Noranda's New Electronic Recycling Facility To Begin Operations

The facility, the only one of its kind in Canada, has begun receiving material from original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and other customers. The plant is expected to process approximately 1 million pounds a month of end-of-life electronics after ramp-up. Noranda reports that 100 percent of all electronic hardware will be recycled.

"With the opening of our newest electronic recycling facility, Canada now has an environmentally-sound option for the safe recycling of its electronic materials", Cindy Thomas, Plant Manager, Noranda Recycling, said. "Our goal is to become the electronic recycling partner of choice in Canada, recycling 100 percent of the electronic hardware flowing through our facility."

The Brampton facility is Noranda's third end-of-life electronic recycling plant in North America. The other facilities are located in Roseville, Calif., and Lavergne, Tenn. The Brampton, Roseville and Lavergne facilities focus on end-of-life electronics recycling primarily through Noranda's relationship with OEM customers such as Hewlett-Packard.

Material from the new Brampton plant will be shipped for further processing and metal recovery to Noranda's Horne smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, as well as other recyclers. On average, approximately 150,000 tons, or 15 percent, of the raw material feed for Noranda's primary Canadian copper and recycling operations is derived from recyclable materials.

Noranda Inc. is a leading international mining and metals company with more than 49 mining and metallurgical operations and projects under development in 17 countries. Noranda is one of the world's largest producers of zinc and nickel and is a significant producer of copper, primary and fabricated aluminum, lead, silver, gold, sulphuric acid and cobalt. Noranda is also a major recycler of secondary copper, nickel and precious metals.