Asset Report
Trail zinc smelter
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
The Trail zinc smelter located in British Columbia, Canada is an electrolytic zinc smelting operation has both the typical Roast-Leach-Electrowin flowsheet alongside the direct pressure leaching of concentrates. It is operated by Teck Resources Ltd (Teck), previously known as Teck Cominco and has a slab zinc production capacity of 295kt/a. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key Issues
- Emissions
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2016
- 2013
- 2010
- 5 more item(s)...
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Trail Emission Intensity Quartile ranking – total global production - tonnes Zn
- Detailed map
- Flowsheet
- Feed Preparation
- Leaching and Purification
- Tankhouse, Melting and Casting
What's included
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