The Horne smelter is located in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada, at the site of the Horne mine. While the mine was closed in 1976, the smelter grew to become the largest and most advanced recycling plant of its kind in North America, with a unique ability to process complex feeds.

Operations
The Horne smelter is a custom copper smelter which uses both copper concentrates and precious metal-bearing recyclable materials as its feedstock to produce a 99.1% copper anode.

The 650 pound anode is shipped to Noranda's CCR refinery in Montréal-East, where it is used to produce refined copper, precious metals and other specialty metals and chemicals.

The smelter has the capacity to process 800,000 tonnes of copper and precious metal-bearing materials per year, yielding 180,000 tonnes of anode copper and 600,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid annually.

Ongoing capital investments have kept the facility at the cutting edge of technology, with a strong focus on emissions reduction.

In September 2005, the Horne smelter returned to full production after operating at a reduced rate due to poor market conditions.

2004 Production Rates
149,730 tonnes anode copper

Flowsheets
Horne Smelter

Employees
The smelter employs approximately 550 people.

History
The Horne smelter opened in 1927 at the birthplace of Noranda. It is named after the original Noranda prospector, Edmund Horne.