ASARCO Globe Plant Attains ISO 14001 Certification.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2000 ASARCO ASARCO American Smelting and Refining Company Incorporated's Globe Specialty Metals Plant in Denver has been notified that its activities associated with the production and distribution of high purity metals and specialty chemicals has attained ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001 registration. ISO 14001 Registration is an environmental management system certification designated by the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. (ISO), a worldwide federation composed of member organizations from more than 90 countries. Headquartered in The Netherlands, ISO was founded in 1946 to promote the development of international manufacturing, trade and communications standards. According to Xavier Garcia de Quevedo, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Asarco, certification of a supplier's management practices is becoming increasingly important to Asarco's customers, many of whom are outside the United States, as well as to government agencies responsible for monitoring environmental responsibility. Globe is Asarco's first unit to attain ISO 14000 registration. Asarco's Amarillo (Texas) Copper Refinery's cathode process attained ISO 9002 Registration in 1994. The ISO 9000 series is a set of generic standards that provide quality assurance requirements and quality management guidance, requiring a company to document what it does and do what it documents. Asarco's Globe Specialty Metals Plant has produced high-purity metals, specialty compounds and alloys for more than 30 years. Its product lines include assay chemicals, specialty bismuth alloys and electronic grade specialty metals such as copper, tellurium tellurium (tĕl  r`ēəm) [Lat.,=earth], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Te; at. no. 52; at. wt. 127.60; m.p. 450°C;; b.p. 990°C;; sp. gr. 6. , selenium selenium (səlē`nēəm), nonmetallic chemical element; symbol Se; at. no. 34; at. wt. 78.96; m.p. 217°C;; b.p. about 685°C;; sp. gr. 4.81 at 20°C;; valence −2, +4, or +6. and antimony antimony (ăn`tĭmō'nē) [Lat. antimoneum], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Sb [Lat. stibium,=a mark]; at. no. 51; at. wt. 121.75; m.p. 630.74°C;; b.p. 1,750°C;; sp. gr. (metallic form) 6. . ASARCO Incorporated is the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Grupo Mexico S.A. de C.V. and is a major producer of copper and other non-ferrous metals. Grupo Mexico is the world's third largest copper producer, the fourth largest producer of silver and the fifth largest producer of zinc. Grupo also owns 74% of, and operates, the largest rail system in Mexico. |
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