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| Location | |
|---|---|
  Kidd Mine Location in Ontario | |
| Location | Timmins |
| Province | Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 48°41′20″N 81°21′55″W / 48.68889°N 81.36528°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Zinc, copper and silver concentrates |
| Production | Zinc (t): 67,600 Copper (t): 33,500 Silver (oz): 1,654,000 |
| Financial year | 2019[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Glencore Inc. (2013– ) Xstrata (2006–2013) Falconbridge Ltd. (1986–2006) Canada Development Corporation (1981–1986) Texas Gulf Sulfur Company (1963–1981) |
| Website | www |
| Year of acquisition | 2013 (takeover of Xstrata) |
Kidd Mine or Kidd Creek Mine is an underground base metal (copper-zinc-silver) mine 24 km (15 mi) north of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Swiss multinational Glencore Inc. The mine was discovered in 1963 by Texas Gulf Sulfur Company. In 1981, it was sold to Canada Development Corporation, then sold in 1986 to Falconbridge Ltd., which in 2006 was acquired by Xstrata, which in turn merged with Glencore in 2013. Ore from the Kidd Mine is processed into concentrate at the Kidd Metallurgical Site, located 27 km (17 mi) southeast of the mine,[2] which until 2010 also smelted the ore and refined the metal produced. Following the closure of the majority of the Met Site, concentrate is now shipped to Quebec for processing.[3] Kidd Mine is the world's deepest copper-zinc mine (3,014 m (9,888 ft) below the surface).[4]
- ^ "Full Year 2019 Production Report" (PDF). Baar, Switzerland: Glencore. 4 February 2020. p. 12. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Strike begins at Xstrata's Ontario plant". The Toronto Star. Oct 1, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ Kidd Metallurgical Site
- ^ Diekmeyer, Peter. "A supersized combo". CIM Magazine. 4 (2). Montreal: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum: 54–57. ISSN 1718-4177.