| Deposit ID | 10158414 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC38216 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 3330332001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Ilo Copper Refinery |
| Alternate or previous names | Ilo Refinery |
| Related records | 10064050, 10207195 |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -71.36629, -17.48937 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 10 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Moquegua(province)
Peru(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Peru | Moquegua |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Selenium | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Tellurium Critical | Secondary |
| Plant (1) | -71.36629, -17.48937 |
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1975 |
| Plant type | Refiner |
| Plant subcategory | Electrostatic |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Peru Copper Corp. |
| Home office | Peru |
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Interest | 63 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marmon Group Inc. |
| Interest | 20.7 |
| Home office | United States |
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Overseas Capital Corp. |
| Interest | 16.3 |
| Home office | United States |
| Year | 1994 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 142000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 126000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 141000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 111000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copepr Cathodes 138000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 173000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1976-1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | 2130163 Mt Cu Cathode, 299119 Kg Refined Ag, 497 Kg Refined Au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Gold 86 Kg | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Silver 49 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 180000 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Copper Cathodes 179963 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 3330332001 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC38216 | MAS references MRDS |
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES, ELECTROLYTIC REFINERY PROFILE, ILO
COPPER REFINERY, AUGUST 1, 1986, P. 1.
"SPCC SUBMITTED WINNING BID FOR MINERO PERU ILO COPPER
REFINERY", THE MINING RECORD, MAY 18, 1994, P. 5.
ADVERTISEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JAN. 22,
1993, P. 16.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1993, P. 31.
"MINEROPERU ILO SALE IS CONFIRMED", METAL BULLETIN, AUGUST
19, 1993, P. 5.
SPCC SUBMITTED WINNING BID FOR MINERO PERU ILO COPPER
REFINERY", THE MINING RECORD, MAY 15, 1994, P. 5.
E/MJ, NOVEMBER 1979,; ILO REFINERY: DESIGNED FOR EXPANSION,
P.141.
ORGINIZACION, FUNCIONES, ACTIVIDADES ACTUALES; BOOKLET BY
MINERO PERU, APRIL 1977.
PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC., THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,
OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL
COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - SPCC SMELTER
AT ILO PERU. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR INF., CONTACT
S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MINERO-PERU, 1992.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ILO REFINERY PROJECT, WITH A DESIGNED ANNUAL CAPACITY OF 150,000 MTPY OF CATHODE COPPER WENT ON STREAM IN 1977. IT HAD OPERATED AT PARTIAL CAPACITY SINCE ITS INAUGURATION IN SEPTEMBER 1975. THE ANODE PLANT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY MINERO PERU AND THE ELECTROLYTIC REFINERY WAS BUILT ON A TURNKEY CONTRACT BY MITSUI FURUKAWA OF JAPAN. THE INSTALLATIONS OF THE REFINERY WERE BUILT AT A TOTAL COST OF $56 MILLION. THE TREATMENT OF ANODE SLIMES YIELDS BYPRODUCT GOLD, SILVER, SELENIUM, TELLURIUM, AND BISMUTH. THE REFINERY IS DESIGNED TO BE EXPANDED BY AN ADDITIONAL 150,000 TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE FULL BLISTER PRODUCTION FROM THE ILO SMELTER OF S.P.C.C. FOR A FULL PROCESS DESCRIPTION OF THE REFINERY, SEE THE E/MJ ARTICLE NOTED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE ILO REFINERY, WITH AN ORIGINAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 150,000 MTPA REFINED CATHODES, WAS EXPANDED TO 175,000 MTPA IN 1989, AND TO 187,000 MTPA IN 1991. IN APRIL OF 1993, MINEROPERU ANNOUNCED THAT THE ILO COPPER REFINERY WAS TO BE SOLD TO PRIVATE INTERESTS. IN APRIL OF 1994, SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT HAD SUBMITTED THE WINNING BID AND RECIEVED OWNERSHIP. THE BID WAS NET CASH OF $65 MILLION (SUBJECT TO FINAL CLOSING ADJUSTMENTS) AND $20.3 MILLION THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS INCREASING THE CAPACITY AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-APR-1995 | Towle, Stewart W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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