Asset Report
Itaguai zinc smelter
Report summary
Companhia Mercantile Industrial Inga (CMI) was formed in 1940 as a galvanised pipe manufacturer but it was not until 1965 that the plant at Itaguai was built. Concentrates were supplied from the wholly owned Vazante-MASA open pit oxide/silicate mine in Minas Gerais. Initial production capacity was 10kt/a as High Grade zinc and this has risen through 40kt/a in 1990 to the 1998 capacity of 60kt/a, mostly as Special High Grade zinc. Initially ore was treated as mined but since 1993 it has...
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key Issues
- Conc. Receipt / Storage
- Roaster
- Acid Plant
- Leach Plant
- Purification
- Tankhouse
- Casting Plant
- Residue Disposal
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