(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME

2.4.8. Leaching ......................................................................................................................19
2.4.9. Electrowinning..............................................................................................................20
2.4.10. Casting.......................................................................................................................20
2.4.11. Process Off-Gas Conditioning ...................................................................................20
2.5. CANADIAN BASE METALS SMELTERS AND REFINERIES ............................................................21
2.6. COMPANY AND FACILITY PROFILES.........................................................................................22
2.6.1. Teck Cominco Ltd........................................................................................................22
2.6.2. Sherritt International Corporation.................................................................................23
2.6.3. Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd ......................................................................24
2.6.4. Inco Limited..................................................................................................................25
2.6.4.1. Inco Limited, Thompson Division, Thompson, Manitoba .....................................25
2.6.4.2. Inco Limited, Sudbury/Copper Cliff Operations, Copper Cliff, Ontario.................25
2.6.4.3. Inco Limited, Port Colborne, Ontario....................................................................26
2.6.5. Falconbridge Limited ...................................................................................................26
2.6.5.1. Falconbridge Limited, Kidd Metallurgical Division, Timmins, Ontario ..................26
2.6.5.2. Falconbridge, Sudbury Division, Sudbury, Ontario ..............................................27
2.6.6. Noranda Inc., ...............................................................................................................27
2.6.6.1. Noranda Inc., Horne Smelter, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec .....................................28
2.6.6.2. Noranda Inc., Division CEZ, Valleyfield, Québec.................................................29
2.6.6.3. Noranda Inc., Division CCR, Montréal, Québec...................................................29
2.6.6.4. Noranda Inc., Division Mines Gaspé, Murdochville, Québec...............................29
2.6.6.5. Noranda Inc., Brunswick Smelting Division, Belledune, New Brunswick.............30
2.7. KEY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS .............................................................................................31
2.8. ECONOMIC PROFILE OF CANADIAN BASE METALS SMELTING SECTOR......................................32
2.8.1. The mining industry’s contribution to the Canadian economy.....................................32
2.8.2. Review of the Canadian base metals production ........................................................32
2.8.3. Review of base metals smelting in Canada.................................................................33
2.8.4. Pricing of base metals .................................................................................................36
2.8.4.1. Cobalt ...................................................................................................................36
2.8.4.2. Copper..................................................................................................................36
2.8.4.3. Lead......................................................................................................................37
2.8.4.4. Nickel....................................................................................................................37
2.8.4.5. Zinc.......................................................................................................................38
2.8.4.6. London Metal Exchange.......................................................................................38
3. EMISSION SOURCES AND DATA ...........................................................................................40
3.1. EMISSIONS DATA SOURCES ...................................................................................................40
3.1.1. Total Particulate Matter (TPM) and Sulphur Dioxide (SO 2 ) and Other substances toxic
pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) .........................................40
3.1.1.1. Strategic Options and Hatch Associates Reports ................................................40
3.1.1.2. Smelters Emissions Testing Program ..................................................................43
3.1.1.3. National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) I.....................................................43
3.1.1.4. Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET)..........................................44
3.1.1.5. Assessments of Releases from Primary and Secondary Copper Smelters and
Refineries and Primary and Secondary Zinc Plants..........................................................45
3.1.2. Other Criteria Air Contaminants (CAC) .......................................................................46
3.1.3. Greenhouse Gases......................................................................................................46
3.2. DESCRIPTION OF BASE METALS SMELTERS PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLED CONTROL
TECHNOLOGIES , ...........................................................................................................................47
3.2.1. Teck Cominco Ltd., Trail Operations, Trail, British Columbia......................................47
3.2.1.1. Lead plant.............................................................................................................47
3.2.1.2. Zinc plant ..............................................................................................................49
3.2.2. Sherritt International Corporation, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta..................................53
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