Home

Cominco Lead Processing Flow-Sheet


Click Here to go back to the Zinc & Lead production page

The Extractive Metallurgy of Lead

The seven major plants in the Lead Operations produce lead plus significant quantities of silver, gold, bismuth, copper, and arsenic products. These plants are designed to treat a wide range of feed materials including lead concentrates, various residues from the zinc plants, recycled lead battery scrap, lead scrap, and scrap copper.

Click on any plant (the boxed elements) in the process to view a description. The Kivcet Flash Smelter is of particular interest.

Cominco's Trail Operations - Lead Flow-Sheet
This link leads to the Feed Handling Process Description This link leads to the Kivcet Flash Smelter Description This link leads to the Slag Furnace & Fume Leach Process Description This link leads to the Slag Furnace & Fume Leach Process Description This link leads to the Copper Products Plant Description This link leads to the Drossing Furnace Description This link leads to the Silver Refinery & Lead Alloys Plant Description This link leads to the Silver Refinery & Lead Alloys Plant Description This link leads to the Lead Refinery Description This link leads to the Effluent Treatment Description

Zinc Flow-Sheet: The flow-sheet for Zinc Operations at trail is available, along with descriptions of each stage of production.

Description: A description of Cominco's zinc and lead operations in Trail, B.C., is also available.

In addition, some information about zinc and lead is online, including end uses and history.



Click Here to go back to the Zinc & Lead production page