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Processes Sorted by Metal

The primary organization of the V-Tour website is by process, but there are other ways to arrange the information; the following table lists the processes by metal. Only metals produced on a large scale are included, other minor metals (such as selenium, tellurium, etc.) are not. Since there are currently only a few processes online, the table is rather small. Processes listed in boldface have that particular metal as a primary product, otherwise the metals are produced as byproducts.

Background material on several of the metals is also included; select the metal names in the table below to access this information.


Processes Sorted by Metal
Metal Processes
Aluminum Alcan Aluminum Production
Cobalt Dynatec Acid Leach Processes
Copper Mitsubishi Copper Production
Dynatec Acid Leach Processes

Cominco Zinc-Lead Production
Gold Barrick Gold Production
Cominco Zinc-Lead Production
Iron & Steel Dofasco Steel Production
Lead Cominco Zinc-Lead Production
Magnesium Magnola Magnesium Process
Nickel Dynatec Acid Leach Processes
Zinc Cominco Zinc-Lead Production
Dynatec Acid Leach Processes