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The following links are provided for community watchdog information purposes only, and to assist lead mining companies in carrying out their lead product stewardship responsibilities. |
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| Pagrik Ethiopia Plc | Africa - Ethiopia | Manufacturer of Pure Lead, Lead Alloys, importer of Battery Plate Scrap, Lead Scrap, Lead Ash, and Lead Concentrate and exporter of Pure Lead, Lead Alloys, Remelted Lead Ingots. | |||||||||||
| PTC International | Asia - China | PTC International's main products are Dr. Batt, IECE, Electric Scooter Battery God, and Car to Car Charger, etc. Invented in China, Dr. Batt is, according to PTC, the leading product in its field all over the world. IECE was invented by Company Chief Engineer, Professor Sun Jianpeng, the visiting scholar of Yale University. PTC has researched and developed the first Car to Car Charger for a dead Lead acid battery which works through the cigarette lighter. | |||||||||||
| Gravita Exim Limited | Asia - India | The
Administrative and Technical office of Gravita Group. Battery Recycling
Plants, Secondary Lead Smelting, Lead Refining, Lead Alloying, Secondary
Lead Smelting Plants, Recycled Lead ingot production, Purification of Lead
metal, Litharge Manufacturing Technology. Manufacturer and exporter of lead sheets, lead wire, lead powder, lead Pipes, lead anode, lead mono-silicate, litharge, red lead, lead sub oxide, lead alloys, pure lead, refined lead ingots & more. |
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| Gravita Impex Limited | Asia - India | Import
& export of lead metal & lead scraps around the world. Importer of - Lead Battery Scrap, Lead Battery Plates Scrap, Lead Cable Stripping Scrap, Mixed Hard/Soft Scrap Lead, Remelted Lead, Lead Blocks, Lead Concentrate, Lead Ore. Exporter of - Pure Lead, Lead Alloys, Lead Sheets, Lead Rods, Lead Wires, Lead Powder, Lead Oxide in Powder and Granules forms (Lead Sub Oxide, i.e., Grey Oxides, Red Lead, Litharge, i.e., Yellow Oxides), Lead Mono Silicate. |
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| Gravita India Limited | Asia - India | This is the Gravita Group factory and works for lead processing in India. Manufacturer and exporter of lead sheets, lead wire, lead powder, lead Pipes, lead anode, lead mono-silicate, litharge, red lead, lead sub oxide, lead alloys, pure lead, refined lead ingots & more. | |||||||||||
| H.R.Enterprises | Asia - India | HR Enterprises has three factories in the national Capital Region of Delhi with high level mechanical and chemical operations producing Pure Lead (99.98 & 99.99 %), Red Lead, Lead Sub Oxide, Litharge, Lead wire, Lead Plate & Lead Pipe. | |||||||||||
| Sarda Industrial Enterprises | Asia - India | Indian manufacturer of lead powder, tin powder, copper powder, zinc powder supplying to sintering industry. Lead powder has potential application in Sintered Bearings, Carbon Brushes, Lubricants, Friction Materials, Protective Coatings, Paints, Radiation Shielding and Stone Polishing. | |||||||||||
| Nakhuda International | Asia - Pakistan | This company exports many textile materials but aside from that, they are also exporters of remelted lead sows and ingots. It includes the used automobile batteries, lead scrap from used car batteries, remelted hard lead ingots (with 97% purity) and remelted lead ingots (with 99% purity). | |||||||||||
| avam Lanka Ltd | Asia - Sri Lanka | Navam Lanka Ltd is the largest producer of Lead Ingots and Polypropylene Chips in Sri Lanka, which is produced by Recycling of Lead Battery Scrap (ISRI - RAINS) & Smelting of Lead Ore / Concentrate. The company collects local lead battery scrap throughout the country. The prime activity is "Recycling of Lead Acid Battery Scrap & Smelting of Lead Concentrate" to produces Lead Ingots & Polypropylene Chips/Granules. | |||||||||||
| Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Australia | The website provides information on share prices, details, etc on lead companies such as BHP Billiton Limited. | |||||||||||
| APMF (Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation) | Australia | All major paint manufacturing companies in Australia belong to the APMF. The APMF's Lead Advisory Centre can send out the "Lead Alert: Six Step Guide to Painting Your Home" to callers or advise on the regulations in relation to lead in paint. | |||||||||||
| Ariel Battery Pty Ltd | Australia | Ariel Batteries Pty Ltd make Solar & Deep Cycle lead acid batteries and Genuine Hard Rubber Case batteries & Rebuild batteries for Vintage Cars. Ariel describe themselves as a tiny shop that does hand-made batteries for a small cottage industry. | |||||||||||
| Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) | Australia | The Committee on ore reserves should be able to answer questions about remaining reserves of lead ore etc. | |||||||||||
| ANI - Bradken Launceston | Australia | This
Bradken facility (foundry) makes the following products: - Smelting, refining and scrap processing products - General mining castings - General engineering products - Steel casting from 50kg to 3 tonnes |
