Asset Report
Mooresboro (Rutherford) zinc smelter
Report summary
Horsehead announced in July 2011 that it would build a new 150kt/a zinc smelter using the Zincex technology of Técnicas Reunidas. The smelter would be fed by secondary oxides produced at other Horsehead operations from the recycling of steelworks dusts. In September 2011, they announced that the smelter would be built in Rutherford County, North Carolina at a capital cost of US$350M and would commission in Q3 2013. Once the new smelter is fully on line, Horsehead will close the Monaca...
Table of contents
- Summary:
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Key Issues:
- Location / Transport
- Conc. Receipt / Storage
- Roaster
- Acid Plant
- Leach Plant
- Solvent Extraction
- Tankhouse
- Casting Plant
- Residue Disposal
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
Tables and charts
This report includes 6 images and tables including:
- Detailed map
- Flowsheet
- Feed Preparation
- Roaster and Acid Plant
- Leaching and Purification
- Tankhouse, Melting and Casting
What's included
This report contains:
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