Net Smelter Return (NSR) optimiser will remove this risk and maximise the value of your concentrate revenue.

What is NetSmelter
Return (NSR)?

NSR optimiser is a tool created to help Plant Operations and Sales & Marketing Teams (Commodity Traders).

It helps set plant concentrate targets that will achieve the highest royalty return based on a number of factors (feed grades, throughput rates, payment terms & transport costs). This ensures the best overall business decision as opposed to the best technical decision can be made.

The NSR Optismer is customised exclusively for your site. Using advanced simulation, plant parameters can be aligned to final revenue to facilitate conversations between departments (Operations and Sales / Marketing).

The tool is ideally suited for use by the metallurgy team as part of the production planning & forecasting processes. Results can be constrained based on concentrate handling limits, minimum concentrate targets and penalty elements.

Flexible deployment options are tailored to each site’s specific needs during implementation, providing you with a deeper understanding of where the true value in your product is deriv d, along with its costs and value trade offs.

For more information, download the Technical capabilities statement from the link below.

Features

Benefits

Examples of Identified Opportunities

0.7% in additional full plant Cu recovery at target grade via rougher flotation operating range updates, across multiple feed grade ranges

1.0% in additional Fe ore product tonnage at target market grade via ore scrubbing and fines circuit operating strategies across multiple feed types.

5.0% in additional coal product tonnage at target ash via dense media cyclone (DMC) recipe updates, across multiple feed types.

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