(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME

The copper smelter uses pyrometallurgical processes to produce anode copper.
HBM&S also produces secondary metals such as cadmium, gold, and silver
contained in the anodes.
2.6.4. Inco Limited
Inco Limited 40 , a Canadian-based global company with operations and an
extensive marketing network in over 40 countries, is one of the world's premier
mining and metals companies and the world's second largest producer of nickel.
Inco is also an important producer of copper, cobalt and precious and platinumgroup
metals and a major producer of specialty nickel-based products.
The Copper Cliff Operations, located in Sudbury, is 100 % Inco-owned and
operates the largest fully-integrated mining, milling, smelting and refining
complex in Canada - indeed one of the largest in the world. Sudbury is also the
birthplace of Inco, where the Company's operations began in 1902.
The Manitoba Division located at Thompson, Manitoba, 100 % Inco-owned, is a
fully-integrated nickel production complex with underground mining operations
and high-capacity processing facilities which produces electrolytic nickel
products.
The Port Colborne Refinery, 100% Inco-owned, has been operated by Inco since
1918. This operation, part of the Ontario Division, focuses on production of
electrocobalt, the processing of precious metals, which are further purified at
other Inco operations and the packaging and distribution of finished nickel
products to market.
As of December 31, 2000, 21 607 shareholders held 182 million common shares.
Inco Limited is publicly traded with its common shares listed on seven major
stock exchanges around the world.
2.6.4.1. Inco Limited, Thompson Division, Thompson, Manitoba
The Inco operation at Thompson Manitoba is an integrated mining, milling,
smelting and refining operation. It was officially opened in 1961. This operation
processes ore to produce refined nickel with cobalt and an intermediate copper
calcine as byproducts.
2.6.4.2. Inco Limited, Sudbury/Copper Cliff Operations, Copper
Cliff, Ontario
The Inco facility at Sudbury, Ontario is an integrated mining, milling, smelting and
refining operation. The primary products of the operation are nickel, copper and
cobalt with a byproduct production of precious metals. The smelting process
used until 1994 for nickel concentrate dated from the 1930s and used multi
hearth roasters and reverbatory furnaces for smelting, Peirce-Smith converters to
eliminate iron and the majority of the sulphur, and flotation and magnetic
40 Inco. URL: http://www.incoltd.com/
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