East Tennessee Fact Sheet 2018
East Tennessee Fact Sheet 2018
East Tennessee Fact Sheet 2018
OVERVIEW
Fast Facts The East Tennessee complex consists of a processing plant and three
MINE TYPE: underground zinc mines underground zinc mines: Young, Coy and Immel.
PRODUCTS: zinc concentrate Zinc mineralisation at the mine complex occurs in MVR deposits as
open-space fillings of breccias and fractures within lime stones and
PRODUCTION 2017: 107 kt zinc concentrate
dolomites.
EMPLOYEES: ~ 435
Ore from the three mines is processed into zinc concentrate at the
Young mine site. The East Tennessee zinc mine complex has a close
association with Nyrstar’s Clarksville smelter.
Location
The three mines are located in and around Tennessee’s Knox and
Jefferson Counties. All three mines are located within approximately
20 miles of each other and are 150 miles from the Middle Tennessee
Mines as well as 250 miles from Nyrstar’s Clarksville smelter.
Heavy
MILL
ETM
Nashville
Knoxville
NTM
TENNESSEE
2 Balen/Overpelt, Belgium 5 East Tennessee Mines, USA 8 Langlois, Canada 11 Port Pirie, Australia
3 Budel, The Netherlands 6 Hobart, Australia 9 Mid Tennessee Mines, USA 12 Zurich, Switzerland
Contact Information
Nyrstar Middle Tennessee Mines
120 Zinc Mine Circle
Gordonsville
TN 38563
U.S.A.
T +1 865 932 8200
For more information please visit www.nyrstar.com or
email [email protected]