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To: Condor who wrote (55)	8/4/1999 11:32:00 PM
From: Midas	Read Replies (1) of 72

Condor: The Kidd complex near Hoyle on highway #101 east of Timmins is both a mill and a smelter. It produces both copper and zinc concentrates. The copper is smelted in a large furnace and the sphalerite (zinc sulfide) is dissolved and then plated out using electric current. The zinc bars are shipped from the plant to the consummer. The copper matte is shipped to Quebec (near Ottawa) where it is further upgraded and the precious metals such as silver recovered from the copper. Once upon a time in the distant past, Texas Gulf used to ship concentrate from the Kidd mill to the Noranda smelter but that ended when they built their own smelter complex (to the best of my knowledge). Concentrates produced in mills are shipped all over the world because the metal content has been increased by the concentrating process and because shipping by water is very cheap. The Polaris deposit near the north magnetic pole ships zinc and lead to Europe, a number of B.C. mines ship their concentrate to Japan, Voisey Bay is much more economic if the Nickle concentrate can be shipped to Sudbury rather than being smelted in a new smelter in Newfoundland. Anyway you get the drift. Hope this helps. Midas

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