A New Book Tells The Story Of ASARCO's Mixed …
The American Smelting and Refining Company, better known along the border as ASARCO, began operating in the late 1800s, just feet from the Rio Grande. As the community grew, so did ASARCO …
Melting cathode copper—A case study in process …
Melting of cathode copper in the reverberatory, the electric arc furnace and the Asarco shaft furnace is analyzed in order to evaluate specific capacity, process fuel equivalent …
Exclusive: Grupo Mexico's Asarco to reopen U.S. copper …
Asarco, the mining company controlled by industrial conglomerate Grupo Mexico, is planning to restart its mothballed copper smelter in the United States as prices for the red metal hit record ...
ASARCO in El Paso: the Early History
The ASARCO smelter was central to El Paso's economy. ... In 1948 the plant was again expanded to incorporate a zinc smelting facility. Even as other businesses settled in El Paso, the smelter continued to dominate the city's industrial landscape. In 1952 Ben Roberts, the smelter's manager, addressing the Rotary Club at Hotel Paso del ...
MEMORANDUM TO: Primary Copper Smelting RTR Docket
The Primary Copper Smelting major source category is comprised of three smelting furnaces: one smelting furnace at Asarco (a flash smelting furnace) and two furnaces at Freeport (an ISA smelting furnace and an electric arc furnace). We estimate that 1.2 tpy year of process fugitive HAP metals are emitted from the smelting flash furnace at ...
Asarco
As a result, ASARCO said, about 99.7% of all sulfur dioxide produced during the copper smelting process would be removed. October 11, 2014 - Owners of Arizona's two copper smelters plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions that federal officials say have fouled the air in two Central Arizona communities.
Doe Run Co. Glover Smelter | Missouri Department of …
The Doe Run Co. purchased the facility from Asarco Inc. in 1998; however, Asarco retained the environmental liability for releases that occurred during Asarco's operation. Both Doe Run and Asarco disposed of slag on-site in two separate slag piles, one created by Asarco and one by Doe Run. In 2003 Doe Run indefinitely suspended …
Garfield Smelters
Kennecott Copper Corporation took over operation of the Garfield smelter of American Smelting and Refining Company (Asarco). The purchase took effect on January 1, 1959. The sale price was …
Asarco: A History Timeline Of The Smokestacks In El Paso!
1971: El Paso City- County Health department reports ASARCO had emitted 1,012 metric tons of lead between 1969 and 1971 and later determined the smelter was the principle source of particulate lead within a radios of one mile. During that period, the smelter also emitted 520 tons of zinc, 1.2 tons of arsenic and 12 tons of cadmium. …
ASARCO
In 1948 slag fuming facilitators were built for the recovery of zinc from the slag produced by the lead furnaces, and in 1951 ASARCO built a 612-foot smokestack …
ASARCO LLC HAYDEN CONVERTER RETROFIT PROJECT …
The ASARCO LLC (Asarco) Hayden copper smelter began operations in 1912 with reverberatory furnaces (reverbs) and converters. The Clean Air Act of 1970 spurred …
PURPOSE
ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company), the U.S. based subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, is an integrated copper mining, smelting and refining company with approximately 1,700 employees. The company operates three mines, associated mills and smelter in Arizona and a refinery complex in Texas, which includes plants that produce copper …
TACOMA SMELTER PLUME SITE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE …
ASARCO's primary copper smelter in Ruston, Washington operated for almost 100 years. Final copper smelting occurred in 1985, with some processing of high-arsenic materials continuing into 1986. While the Tacoma Smelter was still operating, it was included as part of the Commencement Bay Superfund Site.
Mesoamerican copper smelting technology aided colonial …
Caption: Diagram shows the excavation site of one of the indigenous smelting furnaces, adapted to use European-style bellows instead of blowpipes. Callouts at top show a large chunk of slag, the material left over from smelting, and a drawing of the reconstructed design of the furnace.
Asarco: The end of an era
In five years, chances are the only above-ground legacy left from more than 100 years of lead smelting in East Helena will be Asarco's water treatment plant and the slag
History – Asarco
ASARCO was organized in 1899 as American Smelting And Refining Company. Originally a consolidation of a number of lead-silver smelting companies, the Company has evolved over the years into an integrated producer of copper, and other metals. The Company is a fully integrated miner, smelter and refiner of copper in the United States.
Copper shaft furnace melting and charging: A new approach
The changes in the operating procedure and design of the shaft furnace adopted at Encore Wire Ltd., led to a substantial improvement in the company's shaft furnaces's heat-exchange capabilities.
