Pojuca Cr

Plant in Bahia, Brazil with commodities Chromium, Ferrochrome, Manganese, Ferromanganese
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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134328
MAS/MILS ID 3510091011
Record type Site
Current site name Pojuca Cr
Alternate or previous names Pojuca Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -38.26559, -12.39775 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium, Ferrochrome Critical Primary
Manganese, Ferromanganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -38.26559, -12.39775

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 1963
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Briquette

Mining district

District name Bahia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Companhia De Ferroligas De Bahia Sa (Fergasa)
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1977
    First year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL OF 8 FURNACES FOR CR FERROALLOYS: HIGH-C FECR (125,000 MTPY) LOW-C FECR (14,000 MTPY) 16.5 MVA -- 28,000 MTPY 7.5 MVA -- 8,540 MTPY SICR 16.5 MVA -- 28,000 MTPY 3.5 MVA -- 29,000 MTPY SLAG 16.5 MVA -- 28,000 MTPY 3.0 MVA -- 24,000 MTPY SLAG 12.0 MVA -- 20,500 MTPY 12.0 MVA -- 20,500 MTPY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERRO ALLOY MANUAL, 1978. H. SAITOH

  • Deposit

    SAITOH H, BABA K, 1986, "THE TEX REPORT", P. 9-10.

  • Deposit

    VOL. 18, NO. 4226.

  • Deposit

    SILK M H, 1988, "WORLD CHROMITE RESOURCE AND FERROCHROMIUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION", MINTEK SPEC. PUBL. NO. 11.

  • Deposit

    BOYLE E H JR., SHIELDS D J, WAGNER L A, 1993, "CHROMIUM

  • Deposit

    AVAILIBILITY IN MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES AND NETWORK FLOW

  • Deposit

    MODEL ANALYSIS OF WORLD CHROMIUM SUPPLY", US BUMINES,

  • Deposit

    IC 9337, MINERALS AVAILIBILITY FIELD OFFICE, DENVER CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-AUG-95 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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