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The Risdon Zinc Works is a zinc refinery in Lutana, Tasmania operated by Nyrstar.

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The works in November 2017

Construction of the Risdon Zinc Works by EZ Industries commenced in 1916. It opened in 1918. The operations of the Risdon Zinc Works were tied in with the mining of zinc in Rosebery. It was built to take advantage of the cheap and plentiful hydroelectric power then available.

The settlement of the suburb of Risdon was almost exclusively that of EZ workers. Pollution from the works was an issue for the company, and successor companies that operated the works as well as disposal of waste out to sea.

The works were included in the sale of EZ Industries to North Broken Hill Peko in 1984. It has subsequently been operated by Pasminco, Zinifex and since 2007 by Nyrstar.

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