
AZR Corp.
Pittsburgh-based American Zinc Recycling LLC (AZR) has announced that the repair and restart of its Rutherford County, North Carolina, zinc refining facility owned by its subsidiary American Zinc Recycling Corp. (AZR Corp.) is underway. The facility, which removes and refines metals to make special high-grade (SHG) zinc and continuous galvanizing grade, caught fire April 28.
The company reports that its rebuilding project is proceeding according to schedule and has a restart targeted for the first quarter of 2020. When fully operational, the plant is expected to produce about 155,000 tons of special high grade (SHG) zinc metal annually.
According to a news release from AZR, the company also will be repairing and replacing with state-of-the-art equipment portions of AZR Corp.’s electric arc furnace (EAF) dust recycling facility in Calumet, Illinois, and that the company is pursuing other potential sites to expand its EAF dust recycling capability.
Rodrigo Daud, AZR chief executive officer, says, “We have been investing in our recycling facilities during the last two years to improve safety, strengthen environmental controls and enhance operations. We are also continuously working to strengthen our relationships with our communities and other stakeholders."
Daud continues, “I’m very excited to see the progress we are making in Rutherford County. Once operational, our facility will allow AZR Corp. to offer services that will close the zinc recycling loop, as AZR Corp. will be the only company in North America that be able to recycle the EAF dust into SHG zinc. We will continue to follow our mission of sustainable manufacturing, recycling harmful materials into valuable products.”
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