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DocArchive: Smelter for Ireland

Documentary on One Podcast · RTÉ

March 20, 200940m 30s

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Ireland is the largest producer of zinc in Europe, and among the top ten producers in the world. The opening of Tynagh Mines in 1965 and Tara Mines in 1970 prompted a debate about the need for a national zinc refining plant or ‘smelter’. (Broadcast 1980)

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