Fusina

Plant in Veneto, Italy with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157879
MAS/MILS ID 4750471016
Record type Site
Current site name Fusina
Alternate or previous names Fusinaitalian Govt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 12.15201, 45.24881 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Veneto(province)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Italy Veneto

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 12.15201, 45.24881

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 1971
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aluminia
    Home office Italy
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alluminio Italia Spa
    Interest 100
    Home office Italy
    Year 1988

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERS ARE ALSO LISTED AS; ALUMETAL S.P.A. AND THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT, (EFIM-MCS).

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 34000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 34000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Ditto; 35000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 35000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Ditto; 33000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 33000mt
  • Year 1982
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ditto; Estimate 28000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 28000mt
  • Year 1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ditto; Estimate 22000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 22000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAPACITY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AL METAL. SMELTER TO BE CLOSED WITHIN NEXT 4 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES, 1983: A DATA BASE",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT, #J0245003, OCT 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 9; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 86.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986, PAGE

  • Deposit

    191; 1988, PAGE 1.105.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA IN THE MILS, "YEAR OF INITITAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY DATA BASE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. DATA IS AS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHER WISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. "DESIGN" AND "INPUT" CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS ARE IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". IN AVG 89US$. PRODUCT OUTPUT DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02 WERE USED IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY ECONOMIC EVALUATION. THE COST IS JAN 1987 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/MT ALUMINA, NOT $/KM/MT, AS PRINTED ON THE DATA BASE LISTING. RECORD 03 WAS USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY MODEL. NO COST DATA WAS REQUIRED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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