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| Australian Refined Alloys Pty Ltd (ARA) | Australia | ARA Melbourne will recycle large amounts of leaded waste 1.5% or more lead. They cannot accept old lead paint debris under their current licence. | |||||||||||
| Battery Traders | Australia | Lead acid battery reconditioners and recyclers who contacted GLASS in 1996 wanting information to support the need for recycling. | |||||||||||
| BHP Billiton Limited | Australia | BHP Billiton is a resource company. It is a leading supplier of core steel making raw materials [world's second largest copper producer, world's second largest exporter of energy coal, world's third largest producer of nickel metal, world's fourth largest producer of uranium, world's sixth largest producer of primary aluminium, and a significant producer of oil and gas]. BHP I also one of the world's top producer of lead. | |||||||||||
| Bunnings Warehouse | Australia | Bunnings Warehouse stores all over Australia sell lead sheet products and lead solders etc. | |||||||||||
| Century Yuasa | Australia | The company is one of the oldest battery manufacturers in Australia. The portfolio of this company includes well-recognised brands such as Besco, Century Automotive, Century Forklifts & Materials, Century Specialty, GS Yuasa, Intelepower, & MaXx, and quality stored energy products for a range of applications, covering automotive, speciality and industrial uses | |||||||||||
| CBH Limited Resources | Australia | CBH is a resource company which involves in underground mining (zinc, lead, silver) in Cobar, NSW and CBH also has base metal development projects in Western Australia and Broken Hill, a concentrate ship loading facility at Newcastle and major exploration positions in both Western Australia and NSW. | |||||||||||
| Consolidated Alloys Australia | Australia | Manufacturer of solder and a range of other metals and alloys. For example, any of Consolidated Alloy's state or territory outlets can supply bismuth and if they are out of stock they would seek more from their Thomastown, Victoria office. Consolidated Alloys sell lead-free solders such as Aquasafe 100 (tin/copper), Aquasafe 965 (96.5% tin/3.5% silver - favoured for electronics) and Aquasafe 95A (tin/antimony) - all for potable water systems - as well as Acrylead - lead sheeting with thermo-baked acrylic coating. | |||||||||||
| getajobinthemines.com | Australia / NewZealand | Information on obtaining a high paying job in the mining industry in Australia. Learn where to go, what to do. The site caters for women and men and people with no experience. | |||||||||||
| GNB - Exide Technologies | Australia | GNB in Padstow invited the Lead Advisory Service to speak to workers about lead issues in 1998. They are one of the largest lead acid battery manufacturers in Australia - their head office is in Queensland and the National Office of the organisation is Exide Technologies in Hawthorn Melbourne. | |||||||||||
| Hogan Mining Australia | Australia |
Information on mining jobs and employment in Australia, including tips on securing jobs in Western Australia mines. |
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| Kagara Zinc Limited | Australia | Kagara Zinc Ltd is a mining company in Western Australia. It is involved in the mining of zinc, lead oxide, copper, silver and gold. | |||||||||||
| Magellan Metals Pty Ltd of Ivernia Inc. | Australia | Magellan Lead mine is owned by Ivernia Inc. It is located in Western Australia. At full production, Magellan is expected to be one of the top five lead-producing mines in the world, yielding close to 3% of total world mine production. The Magellan lead mine was officially opened and achieved commercial production at the end of the third quarter of 2005. Currently in the ramp up phase to full operating capacity, Magellan provides Ivernia with a strong foundation to grow in the base metals business and create greater shareholder value. | |||||||||||
| Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) | Australia | MCA's website and their colour newsletter "Monthly Minerals Update" supply industry news and views for the minerals industry and school students in Australia. MCA member companies produce more than 85 per cent of Australia’s annual mineral output. | |||||||||||
| MRI Australia | Australia | The MRI office in Melbourne is working on coming up with a solution to the problem of residential computer recycling through councils. CRTs contain toxins such as Phosphorous, Lead and Barium. Recycling of televisions commenced in Melbourne from November 2001.The recycling of redundant computer, office and telecommunications equipment for resale, recovery of components and reclamation of precious and base metals. This equipment contains elements such as gold, silver, copper, and lead, all valuable commodities and hazardous materials. Through the right reprocessing technologies MRI recovers these materials and returns a value to the customer, while diverting these items from landfill. MRI complies with all relevant state and federal laws on the processing and disposal of hazardous waste generated from its recycling operations. | |||||||||||
