Xstrata Zinc / North America
General Smelting
Xstrata Zinc: World > North America
| Detail label | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Lachine, Quebec, Canada |
| Products | lead, zinc alloys |
| Employees | 50 |
| Annual production capacity | 20 million pounds per year of products that include lead sheet, pipes, brick and solders, lead anodes for electrolysis, zinc alloys and zinc sacrificial anodes. |
Description of Operation
General Smelting of Canada processes scrap lead and zinc materials along with refined metal to produce various products. The facility also offers a skilled pool of registered lead burners for construction and maintenance of acid plant electrolytic precipitators and other equipment. Markets include all of North America, especially the Eastern US and Canada.
Brief History of the Operation
The Lachine facility was opened in 1956. It was originally part of a recycling/foundry Joint Venture with a US company, then acquired by Noranda Inc in 1995.