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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| ISIN | BE0974294267  |
| Industry | Metallurgy |
| Founded | 23 August 2007 |
| Headquarters | Budel-Dorplein, Netherlands |
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Number of employees | 4,000 |
| Parent | Trafigura |
| Website | www |
Nyrstar is an international producer of minerals and metals. It was founded in August 2007 and listed on the Euronext Brussels that October.
Nyrstar has mining, smelting and other operations located in Europe, the United States and Australia and employs approximately 4,000 people. Its headquarters are in Budel-Dorplein, the Netherlands.
Nyrstar’s operating business is wholly owned by Trafigura, an independent commodity trading and supply chain logistics company.
Nyrstar was created in 2007 by combining the zinc smelting and alloying operations of Zinifex (an Australian mining company, now merged with Oxiana to form Oz Minerals) and Umicore (a Belgian materials technology company).