| Oxiana Limited | Australia | Oxiana mines lead at Gossan Hill in Western Australia. "The plant at Golden Grove was first built in 1990, and was acquired by Oxiana, from Newmont Mining Corporation, in July 2005. Golden Grove consists of the Scuddles and Gossan Hill zinc and copper underground mines and the Scuddles concentrator. Gossan Hill was mined from mid 1998, at the same time the treatment plant at Scuddles was expanded from 0.9Mt/a to 1.2Mt/a. The Gossan Hill deposits, which are currently being mined, contain zinc and copper massive sulphide mineralisation and also contain associated silver, gold and lead mineralisation. The mining method at Golden Grove is sublevel open stoping for the primary zinc ore body. Ore from the Gossan Hill mine is trucked to the surface where it is crushed and delivered to the mill via a 3km overland conveyor. The ore is treated via a two stage grinding circuit followed by floatation using air agitation to separate the sulphides. In 2006 Golden Grove achieved record rates of development, mining, milling and production of zinc concentrates. In 2006 Golden Grove produced 138,817t of zinc, 10,811t of copper, 50,198oz of gold, 3,064,287oz silver and 11,634t of lead." | |||||||||||
| Pacific Marine Batteries (PMB) Pty Ltd | Australia | Makers of the battery systems that power the Collins Class submarines. In addition to lead-acid batteries, PMB's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility also produces cooling and agitation outfits, monitoring probes, connectors and accessories. | |||||||||||
| Packaging Council of Australia | Australia | The Packaging Council of Australia is a national Association of raw material suppliers, packaging manufacturers, packaging users, retailers and packaging designers/consultants. Membership of packaging council of Australia encourages the member to reduce the level of heavy metals but no set requirements. | |||||||||||
| Packaging Inks Pty Ltd | Australia | Packaging Inks (Aust) Pty Ltd is involved in printers and printing inks, solvents and chemicals business. | |||||||||||
| Perilya Limited | Australia | Perilya Limited is a mining and exploration Company which owns and operates the Broken Hill mine in New South Wales, Australia and is one of Australia’s largest zinc-lead-silver miners. Perilya is also a gold producer at its Daisy-Milano gold mine in Western Australia and has interests in exploration for gold and base metals and investments in the energy and minerals sectors. | |||||||||||
| Pope Battery Pty Ltd | Australia | Pope Batteries build lead acid batteries by hand - their process is not mechanised. | |||||||||||
| Razna Trade Agencies | Australia | Razna Trade is a web
based company where many international scrap buyers register and inquire about Australian based scrap suppliers and merchants. Razna Trade provide a service to buyers and sellers, by presenting the buyer with Australian supplier contacts re: copper scrap, aluminium scrap, E-waste to stearic acid, coil steel, toys, computer hardware and various chemicals products. |
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| Redox Chemicals Pty Ltd | Australia | Redox is the only supplier of litharge (PbO) listed in the "Raw Materials Index" 7th edition, by Surface Coatings Association of Australia. According to Leon Cohen of Alco Enterprises and Arcseal Services (who supply the glycerine) litharge, hemp and glycerine was used up to the 1940's by plumbers to seal pipes, but is now only used for overhead or underground pipes at petrol refineries and petrol stations. The litharge and glycerine combine chemically to form an inert seal that is more effective than the alternative, Teflon tape, against petrochemicals. | |||||||||||
| Simsmetal Ltd | Australia | Simsmetal are metal recyclers. They own a 50% share (as does Zinifex) in Australian Refined Alloys (ARA) lead recycling operations. According to simsmetal website: "Sims Metal, a division of Sims Group, is the largest collector, processor and supplier of recycled metal products in Australasia. This is implemented through a network of 45 physical operations in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea." | |||||||||||
| Thomas Thoms Pty Ltd | Australia | Thomas Thoms are a lead (and bitumen and zinc and aluminium) dampcourse and flashing manufacturer who moved from Summer Hill to Smithfield in 1997. They can also help people who are looking for lead washers used in roofing. | |||||||||||
| Zinifex | Australia | Zinifex is one of the world’s largest integrated zinc and lead companies. The head office for Zinifex is located in Melbourne. It owns and operates two mines and four smelters. The mines and two of the smelters are located in Australia and supply the growing industrial markets of the Asian-Pacific region, including China. We also have a zinc smelter in the Netherlands and the United States. Zinifex sells a range of zinc metal, lead metal and associated alloys in 20 countries. | |||||||||||
| Britannia Refined Metals Ltd | Europe - Switzerland | Britannia Refined Metals Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of MIM Holdings Limited, a company now owned by Xstrata Plc. Britannia Refined Metals has treated the lead & silver output of Mount Isa and subsequently the output of the two M.I.M. owned Zinc Smelters in Avonmouth & Duisberg. Britannia Refined Metals is also known to be the provider of lead to Innospec Inc, the only company in the world making tetraethyl lead, which is the name of the additive that you have to put in petrol to turn unleaded petrol into leaded petrol. | |||||||||||
