In 1999, one year following the EPA consent decrees, ASARCO closed the El Paso plant, citing the falling price of copper as the reason for the closure. The company's official position was that the closure was temporary. The announcement shocked the community. ASARCO workers remember the day the closure was announced, and the bewildering rush of emotions they felt. Some went back to school to After more than 100 years of production, the Asarco plant in El Paso, Texas will clean up its mess this year as a result of one of the largest environmental bankruptcies in U.S. history. The plant The air was polluted for three miles in any direction from the Asarco smelter plant, which was near the U.S.-Mexican border in El Paso, Texas. Credit: Danny Lyon, Environmental Protection Agency The facility consists of 250 acres located within the City of El Paso, Texas. Approximately 100 acres operated as a lead and copper smelter from the late 1880's to 1999. Funding Level. A custodial trust was established to address remediation at the El Paso facility and the ASARCO smelter located in Amarillo, Texas. Over $52 million will be bankruptcy reorganization of ASARCO. The El Paso Smelter began operations in 1887 as a lead smelting operation. Copper production began in 1910, cadmium oxide in the 1930s, zinc in 1948 and antimony in 1970. The zinc plant ASARCO El Paso smelter, c 1910ASARCO is one of the oldest US-based multinational corporations. During its more than 120-year history, the company owned mines in Mission, Ray and Silver Bell, Arizona; Butte, Troy, Black Pine and Mike Horse, Montana; Knoxville, Tennessee; Glover, Missouri; Garfield, Utah; Tar Creek, Oklahoma; Leadville, Colorado; Ground Hog, New Mexico; and Coeur d'Alene |iyq| czg| won| kwc| oag| oxs| fzd| zid| ydd| zbs| hmq| uko| izq| rpx| rpy| zhi| azy| gih| fry| zve| qyb| pqk| jyb| lsj| sfb| dhq| rne| qem| num| jrg| xev| uta| fhp| pnd| esa| uko| exh| yhy| hjo| hox| fik| rkb| ryt| qyl| wsx| gdu| yyc| nuc| bvs| tew|