Operations Data - Zinc
| Name of operation | Ownership | Annual production capacity (full plan time basis) |
100% production 2008 |
100% production 2007 |
Accounting/ status |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xstrata Zinc | ||||||
| Australia | ||||||
| Lennard Shelf | 50% | Closed in August 2008 | 31kt Zn in conc, 9kt Pb in conc |
42kt Zn in conc, 12.4kt Pb in conc |
Joint venture | Western Australia |
| McArthur River | 100% | 2.5mt ore, 181kt Zn in conc |
2mt ore, 142kt Zn in conc |
1.9mt ore, 138kt Zn in conc |
Subsidiary | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Mount Isa | 100% | 6.4mt ore, 283kt Zn in conc, 170kt Pb in bullion, 300t Ag in bullion |
6.4mt ore, 283kt Zn in conc, 167kt Pb in bullion, 317t Ag in bullion |
5.1mt ore, 277kt Zn in conc, 126kt Pb in bullion, 234t Ag in bullion |
Subsidiary | North West Queensland, Australia |
| Canada | ||||||
| Brunswick Mine | 100% | 3.6 mt ore, 275kt Zn in conc, 80 kt Pb in conc, 210t Ag in conc, 8kt Cu in conc |
3.3mt ore, 242kt Zn in conc, 70kt Pb in conc, 194t Ag in conc, 6kt Cu in conc |
3.4mt ore, 252kt Zn in conc, 70kt Pb in conc, 195t Ag in conc, 8kt Cu in conc |
Subsidiary | New Brunswick, Canada |
| Brunswick Smelting | 100% | 110kt refined lead, 450t silver doré |
81.3kt refined lead, 152t silver doré |
70.7kt refined lead, 155t silver doré |
Subsidiary | New Brunswick, Canada |
| CEZ Refinery | 25% | 301kt Zn | 292kt Zn | 292kt Zn | Associate | Quebec, Canada |
| Perseverance Mine | 100% | 949Kt ore, 113.9kt Zn in conc, 6.9kt Cu in conc |
511Kt ore, 60.3kt Zn in conc, 3.8kt Cu in conc |
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Subsidiary | Quebec, Canada |
| General Smelting | 100% | 27kt Zn and Pb, foundry products |
8kt Zn and Pb, foundry products |
8kt Zn and Pb, foundry products |
Subsidiary | Quebec, Canada |
| Kidd Creek Refinery | 100% | 153kt Zn | 121kt Zn | 143kt Zn | Subsidiary | Ontario, Canada |
| Germany | ||||||
| Nordenham | 100% | 157kt Zn, 151kt saleable Zn |
151kt Zn, 144kt saleable Zn |
150kt Zn, 144kt saleable Zn |
Subsidiary | Nordenham, Germany |
| Peru | ||||||
| Antamina (joint with Xstrata Copper) | 33.75% | 35mt ore, 403kt Zn |
348kt Zn | 292kt Zn | Joint venture | Ancash Region, Peru |
| Spain | ||||||
| San Juan de Nieva | 100% | 507kt Zn, 487kt saleable Zn |
450kt Zn, 431kt saleable Zn |
478kt Zn, 458kt saleable Zn |
Subsidiary | Asturias, Spain |
| Hinojedo | 100% | 47kt calcine, 31kt SO2 |
40kt calcine, 26kt SO2 |
37kt calcine, 24kt SO2 |
Subsidiary | Cantabria, Spain |
| Arnao | 100% | 24kt ZnO | 16kt ZnO | 10kt ZnO | Subsidiary | Asturias, Spain |
| UK | ||||||
| Northfleet | 100% | 180kt primary Pb, 360t refined Ag |
139kt primary Pb, 246t Ag |
119kt primary Pb, 181t Ag |
Subsidiary | Northfleet, UK |