| XSTRATA Queensland Limited/ Mount Isa Mines Limited | Europe - Switzerland | In 2004 Xstrata Zinc approved the development of the Black Star zinc/lead open pit at Mount Isa, in north west Queensland, Australia. Black Star is expected to provide an additional 1.5 million tonnes of ore per year to supplement current production output from the George Fisher underground zinc/lead mine and from underground mining activities at Mount Isa itself, with the objective of fully utilising the capacity of the Isa zinc-lead concentrator | |||||||||||
| ICMM - International Council On Mining and Metals | Europe - United Kingdom | According to their website, ICMM's vision is a viable mining, minerals and metals industry that is widely recognised as essential for modern living and a key contributor to sustainable development. | |||||||||||
| JL Goslar | Europe | JL Goslar offer Lead products and Lead based engineering solutions that range from simple lead sheet, plate and profiles to sophisticated fabricated products such as waste transport flasks, autoclaves, synchrotron shielding rooms and remote handling solutions. | |||||||||||
| Lead Development Association (LDA) International | Europe - United Kingdom | The LDA International is dedicated to encouraging the responsible use of lead and its compounds. Their website offers some free publications on lead and answers to technical questions free of charge by email. | |||||||||||
| Midland Lead Manufacturers Ltd | Europe - United Kingdom | UK Lead Sheet Manufacturers, seller of lead ancillary products, producer of lead lined boards for X Ray Protection & Sound proofing. Secondary producer buyer of soft lead scrap. | |||||||||||
| Green Lead [Acid Battery] Project / Green Lead Initiative | Global | The Green Lead Project aims to control lead acid battery recycling with input from miners and primary smelters. Companies who have joined the project recognise that once primary Lead enters the loop, it stays there. No matter where products end up, Green Lead agents and recyclers aim to maintain sound environmental processes, safe working and healthy environments to keep Lead within the loop. Amongst the OECD countries, the largest primary source of lead in the World, the BHP Billiton silver-lead-zinc mine at Cannington in North West Queensland, Australia has asked to participate in the Green Lead Project Pilot scheme to represent the mining sector. | |||||||||||
| Lead Battery Recycling | Global | Lead-Battery-Recycling
is a comprehensive portal for the Lead user & Lead Producer industry
and especially for new Lead-acid battery manufacturing industry. Their mission is to promote and nurture the interests of the Lead Industry globally with a substantial worldwide databank of Lead recyclers / manufacturers, traders (marketers and retailers), technology providers, Plant & equipment suppliers and industry consultants. The website is available in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. |
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| Ivernia Inc. | North America - Canada | Ivernia Inc. is an international base metals, exploration, development and operating company. It is the sole owner and operator of the low-cost, long-life Magellan lead mine in Western Australia. At full production, Magellan is expected to be one of the top five lead-producing mines in the world, yielding close to 3% of total world mine production. | |||||||||||
| ALABC (The Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium) | North America - USA | This
website provides links to 40 lead companies. The ALABC is a research consortium originally formed in 1992 to advance the capabilities of the valve-regulated lead acid battery in order to help electric vehicles become a reality |
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| ILMC (International Lead Management Center) | North America - USA | The International Lead Management Center was established in July 1996 by major mining and lead producing corporations to voluntarily develop and strengthen national and cooperative efforts to reduce risks from exposure to lead under the OECD February 1996 Declaration on Lead Risk Reduction. | |||||||||||
| ILZRO - International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc. | North America - USA | ILZRO was formed in 1958 to conduct research for lead and zinc mining and smelting companies. Member companies now include many other end-users of lead and zinc eg steel, automotive, die casting, Galvanizing and other industries. | |||||||||||
| NELCO | North America - USA | Nelco is a Manufacturer of Radiation Shielding for the medical radiation therapy, medical diagnostic imaging, industrial radiation shielding and anti-corrosive lining fields. | |||||||||||
| SEALOG | South America - Brazil | Sealog is a consulting company for shipping, logistics and commerce of commodities, mainly of minerals and cereals. | |||||||||||
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