At American Zinc Products, we produce zinc from waelz oxide (WOX). It is refined into special high-grade zinc (SHG) that is 99.995% pure—turning what would have been industrial waste into a valuable commodity.
Is American zinc recycling publicly traded?
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Where is the American zinc plant?
The American Zinc site is located near the city of Dumas, approximately 3.5 miles north on U.S. 287 and 5 miles east on Farm Road 119. The site operated as a zinc smelter from the late 1930s until the late 1960s or early 1970s, generating heavy metal waste typical to that process.
What does American zinc do?
American Zinc Products is a leading producer of special high-grade zinc. As the final step in our recycling process, we use a licensed electrowinning and solvent extraction technology to extract zinc from steel recycling byproducts that would otherwise be disposed of in landfills.
What does Waelz mean?
The Waelz process is a method of recovering zinc and other relatively low boiling point metals from metallurgical waste (typically EAF flue dust) and other recycled materials using a rotary kiln (waelz kiln). The zinc enriched product is referred to as waelz oxide, and the reduced zinc by product as waelz slag.