Falconbridge Limited

Type	Public (FAL)
Founded	(1928)
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	David W. Kerr, Chairman, Derek Pannell, CEO
Industry	Mining
Products	Copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium
Revenue	$6.9 billion USD (2005)
Employees	20,000 (2005)
Website	www.falconbridge.com/

Falconbridge Limited TSX: FAL NYSE: FAL is a Toronto, Ontario-based natural resources company with operations in 18 countries, involved in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of metal and mineral products, including nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum. In June 2005 it merged with Noranda Inc., previously the 58.9% owner, continuing under the name Falconbridge. Image File history File links Logo_Falconbridge. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... This article is about general United States currency. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... TSX logo The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canadas largest stock exchange, North Americas third largest stock exchange, and the sixth largest in the world. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number cobalt, Co, 27 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 9, 4, d Appearance metallic with gray tinge Atomic mass 58. ... General Name, Symbol, Number platinum, Pt, 78 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 6, d Appearance grayish white Atomic mass 195. ... This article is about the mining corporation Noranda. ...

"Falco", as it is sometimes called, has major operations in and around the Sudbury Basin, currently including its Craig, Fraser, and Thayer Lindsley underground copper/nickel mines, as well as a mill (Strathcona), nickel smelter, sulphuric acid plant, and a technology centre (FTC). In 2005, Falconbridge started the Deposit Definition phase of the Nickel Rim South mine near the Sudbury Airport. Shaft sinking for Nickel Rim South is scheduled to be complete by 2008. Sudbury Basin is the oval structure, next to the much younger lake-filled Wanapitei crater The Sudbury Basin is the second largest impact crater on earth, and a major geologic structure in Ontario, Canada. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ... Strathcona can refer to a number of things including: Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal The city of Strathcona, Minnesota Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Lord Strathconas Horse (Royal Canadians) - Canadian Forces Regiment Edmonton-Strathcona - Canadian Parliament riding Strathcona County, Alberta Strathcona Composite High School in... Sulfuric acid (British English: sulphuric acid), H2SO4, is a strong mineral acid. ... Sudbury Airport (ICAO identifier CYSB) is located in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, approximately 20 kilometres northeast of downtown between the communities of Garson and Skead. ...

Metal refining is no longer carried out in Sudbury by Falconbridge, but rather at its Falconbridge Nikkelverk operation in Kristiansand, Norway. Motto: Template:Unhide = Location City Information Established: 1883 (as Sudbury) 2001 (as Greater Sudbury) Area: 3,354 km² Population:  - City (2001)  - CD Rank  - Municipal Rank 155,219 20th in Canada 26th in Canada Population density: 46. ... County Vest-Agder Landscape Sørlandet Municipality NO-1001 Administrative centre Kristiansand Mayor (2004) Jan Oddvar Skisland (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 287 277 km² 259 km² 0. ...

Another Canadian operation is the Kidd Creek site in Timmins, Ontario which includes an underground zinc/copper mine, mill, copper smelter and refinery, zinc plant, indium plant, cadmium plant, and sulphuric acid plants. Falconbridge also operates the Montcalm underground nickel mine west of Timmins, Ontario. Other sites are located in Quebec, Ontario (Rouyn-Noranda: Horne copper smelter, Montreal: CCR copper refinery, Valleyfield: CEZ zinc refinery, Nunavik: Raglan underground nickel/copper mine and mill) and Bathurst, New Brunswick (Brunswick underground zinc/lead mine, lead smelter and refinery, and silver refinery). The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... 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General Name, Symbol, Number cadmium, Cd, 48 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 5, d Appearance silvery gray metallic Atomic mass 112. ... Sulfuric acid (British English: sulphuric acid), H2SO4, is a strong mineral acid. ... Portrait of Montcalm Montcalm trying to stop Native Americans from attacking British soldiers and civilians as they leave Fort William Henry. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ... Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower White garden lily Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 2nd 1,542,056 km² 1,183... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats... Rouyn-Noranda (2001 population 39,621) is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada. ... 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Copper and precious metal recycling occurs in Brampton, Ontario; East Providence, Rhode Island; La Vergne, Tennessee; Roseville, California; San Jose, California; and Penang, Malaysia. General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... Brampton is the name of a Cabernet Sauvignon[1], and also a number of places in the world: // Canada Brampton, Ontario England Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria Brampton, Eden, Cumbria Brampton, Cambridgeshire RAF Brampton Brampton, Derbyshire Old Brampton, Derbyshire Brampton, Lincolnshire Brampton, Norfolk Brampton, Suffolk Brampton, South Yorkshire The Bramptons Northamptonshire – Church... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats... East Providence is the name of two places in the United States: East Providence Township in Pennsylvania, East Providence in Rhode Island. ... Official language(s) None Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214* sq mi (3,144* km²)  - Width 37 miles (60 km)  - Length 48 miles (77 km)  - % water 32. ... La Vergne is the name of several places: La Vergne, Tennessee La Vergne, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime département in France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 36th 109,247 km² 195 km 710 km 2. ... Roseville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Roseville, California Roseville, Illinois Roseville, Michigan Roseville, Minnesota Roseville, Ohio Roseville, Pennsylvania Roseville Township, Minnesota Roseville, Newark, New Jersey Roseville is also the name of a place in Australia: Roseville, New South Wales This is a disambiguation... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... San José – or its anglicised form San Jose – is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal), formerly Let Penang Lead Nickname: Pearl of the Orient Demonym: Penangite Location in Malaysia State of Penang Government Capital George Town Founded 11 August 1786 Governor Tun Dato Seri Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu...

