Falconbridge markets and sells selenium, tellurium dioxide, cadmium, indium, copper sulphate and nickel sulphate produced at the CCR refinery in Montréal, Québec, Canada, to customers around the world.

Products
Selenium
Falconbridge sells high-purity (99.999% selenium or higher), pigment, commercial and class grade selenium. Refined selenium is sold in 50 kilogram and 50 pound pails. Crude selenium is packaged in 700 kilogram supersacs. Selenium is used as a de-colourant and colourant in glass manufacturing, a pigment for ceramics and plastics, an alloying agent for lead battery grids and specialty steels, and in animal feed, dermatological preparations and anti-dandruff shampoos.

Tellurium Dioxide
Falconbridge sells wet tellurium dioxide in 250 kilogram barrels as feed material to produce tellurium metal and pure tellurium dioxide. Tellurium metal is an alloying component in specialty steels and brasses, and is used in thermo-electric components and night vision goggles. Pure tellurium dioxide is used for vulcanizing rubber.

Copper Sulphate
Falconbridge sells various grades of copper sulphate in 1 metric tonne supersacs and 25 kilogram bags. Copper sulphate is used in concentrating zinc ores, suppressing solar reactions with cyanide in gold mine tailings ponds, electroplating, animal feeds, fertilizer, water purification, algaecides and pesticides.

Cadmium
Falconbridge sells cadmium metal in both standard commercial grades – 99.95% and 99.99%. Cadmium is produced in 750 kilogram ingots and 2 pound sticks. It is used primarily in the manufacture of nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries and pigments for ceramics and plastics. Cadmium is also a highly effective corrosion inhibitor used as an electroplated coating on steel parts in aerospace and military applications.

Indium
Falconbridge sells pure indium metal in ingot form. Typical Falconbridge purity is 99.997% pure indium. The main application for indium is in the production of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), used in the production of targets for thin-film glass coatings required in flat display panels, e.g., plasma and LCD televisions, laptop computers, cell phones. Other applications of indium include solder pastes, low-temperature melting (fusible) alloys, alkaline batteries, semi-conductors and dental amalgams.

Nickel Sulphate
Falconbridge sells nickel sulphate in 1 metric tonne supersacs. This is a crude nickel sulphate sold primarily as raw material feed for nickel recovery. It is not considered suitable for use in nickel plating applications.

Quality & Safe Use
The proper use of specialty metals & chemicals is essential to ensure the protection of the environment and the health of workers. Information regarding the proper use of Falconbridge specialty metals & chemicals products is contained in our Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).

Cadmium (PDF – 2.5 MB)
Indium (PDF – 2.3 MB)

Contact
John Coulton
Tel: (416) 982-7045
E-mail: john.coulton@falconbridge.com