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Nyrstar is a global multi-metals business, with a market leading position in zinc and lead and growing positions in other base and precious metals, such as copper, gold and silver. Nyrstar has mining and smelting operations located in Europe, North America and Australia. Nyrstar was created in 2007 by combining the
zinc smelting Zinc smelting is the process of converting zinc concentrates (ores that contain zinc) into pure zinc. Zinc smelting has historically been more difficult than the smelting of other metals, e.g. iron, because in contrast, zinc has a low boiling point ...
and alloying operations of
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(an Australian mining company, now merged with
Oxiana Limited Oxiana Limited was an Australian copper and gold miner and exploration company. History Oxiana was founded in 1932 as Golden Plateau and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. In the early 1980s, the company shifted its focus from gold mining ...
to form OZ Minerals) and
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(a Belgian materials technology company). It is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate office in Switzerland. Nyrstar is listed on Euronext Brussels. Nyrstar was acquired by Trafigura in 2019.


Operations

Nyrstar has 4 mining operations located in North America. Nyrstar has 6 smelters (in Australia, Belgium, France, Netherlands, and the United States) and 1 fumer in Norway. Trafigura, a worldwide metal and oil trader, owned 24.6% of its shares and took sole ownership of the company on 07/31/2019, during a "capital restructure" of the company, replacing CEO Hilmar Rode with Daniel Vanin, a 40-year miner.


Controversy

A number of children have health problems because of the lead dust but they have not been compensated.


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