(Facility) Harjavalta Copper Smelter

Plant in Finland with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134068
MAS/MILS ID 4050551057
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Harjavalta Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Outokumpu Harjavalta Metals Oy, Outokumpu Mining Oy, Harjavalta Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 22.13612, 61.31524 (WGS84)
Elevation 70
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Finland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 22.13612, 61.31524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Finnish State
    Interest 60.7
    Home office Finland
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Finnish Social Insurance Institution
    Interest 14.3
    Home office Finland
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private-Restricted To Citizens Of Finland
    Interest 25
    Home office Finland
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT INC. DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS. BUMINES CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    J0290007; FOR INF. CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, MAFO, BUMINES

  • Deposit

    DENVER, CO, NOV 1991

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 3/23/92, P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-92 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.