Delfzijl

Plant in Groningen, Netherlands 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 10182150
MAS/MILS ID 4210201016
Record type Site
Current site name Delfzijl

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 6.9324, 53.31881 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Groningen(province)

Netherlands(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Netherlands Groningen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 6.9324, 53.31881

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMPANY ANNOUNCES JOB CUTS FROM 724 TO 604 IN 1993.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1966
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aluminum Delfzijl Bv (Aldel)
    Home office Netherlands
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hoogovens Groep
    Interest 100
    Home office Netherlands
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 92000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 92000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 87 Al-Study, Aluminum Metal Prod. Estim. 92644 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 92644mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 87 Al-Study, Alumina Cons Input Estimate 185280 Mtpy Al2o3 Cons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Conc. Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 185280mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATORS ARE ALUMINIUM DELFZIFL BV (ALDEL) OWNERS: HOOGOVENS GROEP BV CAPACITY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AL METAL COMPANY COMPLETED NEGIOTIATIONS FOR LOWER ENERGY COST IN 1993. CONTRACT RUNS 4 YR STARTING OCT. 1, 1992. COMPANY TO PAY G0.01/KWH LESS IF AL PRICE BELOW $1700/MT ON LME. IF PRICE BETWEEN 1700-1900/MT, STD RATE. IF PRICE ABOVE 1900/MT, ENERGY PRICE INC. WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    METAL BULLETIN. NOV. 16, 1992, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 91; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 10.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD, ALUMINUM SMELTER DATA, 1986,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 192, 1988, PAGE 1.109.

  • Deposit

    MINING WEEKLY. SEPT. 10, 1993, P. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA FIELD "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE IS AS OF 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE INPUT PER DAY; IE, MT CONC/DAY. COST IS AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. "OUTPUT" DATA ON THE PRODUCT DATA SET IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY; IE, MT COMMOD/DAY. COST IS AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION DATA, RECORDS 01, 02 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY ECONOMIC EVALUATION. THE COST IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS, UNIT COST IS $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT AS ON THE DATA BASE LISTING. RECORD 03 WAS USED IN THE SUPPLY MODEL, COST IS IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS, UNIT COST IS $/KM/MT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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