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Early Roasting and Smelting Operations in the Sudbury Area
An Historical Outline,
Ontario Ministry of the Environment,
Experience '79 Program

The study locates and documents the former roast yards and smelters in the Sudbury area to identify historic emissions of sulphur dioxide, etc. as a first step toward understanding the relationship between past industrial activity and existing environmental conditions.

• Table of Contents, Summary and Introduction [PDF]
• Metallurgical Practices in Sudbury Before 1930 [PDF]
• Early Mining Companies in Sudbury - An Historical Outline [PDF]
• The Canadian Copper - International Nickel Company a [PDF]
• The Canadian Copper - International Nickel Company b [PDF]
• The Canadian Copper - International Nickel Company c [PDF]
• The Mond Nickel Company [PDF]
• Minor Sources of Sulphur Dioxide Emissions [PDF]
• Discussion, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, Appendix [PDF]
• Full Report [PDF 6644KB]

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