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Selected Metal-production Facilities, 2004

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Abstract

This map depicts 59 metal-production facilities that operated for any period during 2004. There are no facilities shown in the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island or Nova Scotia.


The facilities have been classified into four broad groups of metals:

  • 11 Aluminum smelters
  • 22 facilities that produce ferrous-metal products, including iron pellets (3), ferroalloys (4) and steel (15)
  • 4 precious-metal processors, including precious-metal refineries (2) and uranium processors (2)
  • 22 facilities that produce and recycle base metals, primarily copper, nickel, zinc, lead, cobalt, molybdenum and magnesium

Additional information about metal mining is divided into three sections: