ASARCO, Inc. is a major producer of copper and other metals. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it is a subsidiary of Grupo México, a Mexican mining and railroad company. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Standard atomic weight 63. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily loses electrons to form positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds between metal atoms. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ... Grupo México (Grupo México S.A. de C.V.), is the largest mining corporation in Mexico and the third largest copper producer in the world. ... This article is about mineral extraction. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

ASARCO's products include copper, bismuth, bismuth selenide, antimony, arsenic, arsenic selenide, cadmium sulfide, cadmium telluride, copper selenide, lead, lead telluride, selenium, sulfur, tellurium, zinc, litharge, test lead, bismuth oxide, silver, and gold. General Name, Symbol, Number bismuth, Bi, 83 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 15, 6, p Appearance lustrous reddish white Atomic mass 208. ... General Name, Symbol, Number antimony, Sb, 51 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 15, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous grey Atomic mass 121. ... General Name, Symbol, Number arsenic, As, 33 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 15, 4, p Appearance metallic gray Standard atomic weight 74. ... General Name, Symbol, Number cadmium, Cd, 48 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 5, d Appearance silvery gray metallic Standard atomic weight 112. ... Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is a crystalline compound formed from cadmium and tellurium with a zinc blende (cubic) crystal structure (space group F43m). ... For Pb as an abbreviation, see PB. General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Standard atomic weight 207. ... Lead telluride is a compound of lead and tellurium (PbTe); it is a narrow gap semiconductor. ... Se redirects here. ... General Name, Symbol, Number sulfur, S, 16 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16, 3, p Appearance lemon yellow Standard atomic weight 32. ... General Name, Symbol, Number tellurium, Te, 52 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 16, 5, p Appearance silvery lustrous gray Standard atomic weight 127. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Standard atomic weight 65. ... Litharge is the natural mineral form of lead(II) oxide, PbO. Litharge is a secondary mineral which forms from the oxidation of galena ores. ... Typical passive oscilloscope probe being used for testing an integrated circuit. ... Bismite is a bismuth oxide mineral, Bi2O3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Standard atomic weight 107. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ...

Founded in 1899 as the American Smelting and Refining Company, it officially changed its name to ASARCO Incorporated in 1975. Meyer Guggenheim and his sons took over the company in 1901. In 1916, 17 ASARCO employees were killed and mutilated by Pancho Villa's men, one of the incidents that sparked the US Military's Punitive Expedition against Villa. Meyer Guggenheim (February 1, 1828 - March 15, 1905) was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family. ... A graphical timeline is available here: Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 23, 1923) — better known as Francisco Villa or, by the nickname for Francisco Pancho. Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost leaders of the Mexican Revolution, between 1921 and 1930, and... The Pancho Villa Expedition was an abortive punitive expedition conducted by the United States against the military forces of Mexican Revolutionary General Pancho Villa in retaliation for Villas invasion of the United States and attack on the village of Columbus, New Mexico. ...

A hundred years after its founding, in 1999, it was bought by Grupo México, which itself began as ASARCO's 49%-owned Mexican subsidiary in 1965.

On August 17, 2005, ASARCO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Corpus Christi, Texas under then-president Daniel Tellechea. Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ... Corpus Christi celebrations in Antigua Guatemala, 14 June, 1979 Corpus Christi (Latin: Body of Christ) in Catholicism is a religious feast celebrated by Roman Catholics on the eighth Thursday after Easter, i. ...

Pollution and Environmental Issues

ASARCO's name is attached to 19 Superfund sites around the U.S. They are: Checking the status of a cleanup site Superfund is the common name for the United States environmental law that is officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 to 9675, which was enacted by the United States Congress on December 11...

1. The Interstate Lead Company facility in Alabama;
2. Vasquez Boulevard and I-70 in Colorado;
3. Lowry Landfill in Colorado;
4. California Gultch mine and river systems in Colorado;
5. Summitville Mine in Colorado;
6. Globe Plant in Colorado;
7. Bunker Hill Mining in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin in Idaho;
8. Circle Smelting Corporation in Illinois;
9. NL Industries/Taracorp lead smelter in Illinois;
10. Cherokee County lead and zinc mine and surrounding area in Kansas;
11. Oronogo-Duenweg mining belt in Missouri;
12. East Helena smelter and surrounding residences in Montana;
13. Kin-Buc Landfill in New Jersey;
14. Tar Creek (Ottawa County) iron and zinc operations and surrounding residences in Oklahoma;
15. Tonolli Corporation smelter in Pennsylvania;
16. Ross Metals smelter and surface water in Tennessee;
17. Murray smelter in Utah;
18. Richardson Flat tailings in Utah;
19. Commencement Bay, Near Shore/Tide Flats smelter, groundwater, and residences in Tacoma and Ruston, Washington.
20. Former location of South side Park in Chicago, old home of the Chicago White Sox

The first environmental lawsuit was brought against Asarco in 1910 by a group of farmers in Solano County, California for the sulfur dioxide emissions from the company's San Francisco Bay smelter. The court granted an injunction that shut down the smelter, and the decision was upheld by the California Supreme Court. One of Asarco's lawyers then got a committee appointed, which included a company-appointed chemist, which led to a settlement that limited the smelter's release of sulfur dioxide to 30 tons per day. The settlement did not address lead, and scores of horses died of chronic lead exposure in the area in the following decades. The Kin-Buc Landfill is a 220 acre Superfund site located in Edison, New Jersey where 70 million gallons of liquid toxic waste and 1 million tons of solid waste was dumped which was active from the late 1940s to 1976. ... Murray is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. ... Commencement Bay is the body of water on which Tacoma, Washington is located. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Solano County is a county located in central part of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. ... Sulfur dioxide (or Sulphur dioxide) has the chemical formula SO2. ... The word emission generally means sending something out. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Historic smelter in Florence, Colorado In extractive metallurgy, a smelter is a factory for producing metal by the reduction of ore. ... Look up Injunction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. ... For Pb as an abbreviation, see PB. General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Standard atomic weight 207. ... Lead poisoning is a medical condition, also known as saturnism, plumbism or painters colic, caused by increased blood lead levels. ...

United States v. Asarco rulings have been unfavorable to the company in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  Ranked 13th  - Total 84,876 sq mi (219,887 km²)  - Width 270 miles (435 km)  - Length 350 miles (565 km)  - % water 3. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ...

In the 1970s, the Centers for Disease Control found that the Asarco smelter in El Paso, Texas was responsible for abnormally high lead levels in children who lived nearby. The city won a lawsuit against the company and, although denying guilt, Asarco agreed to strict monitoring for lead, zinc, cadmium, and arsenic releases as well as to provide medical exams and blood therapy to children with lead poisoning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta is recognized as the lead United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people by providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County Government  - Mayor John Cook Area  - City  250. ...

In 1995 ASARCO submitted a demolition and site cleanup plan to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality for their impact on downtown Omaha, Nebraska and a local residential area. Fined $3.6 million in 1996 for discharging lead and other pollutants into the Missouri River. Omaha's ASARCO plant was closed in July, 1997.^[1] After extensive site cleanup, the land was turned over to the City of Omaha as a 23-acre park. All of North Omaha, comprising more than 8,000 acres, was declared a Superfund site, and as of 2003, 290 acres had been cleaned.^[2] Nickname: Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Government  - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area  - City  118. ... The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ... North Omaha is in the Missouri River bluffs above Eppley Airfield and Carter Lake North Omaha is a staggeringly diverse area in Omaha, Nebraska that is defined by its historical and modern neighborhoods, as well as its diverse racial and socio-economic composition. ...

In 2003, Asarco and the Environmental Protection Agency set up a trust fund of $100 million to help pay for the company's environmental clean-up costs. Actual estimated costs for clean-up were between $500 million and $1 billion, as of 2006. EPA redirects here. ... In common law legal systems, a trust is a relationship in which a person or entity (the trustee) has legal control over certain property (the trust property or trust corpus), but is bound by a fiduciary duty to exercise that legal control for the benefit of someone else (the beneficiary...

One stated reason for declaring bankruptcy was the number of pending lawsuits (Daniel Tellechea identified "numerous environmental-related lawsuits brought by governmental authorities and private parties"). Asarco had more than 100 civil environmental cases pending against it when it filed for bankruptcy. Prior to the bankruptcy, Asarco transferred much of its assets to a shell company set up by Grupo México. A few months after Asarco's bankruptcy, Grupo México announced that net profits had doubled, in large part because of the removal of Asarco's environmental liabilities. For the oil company, see Royal Dutch-Shell. ...

References

1. ^ (n.d.) Early Omaha: Gateway to the West: American Smelter and Refining Company Omaha Public Library.
2. ^ (2003) National Priorities List Site Narrative for Omaha Lead. United States EPA.

External links

• ASARCO corporate website
• ASARCO company history
• Grupo México history
• Marilyn Berlin Snell, "Going for Broke" Sierra Club Magazine, May/June 2006.
• Michael E. Ketterer, The ASARCO El Paso Smelter: A Source of Local Contamination of Soils in El Paso (Texas), Ciudad Juarez (Chihuahua, Mexico), and Anapra (New Mexico), 2006.
• Corpus Christi's Refinery row