(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME

3.2.2.1. Ammonia leaching................................................................................................53
3.2.2.2. Cobalt separation .................................................................................................54
3.2.2.3. Copper boil ...........................................................................................................54
3.2.2.4. Nickel recovery .....................................................................................................54
3.2.2.5. Cobalt conversion and reduction..........................................................................55
3.2.2.6. Sulphide precipitation ...........................................................................................55
3.2.2.7. Ammonia sulphate recovery.................................................................................56
3.2.2.8. Ammonia recovery................................................................................................56
3.2.3. Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting (HBM&S) Co. Ltd, Flin Flon, Manitoba , .....................58
3.2.3.1. Copper smelter .....................................................................................................58
3.2.3.2. Zinc plant ..............................................................................................................59
3.2.4. Inco Limited, Thompson Division, Thompson, Manitoba.............................................62
3.2.4.1. Nickel smelter .......................................................................................................62
3.2.4.2. Nickel refinery.......................................................................................................62
3.2.5. Falconbridge Limited, Kidd Metallurgical Division, Timmins, Ontario .........................65
3.2.5.1. Zinc plant ..............................................................................................................65
3.2.5.2. Copper Smelting and refining...............................................................................66
3.2.5.3. Indium plant ..........................................................................................................66
3.2.6. Falconbridge, Sudbury Division, Sudbury, Ontario .....................................................71
3.2.7. Inco Copper Cliff ..........................................................................................................74
3.2.7.1. Nickel/Copper smelter ..........................................................................................74
3.2.7.2. Nickel refinery.......................................................................................................75
3.2.7.3. Copper refinery.....................................................................................................75
3.2.8. Inco Port Colborne.......................................................................................................79
3.2.9. Noranda Inc., Horne Smelter, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.............................................81
3.2.10. Noranda Inc., Division CEZ, Valleyfield, Québec ......................................................84
3.2.11. Noranda Inc., Division CCR, Montréal, Québec........................................................86
3.2.12. Noranda Inc., Division Mines Gaspé, Murdochville, Québec ....................................89
3.2.13. Noranda Inc., Brunswick Smelting Division, Belledune, New Brunswick , .................92
3.3. ANALYSIS OF EMISSIONS........................................................................................................95
3.3.1. Total Particulate Matter (TPM) and Sulphur Dioxide (SO 2 ) and Other substances toxic
pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) .........................................95
3.3.2. Dioxins and Furans....................................................................................................108
3.4. OTHER CURRENT EMISSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
(RELEASE PER UNIT OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION) ............................................................................111
4. CURRENT EMISSION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ............................................................119
4.1. EMISSION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, LEGISLATION, STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ACROSS
CANADA , ....................................................................................................................................119
4.1.1. Federal.......................................................................................................................119
4.1.2. Canadian Council of the Ministers of the Environment .............................................120
4.1.3. British Columbia.........................................................................................................120
4.1.4. Alberta........................................................................................................................120
4.1.5. Manitoba ....................................................................................................................121
4.1.6. Ontario (Sudbury) ......................................................................................................121
4.1.7. Ontario (Other)...........................................................................................................121
4.1.8. Québec ......................................................................................................................122
4.1.9. New Brunswick ..........................................................................................................123
4.1.10. City of Montréal........................................................................................................123
4.1.11. Canadian Jurisdiction’s Air Release and Ambient Standards .................................123
4.1.11.1. Particulate Matter .............................................................................................125
4.1.11.2. Sulphur Dioxide ................................................................................................128
4.1.11.3. Arsenic..............................................................................................................131
4.1.11.4. Cadmium ..........................................................................................................132
4.1.11.5. Lead..................................................................................................................133
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