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Big River Zinc Plant SiteBIG 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

 

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