BIG
RIVER
ZINC
CORPORATION
(BRZ) is an electrolytic zinc refinery located in Sauget, Illinois
about 3 miles south east of downtown St Louis, Missouri.
For over 60 years, the refinery produced zinc metal by treating zinc
sulphide concentrate from local mines to produce approximately 100,000
tons per year of zinc metal. Due to the closure of the last of the
local zinc mines, the smelting operations were suspended in February
2006.
In May 2006,
ZincOx Resources plc purchased BRZ for
US$14 million. Ultimately, the plant will be used for the
production of zinc metal. Initially, however the site will be used
to wash the impure concentrates produced by the recycling business to
remove the chlorides and fluorides to enable the sale of zinc
concentrates to third parties.
BRZ is currently on care and maintenance while ZincOx carries out design and engineering work for the treatment at BRZ of the zinc bearing concentrate to be produced at the Ohio and Aliaga Recycling Projects.
For additional information on the Ohio Recycling Project (ORP) please
click
here.
For additional information on the Aliaga Recycling Project (ARP) please
click
here.
