Nyrstar
Nyrstar is a major producer of zinc and lead, operating smelting and refining assets in Europe, the United States and Australia that supply metals essential to battery making.
Profile
Nyrstar is an international producer of minerals and metals, founded in 2007 and headquartered in the Netherlands, with mining and smelting operations in Europe, Australia and (historically) the United States. Its operating business is wholly owned by Trafigura.
The company produces zinc, lead, silver and a range of by-product and critical metals, materials relevant to lead-acid batteries and to the wider clean-tech, battery and semiconductor sectors. It has strategic projects to expand its critical-minerals offering, and its European operations incorporate significant recycled content.
Nyrstar sits in the metals and smelting tier of the battery supply chain, supplying lead and other metals to the industry.
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