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(Facility) Albras Aluminum Smelter

Plant in Para, Brazil with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134317
MAS/MILS ID 3510251016
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Albras Aluminum Smelter
Alternate or previous names Barcarena Smelter, Barcarena Aluminum Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -48.6324, -1.49833 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Para(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Para

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF BARCARENA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -48.6324, -1.49833
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1985
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (Cvrd)
    Interest 51
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nippon Amazon Aluminum Co. (Naac)
    Interest 49
    Home office Japan
    Year 1993
  • Type Operator
    Owner Aluminio Brasiliero S. A. (Albras)
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Description 1987 Al Study, Alumina Conc. Input 617600 Mt/Yr, Alumina Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 617600mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Al Metal Production 9000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 9000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Pub. Rated Al Metal Capacity 160000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 160000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Al Metal Production 99000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 99000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description 1987 Al Study, Al Metal Production 162008 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 162008mt
  • Year 1987
    Description 1987 Al Study, Alumina Conc. Input 312660 Mt/Yr, Alumina Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 312660mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Al Metal Production 162000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 162000mt
  • Year 1988
    Description 1987 Al Study, Al Metal Production 160007 Mt/Al, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 160007mt
  • Year 1988
    Description 1987 Al Study, Alumina Conc. Input 308800 Mt/Yr, Alumina Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 308800mt
  • Year 1991
    Description 1987 Al Study, Al Metal Production 240012 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 240012mt
  • Year 1991
    Description 1987 Al Study, Alumina Conc. Input 463200 Mt/Yr, Alumina Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 463200mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Al Metal Production 335192 Mt/Yr, Al Metal.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 335192mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Al Metal Production 350489 Mt/Year Of Al Metal.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 350489mt
  • Year 1994
    Description Al Metal Production (Projected) 345328 Metric Tons Per Year.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 345328mt

Comments on other economic factors

  • CURRENTLY, ALL OF THE PRODUCT FROM THIS FACILITY IS EXPORTED TO JAPAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    PLATT'S METALS WEEK FOCUS, P. 17 (MAR. 1994).

  • Ownership

    METALS WEEK, P. 8 (FEB. 8, 1993).

  • Deposit

    MINERAL FOR EXPORT, "NEWSBRIEF", #8, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, 1990

  • Deposit

    PAGE 6.

  • Deposit

    AMM, "BRAZIL'S ALBRAS SMELTER TO DOUBLE CAPACITY", MAY 24,

  • Deposit

    1988, PAGE ?.

  • Deposit

    AMM, "ALBRAS ALUMINUM PLANT EXPANSION PROGRESSES", JANUARY

  • Deposit

    1, 1988, PAGE 28.

  • Deposit

    AMM, "AMAZON'S EXPANSION CONTINUES", OCTOBER 23, 1987, PAGE

  • Deposit

    5.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "ALBRAS TO EXPAND", JANUARY 1988, PAGE 11.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "ALUMINIUM EXPANSION", JULY, 1987, PAGE 15.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, "ALBRAS EXPANSION UNDERWAY", DECEMBER 4,

  • Deposit

    1987, VOL 309, #7946, PAGE 459.

  • Deposit

    IBA REVIEW, "BRAZIL", OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1989, PAGE 12, 13.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET-ALUMINUM, "BRAZIL CONTINUES TO EXPAND

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY", 1989, PAGE 18A.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, "CVRD TURNS TO MARKET", SEPTEMBER

  • Deposit

    22, 1989, PAGE 239.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, APRIL 14, 1989, PAGE 296.

  • Deposit

    AMM, "ALBRAS-CACEX ACCORD FREES ALUMINUM FOR JAPAN",

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 12, 1989, PAGES 2, 16.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, "ALUMINUM", OCTOBER 23, 1989, PAGE 6.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, OCTOBER, 1989, PAGE 63.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, APRIL 21, 1989, VOL. 312 N0. 8016,

  • Deposit

    "ALBRAS EXPANSION", PAGE 303.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND NET- WORK SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. ALL SMELTER INPUT CAPACITY IS IN MT OF ALUMINA CONC. ALL SMELTER OUTPUT CAPACITY IS IN MT OF AL METAL PRODUCTION. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02 ARE GENERAL DATA USED IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-SEP-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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