| Deposit ID | 10134032 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5330431016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mettur |
| Alternate or previous names | Metturcoimbatur |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 77.85038, 11.8837 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
India(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| India |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | 77.85038, 11.8837 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1968 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Madras Aluminium Co. Ltd. (Subsid. Kcp Ltd.) |
| Home office | India |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kcp Ltd. |
| Interest | 73 |
| Home office | India |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Montecatini-Fidson S. P. A. |
| Interest | 27 |
| Home office | India |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1979-1980 |
| Description | Pub. Al Metal Production/1979-1980 22000 Mtpy Al Metal |
| Year | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Description | Pub. Al Metal Production 15000 Mtpy Al Metal |
| Year | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Description | Pub. Al Metal Production 25000 Mtpy Al Metal |
| Year | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Description | Pub. Al Metal Production 5000 Mtpy Al Metal |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5330431016 |
1980-1985, PG. 251.
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, CONTRACT #J0245003,
"PRIMATY POST-MILL ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983:
A DATA BANK", OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 15; PART II - SUMMARY
PAGE 142.
IBA/EB/XLII/5/88, 30D.
BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM SMETLER DATA,
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MILS, "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START- UP. ALL DATA BASE DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE IS AS OF 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. THE CAPACITY DATA FIELDS ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT SETS THE "DESIGN CAPACITY" AND "CAPACITY" UNITS ARE IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. THE PRODUCT DATA SET, FIELD "OUTPUT CAPACITY", UNITS ARE IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION DATA FOR THIS SMELTER IS UNKNOWN. THE DATA ENTERED ONTO THE DATA BASE WAS USED IN THE ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 14-SEP-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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