Nuova Samim

In Europe, a small number of large custom smelters (Metaleurop, MetaUgesellschaft and Nuova Samim) are responsible for the majority of lead concentrate purchases, sometimes holding equity interests in supplying mines. Similarly, three Japanese smelters account for almost the entire custom concentrate imports into Japan. Asarco (in the USA) has custom smelted... 

A number of companies in Europe (Metallgeseiischafc, Metaleurop, Nuova Samim, for example) have important secondary interests in addition to primary smelting activities, and have been actively developing these. So too has MIM, through ownership links with Britannia Refined Metals in the UK. In North America, while several primary smelters use lead scrap feed. Doe Run s Buick secondary plant (opened in 1991) was the first example of direct primary producer involvement in recycling facilities. Emissions from this plant are apparently 60 per cent less than at traditional secondary lead facilities. 

Source ILZSG BiKiton-Enthoven Metalli Non ferrosi (Nuova Samim) author s records. ... 

Sources Crowson (1992) Nuova Samim/Metalli non femsi (1991). 

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