Broken Hill Associated Smelter (BHAS)

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tomfernandez

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A couple of years ago I obtained a 1 oz BHAS silver bar in a presentation case. I haven't had much success in finding any information about this bar, or the company itself. It appears that somewhere along the line, BHAS was merged into another company, and I think that company might have been merged into a company called Nyrstar. Can anybody confirm this?

Since I obtained my BHAS bar, I have never seen another offered for sale. Any thoughts on mintages, or if there are other 1 oz issues from BHAS? Do these bars ever turn-up for sale? Thanks everybody.

Tom
 
Nyrstar merged into Oz Minerals but the smelting operations were sold to Umicore. BHAS 15kg bars are actually fairly common down here, as for 1ozers, they're probably a tad more collectible but people aren't scrambling to get them.
 
Nyrstar is still around. They have a zinc refinery in Clarksville, TN here in the states.
 
screaming eagle said:
Nyrstar merged into Oz Minerals but the smelting operations were sold to Umicore. BHAS 15kg bars are actually fairly common down here, as for 1ozers, they're probably a tad more collectible but people aren't scrambling to get them.
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Have you seen more than 1 variety of the 1 oz bars?

Thanks everybody for your information.

Tom
 
By 1934 Port Pirie had become the biggest lead smelter in the world as a result of the presence of the Broken Hill Associated Smelters (BHAS). Originally established in 1915, the smelter processed lead and zinc ore from Broken Hill. The Port Pirie smelters are now operated by Nyrstar.

https://www.nyrstar.com/operations/metals-processing/nyrstar-port-pirie

Source: Google

A 30 g bar just float up on ebay.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1671541...PA00ED&hash=item26eb2a8ebf:g:1u4AAOSwbwdnUnA1

Nothing related to me.... and this post happen to be there too, so adding more information on the finding.
 
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