Smelting
Smelting various ores in furnaces now reward players with experience points. When using lava for fuel, the player can now get the bucket back. 1.5 13w02a: Hoppers can now be used in conjunction with furnaces, allowing for automatic smelting. 1.8 14w04a: When a furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress now rewinds at …
Review of ASARCO El Paso Smelting Processes
The smelting process involves separating the target metal (the metal of value) from naturally-occurring impurities. A smelter uses heat and oxygen to accomplish this. For …
Melting cathode copper—A case study in process energy efficiency
Melting of cathode copper in the reverberatory, the electric are furnace and the Asarco shaft furnace is analyzed in order to evaluate specific capacity, process fuel equivalent and the energy efficiency for each process. The Asarco furnace possesses considerably higher specific capacity and energy efficiency than the reverberatory as a result of the basic …
A Toxic Century: Mining Giant Asarco Must Clean Up Mess
The American Smelting and Refining Company, known as Asarco, will pay a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution at 80 sites in as many …
Superfund Alternative Site | ASARCO Hayden Plant
EPA Superfund Alternative Site Designation:EPA #: AZD008397127The site is currently administered through an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ASARCO and ADEQ. Site contamination is caused by historical mining operations including smelting …
A New Book Tells The Story Of ASARCO's Mixed …
They were heavy, industrial jobs requiring four separate furnaces to refine raw ore into copper ingots, a process that might net …
Clearing the Air: A look back on ASARCO on 20th Anniversary of closing
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the closure of the American Smelting and Refining Company. As part of El Paso's rich history, KTSM decided to look back at ASARCO's legacy. The copper stack was once considered the third highest smoke stack in the US, standing 828 feet tall. It was built in 1966 at a cost of $1.29M dollars.
Cadmium Emissions From Primary Lead and Primary Copper Smelting Phase …
INVENTORY OF EMISSIONS SOURCES AND CONTROLS FOR PRIMARY COPPER SMELTERS Plant/Location ASARCO, £1 ?aso, TX ASARCO, Hayden, AZ Cities Service Coppernill, TN Copper Range, White Pine, MI Inspiration Copper, Miami, AZ Kennecott Copper, Garfleld, UT Kennecott Copper, Hayden, AZ Kennecott Copper, Hurley, NM …
Shaft Furnace
One case is the experimental low shaft iron smelting furnace at Liége (Belgium) which was to produce iron from briquettes of ore and coal (which could not survive passage through a high furnace). ... These benefits have extended to the melting of copper in an Asarco type furnace. Again, the design is a simple tower, gas heated at its base, and ...
Library Research Guides: Borderlands: ASARCO 41 (2024-2025)
After a fire severely damaged equipment, Kohout states, "ASARCO rebuilt with seven lead furnaces and expanded processing, which required hiring at least 900 …
Mines
AMARILLO REFINERY. The Mission Complex, an open-pit mine composed of the Mission, Eisenhower, Pima, Mineral Hill and South San Xavier properties and the nearby North San Xavier mine. The current …
BACKGROUND REPORT PRIMARY COPPER SMELTING …
Capacity b Type of Smelting Process ASARCo, Inc. Hayden, Arizona 170 Inco Flash Chino Mines Co. Hurley, New Mexico 170 Cyprus Miami Co. Globe, Arizona 180 Isasmelt/Electric Kennecott Corp. ... Flash furnace smelting consists of blowing fine, dried copper sulfide concentrates and silica flux with air, oxygen-enriched air, or oxygen blast into a ...
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The interviews with both Curtis Dungey and Chuck O'Donahue discuss their association with the Tacoma Smelter and ASARCO. O'Donahue, who worked at the plant for over twenty years (1963-1985), also was active as a union leader for Local 25. ... --Tacoma--Interviews; Mineral industries--Employees--Interviews; Smelting furnaces- …
Case Summary: EPA Funded Sites and Communities in the ASARCO Bankruptcy
Circle Smelting Corporation is a former zinc smelter owned and operated by ASARCO between 1904 and 1994 which produced a large quantity of slag containing lead and other metals that were dispersed throughout the smelter facility and other areas of the Village of Beckemeyer, Illinois. The work at the Site is complete.
Mines
The surrounding ASARCO-owned land is leased for farming and grazing. Amarillo Copper Refinery is ISO 9001:2015 certified. HISTORY. 1922. Zinc plant construction began. 1924. Smelter was operational. 1974. Copper refinery constructed at a cost of ... Furnace shell replacement. 2012. Precious Metal, Se/Te Production Suspended. Injection Well No ...
ASARCO LLC HAYDEN CONVERTER RETROFIT PROJECT …
• 2014-2015 Asarco worked with ADEQ on SO 2 SIP Modeling Demonstration of Attainment – CRP primary control project. • 2015-2016 Asarco began an analysis to establish new emissions limits post-retrofit based on EPA Guidance procedures. • January 19, 2016: Asarco received the air quality permit revision to construct the CRP
