Corporate Body
Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd (1949 - 1962)
- From
- 1949
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - To
- March 30 1962
- Functions
- Resources, Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
- Location
- Broken Hill, New South Wales
Summary
Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd was established in 1905 at Broken Hill, initially it treated zinc bearing tailings but soon branched into mining. In 1962 a merger took place between Consolidated Zinc and the Rio Tinto Company, forming Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (CRA).
Details
Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd was established in 1949 when the Imperial Smelting Corporation and the Zinc Corporation Limited merged to form one company. Initially it treated zinc bearing tailings but soon branched into mining. In 1962 a merger took place between Consolidated Zinc and the Rio Tinto Company, forming Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (CRA).
Related entries
Timeline
1905 - 1949 Zinc Corporation Limited
1949 - 1962 Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd
1962 - 1997 Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd
1997 - Rio Tinto Limited
Published resources
Books
- Porter, Robert, Rio Tinto in Australia: the origins and formation of an international resources company 1954 - 1995 (Cleveland, Qld: Connorcourt Publishing, 2023), 504 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1196761. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 20 June 2001, Last modified: 26 October 2023
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