Falconbridge Ltd. also operates an aluminum smelter in New Madrid, Missouri and an aluminum refinery in Gramercy, Louisiana. The steel produced from these mills is prepared in one of four rolling mills located in Huntingdon, Tennesse (2 mills); Salisbury, North Carolina (1 mill); and Newport, Arkansas (1 mill). New Madrid is a city located in New Madrid County, Missouri. ... Official language(s) None Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St. ... The word gramercy is an interjection that can be used to express gratitude or surprise. ... Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis (largest metropolitan area is Nashville) Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ... Salisbury (pronounced Solsbree or Sauls-bree) is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 500 miles (805 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 9. ... Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is the third-largest city in Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea). ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ...

Central American and Carribean projects include the St. Ann bauxite mine in Discovery Bay, Jamaica and the Falcondo nickel surface mine and processing plant in Banao, Dominican Republic. Bauxite with penny Bauxite (pebbly) Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminium silicates, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. ... Discovery Bay (DB; Chinese: 愉景灣; Cantonese Yale: yùh gíng wān, Jyutping: jyu4 ging2 waan1; Mandarin Pinyin Yújǐng Wān) is a residential development in Hong Kong, located on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island in the New Territories. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ...

South American properties are mainly copper deposits such the Antamina copper/zinc open-pit mine in Northern Peru, the Collahuasi copper/molybdenum open-pit mine (including mill, solvent extraction plant, and electrowinning plant) in Northern Chile, the Lomas Bayas open-pit copper mine (including ]solvent extraction plant and electrowinning plant) in Northern Chile, and the Altonorte copper smelter also in Northern Chile. General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number molybdenum, Mo, 42 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 5, d Appearance gray metallic Atomic mass 95. ... In chemistry, liquid-liquid extraction (or more briefly, solvent extraction) is a useful method to separate components (compounds) of a mixture. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... In chemistry, liquid-liquid extraction (or more briefly, solvent extraction) is a useful method to separate components (compounds) of a mixture. ...

On October 11, 2005, Inco Limited announced a proposal to acquire Falconbridge for $12 billion. On May 13, 2006, Inco Limited announced that it increased its offer to acquire Falconbridge by CA$5.00 per share, bringing the bid to CA$53.83 per share (based on the June 23, 2006 Inco share price). If approved, the deal would make Inco the largest nickel producer in the world. The deal has been extended a couple of times while waiting for regulator's approval in Europe and U.S, which has now been approved and awaiting the shareholders vote. The deadline for the Inco offer is July 13, 2006. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Inco Limited (TSX: N) (NYSE: N) is a Canadian mining and metals company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Inco Limited (TSX: N) (NYSE: N) is a Canadian mining and metals company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175 th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On May 18, 2006, Xstrata PLC announced a proposal to acquire Falconbridge for CA$52.50 per share. This is a cash offer, unlike the Inco offer which is a combination of cash and shares. On July 12, 2006, Xstrata PLC announced that it increased its offer to acquire Falconbridge to CA$59.00 per share (an approximate total value of CA$22.5 billion). This counter-offer is 9.6% higher than Inco's bid. The deadline for Xstrata's bid to be complete is July 21, 2006 May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

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