Ray Complex - Ray Operations -Telephone: 520-356-7811 Fax: 520-356-3802 Address: P.O. Box 8, Hayden, AZ 85235 Location: The Ray Complex is a fully integrated business unit, which encompasses operations at both the Hayden Operations and Ray Operations. The Ray Operations is located 18 miles to the west of the Hayden Operations. The Hayden Operations and General Administrative Offices are located 70 miles northeast of Tucson. The Ray Operations is located 64 miles southeast of Phoenix. The Ray Operations consists of a 250,000 ton/day open pit mine with a 30,000 ton/day concentrator, a 103 million pound/year solvent extraction-electrowinning operation, and associated maintenance, warehouse and administrative facilities. Cathode copper produced in the SX-EW operation is shipped to outside customers and the Asarco Amarillo Copper Refinery. The Hayden Operations consists of a 27,400 ton/day concentrator and a 720,000 ton/year copper smelter consisting of an oxygen flash furnace, converters, anode casting, oxygen plant, acid plant, and associated maintenance, warehouse and administrative facilities. Anodes produced at the smelter are shipped to the Amarillo Copper Refinery. The sulphuric acid produced at the acid plant is used in the leaching operations or sold into the market. A local railroad, Copper Basin Railway, transports ore from the mine to the Hayden concentrator, concentrate from the Ray concentrator to the smelter, and sulphuric acid from the smelter to the leaching facilities. 2006 Production: Copper in Concentrate: 161,772,184 lbs. Employees: 970 (720 Hourly, 250 Salary) Ray Complex Management: Richard Rhoades, General
Manager. History: 1880 - Mineral Creek Mining Company |
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