LES-MINES-GASPE - SMELTER OPERATIONS

Included in the Mines Gaspe mining complex located at Murdochville, Qu ebec, is a copper smelter which comprises a reverberatory furnace, two Peirce-Smith converters, an anode furance, and a sulphuric acid plant . The 50% smelter capacity available is supplemented by custom concent rates for treatment As these concentrates can be varied and extremely complex many modifications and improvements have been brought about to optimize and make the process more flexible since its inauguration in 1955.