Cominco

E1033415

mining company smelting company

Cominco was a major Canadian mining and smelting company known for producing lead, zinc, and other metals, later becoming part of Teck Cominco (now Teck Resources).

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Teck Resources Limited	2
Cominco smelter	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mining company ⓘ smelting company ⓘ
activity	fertilizer production ⓘ mining of lead ores ⓘ mining of zinc ores ⓘ refining of metals ⓘ smelting of non-ferrous metals ⓘ
associatedWith	Teck Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
countryOfIncorporation	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Teck Cominco NERFINISHED ⓘ
focus	base metals ⓘ industrial minerals ⓘ
formerName	Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important role in development of Trail, British Columbia ⓘ major contributor to Canadian base metals industry ⓘ
industry	metals ⓘ mining ⓘ smelting ⓘ
knownFor	Trail, British Columbia metallurgical complex ⓘ integrated mining and smelting operations ⓘ large-scale lead and zinc production ⓘ
locationOfOperation	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Territories, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ Trail, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto	Teck Cominco NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOperation	Sullivan Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Trail smelter NERFINISHED ⓘ lead-zinc mines in British Columbia ⓘ zinc operations in Ireland ⓘ zinc operations in Peru ⓘ zinc operations in the United States ⓘ
parentOrganization	Teck Cominco NERFINISHED ⓘ Teck Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ
product	fertilizers ⓘ lead ⓘ silver ⓘ zinc ⓘ
sector	materials ⓘ natural resources ⓘ
shortName	Cominco NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Teck Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	public company ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cominco Arena → namedAfter → Cominco ⓘ

Teck Trail Operations → operator → Cominco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teck Resources Limited

Teck Trail Operations → owner → Cominco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teck Resources Limited

Teck Trail Operations → formerlyKnownAs → Cominco ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cominco smelter