Resin metal
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | January 1, 1986 |
| Seat | Goslar , Germany |
| management | Thomas Paul |
| Number of employees | approx. 60 |
| Branch | Metallurgical industry |
| Website | www.harz-metall.de |
The resin metal GmbH (HMG) is a Goslar district of Oker -based smelter operators and assigns all disused Harz metallurgical plants of the former Preussag AG .
Predecessor company
As early as 1527, Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel built the lead and copper works Frau-Marien- (Saiger) at the end of the Okertal near the present-day village of Oker in Lower Saxony . In 1635, the Lower Harz smelting and mining property fell to a Guelf community of heirs, the so-called Communion . In 1874 the direct state management ended and the Communion Hüttenamt was founded in Oker . 4/7 owners were the state of Prussia (after the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1866) and 3/7 were owned by the state of Braunschweig . In 1909 the zinc oxide smelter Oker was established as a further company in the immediate vicinity of the lead smelter .
After the formation of Preussag AG in 1923 as a group for the Prussian coal and steel property, Unterharzer Berg- und Hüttenwerke GmbH was founded on December 30, 1924 as a supporting company. In 1936, the Harlingerode zinc smelter was added as a further plant . In 1968, Preussag bought the shares in the former state of Braunschweig, which were now owned by Niedersachsen GmbH . The three independent smelters in Oker and Harlingerode were also organizationally combined into one unit and operated as the Harz smelting works. The metal division of Preussag AG, based in Goslar, formed the administration.
Shareholder
The Harz iron and steel works with all properties including the former ironworks in the Harz was transferred to an independent GmbH on January 1, 1986 under the name Harz-Metall. The first managing director was Dr. Kunibert Hanusch . In October 1988 Preussag AG Metall brought its metallurgical activities into Metaleurop SA, which was founded in Paris with the French mining group Penarroya . Harz-Metall became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metaleurop SA through Metaleurop Deutschland GmbH, Hanover. In 2007, Metaleurop changed its name to the Recylex Group .
production
In its rotary kiln plant, the company produces an enriched zinc and lead oxide-containing dust from secondary zinc raw materials using the rolling process . This product is used in zinc works as a raw material for the extraction of metallic zinc.
In addition, the company has a crusher system in which an oxidic and a metallic lead concentrate as well as polypropylene are extracted from old starter and emergency batteries (lead batteries) . The lead recycling material is given to the Group's own lead smelter in Nordenham .
HMG has founded C2P Germany GmbH as a subsidiary for processing the polypropylene fraction . PP regranulate for the plastics industry has been produced in their grinding and extruder plant since 2002 .
In addition to commercial production, Harz-Metall GmbH has taken on responsibility for the numerous contaminated sites from almost 500 years of metal smelting in the Harz. In recent years, core projects have primarily been safety and rehabilitation work on the extensive dump site in Oker, which is the focus of local environmental protection associations. In addition, systems and buildings that were no longer needed were torn down and disposed of. Refurbished plots are marketed for new use.
criticism
The company hit the headlines in January 2019 due to the sharp rise in dioxin emissions. According to a report by the BUND Regional Association for the West Harz in the Goslarschen Zeitung , the measured values on the company's rotary kiln exceeded the statutory limit for dioxins by 18 times in August 2017. The crossing of the border was discovered during a file inspection by the Braunschweig trade supervisory authority. As a reason, the company gave stuck filter pipes due to sulfur-containing petroleum coke ; As a result of this report, the company promised to develop proposals for compliance with the limit values and greater transparency.
In February 2019, large parts of the Bad Harzburg city council called for a production stop of the plant due to the dioxin emissions.
See also
- Lead smelter Oker , zinc smelter Harlingerode , Zinkoxydhütte Oker
- List of steelworks in Germany
- Zinc smelter , rolling process
Web links
- Company website
- Homepage of the Zinc Initiative - interesting facts about zinc extraction, processing and use
- Report on the economic situation of the Recylex group to which Harz-Metall belongs
literature
- Wolfgang Mehner: History of lead and copper production on the lower Harz . Harz-Metall GmbH, Goslar 1993.
- Wolfgang Mehner: History of zinc metallurgy on the Harz: a chronicle of zinc production from 1900-1990 . 2nd Edition. Harz-Metall GmbH, Goslar 1995.
- Kunibert Hanusch: The lower Harz metal works in the 19th and 20th centuries - Chronicle of a change . 1st edition. World Heritage Rammelsberg, Goslar 2005, ISBN 3-9809704-1-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BUND Regional Association West Harz: BUND inspects files at the Braunschweig Trade Inspectorate - at times massively increased dioxin levels were found in 2017 . January 18, 2019, accessed January 19, 2019.
- ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : Harz-Metall admits increased dioxin values . January 22, 2019, accessed January 27, 2019.
- ^ Goslarsche Zeitung : New dioxin scandal on the hut area . January 17, 2019, accessed January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Goslarsche Zeitung : Politics calls for production stop . February 27, 2019, accessed February 27, 2019.
Coordinates: 51 ° 54'5.2 " N , 10 ° 29'9.9" E