NYRSTAR BELGIUM NV

Nyrstar's management has a strategy aimed at positioning the business for a sustainable future as a leading metals processing business. Through its deep market insight and unique processing capabilities, Nyrstar aims to generate superior returns by extracting the maximum value inherent in the mineral resources and by-products it processes.

Accordingly, Nyrstar has developed a coordinated approach to redeveloping and operating its asset portfolio to optimize the concentrate feed into its smelters, maximize minor and precious metal extraction, and enhance the margins of its end-product mix. To realize its strategy, management has determined the following strategic priorities:

• Maintain Nyrstar’s strong safety performance by improving visible safety leadership 
• Optimise the zinc smelters to deliver their full potential, underpinned by operational stability
• Optimise the North American zinc mines to deliver their full potential
• Ramp up the Port Pirie Redevelopment to deliver the guided earnings uplift
• Maintain a strong balance sheet with an appropriate maturity and liquidity profile