About Nordenhamer Zinkhütte
Nordenhamer Zinkhütte GmbH, a GLENCORE Group company, has been producing zinc and zinc alloys at its Nordenham site since 1908.
Until 1972, zinc was produced in horizontal muffles. This process was not very environmentally friendly or effective. For this reason, the company switched to a modern electrolytic zinc extraction process in 1972, consisting of roasting, leaching, electrolysis and remelting. Since 2011, a direct leaching plant has also been in operation, in which the concentrates are not roasted before the leaching process, but leached directly.
350 people are employed at Nordenhamer Zinkhütte GmbH, 240 of whom work in the zinc electrolysis production departments. Other employees work in the areas of maintenance, transportation, sales, environmental protection and administration.
Every year, around 160,000 tons of fine zinc and fine zinc alloys leave the plant. In addition, 225,000 tons of sulphuric acid are produced in the sulphuric acid contact plant, 14,000 tons of lead/silver concentrate in the leaching plant, 1,700 tons of copper concentrate in the leach cleaning plant and 500 tons of cadmium in the vacuum distillation plant.
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