Gopher Resource Eagan Plant
Large load · 685 Yankee Doodle Road, Eagan, MN
Gopher Resource's Eagan, Minnesota facility is a secondary lead smelter and battery recycling plant that produces recycled pure lead and specialty alloys. It can recycle 50,000 automotive batteries per day and restarted operations in January 2024 after a fire.
Overview
Gopher Resource, LLC owns and operates a secondary lead smelter facility in Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. The Eagan facility produces recycled pure lead and numerous specialty alloys. It has capacity to recycle 50,000 automotive batteries per day (over 15 million annually) on a 36-acre site. Resource Plastics, an onsite facility wholly owned by Gopher Resource, recycles polypropylene used in battery casings into high-grade resins in pellet form.
Profile
- Ownership
- Gopher Resource, LLC owns property at the southwest corner of Yankee Doodle Road and Trunk Highway 149 in Eagan. EPA's Toxics Release Inventory lists Gopher Resource LLC as parent company.
- Recent changes
- Gopher Resource restarted operations at its Eagan facility following a fire, the company announced on January 4, 2024. Recycling resumed on January 1 after a period of downtime for unspecified repairs. On March 13, 2026 a court granted the City of Eagan's requested condemnation subject to a restrictive covenant and any applicable permits held by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- Water
- In 2012 the Eagan facility invested nearly $5 million in a storm water collection and reuse distribution system, which went live in 2013. The reuse pond has a 4.6 million gallon capacity.
Facility
- Activity
- recycled pure lead and specialty alloys
- Industry
- Industrial
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Jan 11, 2024
Related records
Timeline
- Jan 11, 2024
- Gopher restarts Eagan recycling after a fire.
Gopher restarts Eagan recycling after fire – Batteries International
- Mar 13, 2026
- Court grants Eagan condemnation for Opperman Drive easement.
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