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Lista Farsund

Plant in Norway 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. 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 10182368
MAS/MILS ID 4030031016
Record type Site
Current site name Lista Farsund
Alternate or previous names Lista,Farsund, Farsund

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 6.67271, 58.13553 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 6.67271, 58.13553
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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 1971
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mosal Aluminium
    Home office Norway
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elkem Spigerverket A/S
    Interest 55
    Home office Norway
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Norsk Alcoa A/S (Alcoa)
    Interest 45
    Home office Norway
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 76000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 76000mt
  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Rated Aluminum Metal Production Cap. Est 80000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 80000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 74000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 74000mt
  • Year 1984
    Period 1982-1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production, 1982-1984 79000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 79000mt
  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Increase In Rated Al Metal Prod Capacity 82000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 82000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 74000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 74000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 77000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 77000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATORS ARE MOSAL ALUMINIUM OWNERS: ELKEM A/S (50%); ALCOA (50%) CAPACITY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AL METAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    PLANTS WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 95; PART II -

  • Deposit

    SUMMARY, PAGE 10.

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSICIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 198; 1988, PAGE 1.119.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA IN "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. ALL DATA BASE INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS 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 TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE INPUT PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST DATA IS IN JAN 1989 U.S. DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA FIELD, IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST DATA IS IN JAN 1989 U.S. DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE SMELTER, FOR THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. COSTS DATA IS IN JAN 1987 U.S. $. UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT AS ON THE DATA BASE PRINT-OUT. RECORD 03 WAS USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. COST DATA IS IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/KM/MT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-OCT-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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