EZ Industries, formerly the Electrolytic Zinc Company, was a zinc miner and refiner in Australia.
Industry | Mining |
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Founded | 1916 |
Founder | Amalgamated Zinc |
Defunct | 1984 |
Fate | Taken over by North Broken Hill Peko |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Products | Zinc, lead |
Subsidiaries | Emu Bay Railway Energy Resources of Australia (31%) |
EZ Industries was established in 1916 by Amalgamated Zinc as the Electrolytic Zinc Company to operate the Risdon Zinc Works on the banks of the Derwent River in Risdon, Tasmania.[1][2][3] It was renamed EZ Industries in February 1957.[4] In 1967, EZ purchased the Emu Bay Railway.[5]
In February 1983, EZ opened the Elura Nine near Cobar, New South Wales.[6] It built a 45 kilometre railway line to connect with the Main Western railway line to move zinc to Newcastle for shipping to Risdon.[7][8][9] In 1984, EZ was taken over by North Broken Hill Peko.[10]
EZ owned a 31% stake in the Ranger Uranium Mine through its Energy Resources of Australia shareholding.[11][12]