19 bismuth suppliers outside China across 12 countries, covering anode slime treatment, bismuth chemical synthesis, bismuth electrorefining, bismuth oxide/nitrate production, bismuth purification, bismuth recovery and refining (planned), bismuth refining, bismuth smelting, bismuth smelting and refining (planned), bismuth-bearing lead alloy casting, by-product recovery, cementation, converter-anode production, copper concentrate smelting, copper electrorefining, electrolytic lead refining, electrorefining, hydrometallurgical leaching, ingot casting, integrated zinc/lead/copper smelting, lead smelting, lead-silver refining, lead-zinc smelting, molten-salt electrolysis of bismuth-lead anode alloy, purify, recycle, refine, refining, secondary-metals purification, smelt, tellurium recovery and refining, tin smelting, trioxide. Every record is sourced, dated and verified.
Every one of these 19 plants discloses a capacity figure. Registry re-checked 9 November 2026.
| Facility | Country | Mineral | Process | Capacity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teck Trail Operations Teck Resources Limited | Canada | germanium | refine, purify | 70 t/yr indium (USGS 2023 estimated capacity) | HIGH |
| Umicore Hoboken (antimony recovery), Antwerp Umicore N.V. | Belgium | antimony | recycle, refine | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Hosokura Refinery (antimony), Miyagi Hosokura Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan | antimony | refine, trioxide, recycle | 360 t/yr antimony (USGS) | HIGH |
| Korea Zinc Onsan Smelter (antimony recovery), Ulsan, South Korea Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | South Korea | antimony | refine, recycle | Subscriber | MED |
| Kosaka Smelter & Refinery (antimony), Akita Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd. | Japan | antimony | refine, smelt | 500 t/yr antimony (USGS) | HIGH |
| Takehara Refinery (antimony trioxide byproduct), Hiroshima Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kinzoku) | Japan | antimony | trioxide, refine | Subscriber | MED |
| Toho Zinc — Chigirishima Refinery (antimony), Osaki Kamijima, Hiroshima, Japan Toho Chigirishima Refinery Co., Ltd. (Toho Zinc) | Japan | bismuth | lead smelting, electrolytic lead refining, bismuth electrorefining | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Industrias Peñoles — Met-Mex Peñoles Refinery, Torreón, Mexico Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles) | Mexico | bismuth | lead smelting, lead-silver refining, bismuth refining | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Kazzinc — Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead Plant, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Kazzinc Ltd. | Kazakhstan | bismuth | lead smelting, molten-salt electrolysis of bismuth-lead anode alloy, bismuth refining | 270 t/yr bismuth | HIGH |
| COMIBOL — Telamayu Bismuth Smelter, Telamayu, Bolivia Corporación Minera de Bolivia (COMIBOL) | Bolivia | bismuth | bismuth smelting, refining, ingot casting | 350 t/yr bismuth refinery | HIGH |
| Empresa Metalúrgica Vinto — Vinto Smelting Complex, Oruro, Bolivia Empresa Metalúrgica Vinto S.A. (EMV) | Bolivia | bismuth | tin smelting, by-product recovery, bismuth refining | Subscriber | HIGH |
| KCM — Plovdiv Lead-Zinc Smelter, Plovdiv, Bulgaria KCM A.D. (Holding KCM 2000) | Bulgaria | bismuth | lead-zinc smelting, by-product recovery, bismuth refining | Subscriber | HIGH |