| Abstract Scope |
Hosokura Metal Mining Co. LTD. operates a secondary lead smelter and refinery, which produces about 30,000 tons of electric lead per year from waste lead-acid batteries and lead residue generated in copper smelters and refineries. Waste water from the closed lead and zinc mines and tailing dams is also treated.
Since 2017, our company has carried out a 10-year future plan, which focuses on themes such as safe working environment, compliance, and optimization of lead smelting and refining business.
This paper reports major topics about the plan, such as “Improvement of working environment around furnaces”, “Rationalization of the closed mines monitoring”, “Improvements of waste lead-acid battery separation work”, and so on. |