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Zinc Refining and Alloying Operation
The Budel zincsmelter is situated in the south-east of the Netherlands near the Belgianborder, and is a large-scale smelter with a capacity of 260,000 tonnes. Budel’sprimary products are SHG zinc and zinc galvanizing alloys. More than 80% ofsales are to customers within a radius of less than 400 kilometres from thesite.
Budel’sconcentrates feedstock primarily comes from the Zinifex Century mine in Australia, withwhich Nyrstar has a life of mine agreement. Around 15% of the site’s feedconsists of secondary zinc oxides, recycled from residues produced by the steelindustry in Europe.
