Korea Zinc recycled-content smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee

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Korea Zinc plans to build a $7.4 billion smelting facility in Clarksville, Tennessee, that will convert metals production byproducts and electronic scrap into 13 different types of metal. The facility will be modeled after Korea Zinc's Onsan smelter in South Korea and is expected to have an annual production capacity of 540,000 combined tons of metals including zinc, lead, copper, gold, silver, and others. Construction will begin with site preparation in 2026, full-scale construction in 2027, and phased commercial operations starting in 2029. The complex will occupy approximately 160 acres on the site of the current Nyrstar zinc concentrates smelter.