# Nyrstar doubles zinc dust production capacity at Balen site

Nyrstar doubled its zinc dust production capacity at its Balen, Belgium site with a multimillion Euro investment, creating 7 new jobs. The plant is now producing at design capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-07-07
- Where: Balen, Belgium
- Jobs: 7
- Starts operating: 7 Jul 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubled zinc dust production capacity
- Products: zinc dust
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Nyrstar](https://endata.com/companies/48404.md)

## Sources

- [nyrstar.com](https://www.nyrstar.com/resource-center/press-releases/nyrstar-balen-doubled-capacity-of-zinc-dust-plant), 2020-07-07: "The plant is currently producing at design capacity, so that the Nyrstar site in Balen and Auby, in France, can be supplied."

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