Telephone: 806-468-4000 Fax: 806-468-4291
Address: P.O. Box 30200, Amarillo, TX 79120-0200
                  7001 State Highway 136, Amarillo, TX 79106

Location: 9 miles Northeast of Amarillo on Texas Highway 136

R.R. Connections: BNSF and UP

Operations: The Amarillo Plant refines copper and precious metals.The plant consists of an anode department, tankhouse, refined casting departments, precious metals refinery, a copper scrap facility, a precious metals scrap handling facility, nickel plant, selenium/tellurium plant and support facilities.

Products: Refined copper cathode, rod, cake, silver bars, gold bars, crude nickel sulfate, selenium, tellurium, platinum-sponge, palladium-sponge and Enviroalloy™.

Employees: 346

Management:

Steven Jones, General Manager
Charles Bailey, Maintenance Manager
Micheal Casey, Safety Manager
Patrick J. Donovan, Environmental Services Manager
Charles Morgan , Human Resources Manager
Tracy T. Morris, Operations Manager

History:

1922 - Zinc plant construction began

1924 - Smelter was operational

1974 - Copper refinery constructed at a cost of $210 million

1975 - First shipment of copper was made Zinc smelter closed

1979 - Patented Reatrol process (Reagent Control) increased production efficiency, enabling plant to eventually exceed design capacity

1993 - Electrolyte purification facility installed. It improved the quality of refined copper production.

1994 - Plant receives ISO-9002 certification for copper cathode

1995 - Plant receives ISO-9002 certification for copper rod and cake; Stormwater recycling and installation of Rod Zero stand.

1996 - Plant receives ISO-9002 certification for precious metals parting, Se/Te, nickel sulfate and anode casting

1997 - Rod mill upgrade.

1998 - Plant receives ISO-9002 certification for anode/blister sampling, precious metals sampling and anode mold making.

2000 - Increased Rod and Cake Facilities capacities.

2001 - Electrolyte purification upgrade.

2003 - Plant receives ISO 9000:2000 certification for copper cathode, rod, cake, precious metals parting, Se/Te, nickel sulfate and anode casting.

2006 - Enviroalloy™ production and Rod shaft Furnace shell replacement.