Canadian Electrolytic Zinc refinery (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield)
Canada /
Quebec /
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield /
Boulevard Cadieux, 860
World
/ Canada
/ Quebec
/ Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
World / Canada / Québec / Beauharnois-Salaberry
metallurgy, zinc mine/processing, smelter
The CANADIAN ELECTROLYTIC ZINC LIMITED refinery, located in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, comprises four production units carrying out four primary processes: roasting of concentrated zinc ore; leaching, purification, cadmium and copper recovery and gypsum removal; electrolysis (zinc recovery); casting of zinc slabs and shot and zinc dust production. The plant has an annual production capacity of 275 000 t of zinc metal and 426 000 t of sulphuric acid. It employs a work force of 750.
The refinery is owned by Noranda Income Fund trust.
www.norandaincomefund.com/about/operations.html
The refinery is owned by Noranda Income Fund trust.
www.norandaincomefund.com/about/operations.html
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°13'43"N 74°5'49"W
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- Xstrata Kidd Creek Metallurgical Site 652 km
- Sparrows Point Terminal (formerly RG Steel/Sparrows Point Steel Mill) 695 km
- U.S. Steel Gary Works 1146 km
- Indiana Harbor Works - ArcelorMittal 1149 km
- Kennecott Tailings Pond 3110 km
- Hurley copper smelter site 3227 km
- Freeport McMoRan Morenci Mine 3296 km
- Port Talbot Steel Works 5038 km
- Corus Scunthorpe Steel Works 5158 km
- Club de Tir de Valleyfield 3.1 km
- Goodyear - Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 4.6 km
- Valleyfield Golf Club 6.9 km
- Expro Munitions Plant 7 km
- Old Beauharnois Canal 8.8 km
- Châteauguay HVDC-back-to-back station 18 km
- Beau Chateau Golf Club 23 km
- Lake Saint Francis 23 km
- Lake Saint-Louis 26 km
- Greater Montreal Area 52 km
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