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(Facility) Ziar-Nad Hronom Smelter

Plant in Slovakia 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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10182666
MAS/MILS ID 4360001001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Ziar-Nad Hronom Smelter
Alternate or previous names No Other Known Name.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 18.86879, 48.59863 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Slovakia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Slovakia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 18.86879, 48.59863
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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 1953
Plant type Smelter

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Zavod Snp Kovohute Praha
    Home office Czechoslovakia
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Tpy Aluminum Metal (Estimated) 66000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 66000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Tpy Aluminum Metal (Estimated) 66000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 66000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Tpy Aluminum Metal (Estimated) 66100 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 66100mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Tpy Aluminum Metal (Estimated) 66400 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 66400mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Tpy Aluminum Metal (Estimated) 67400 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 67400mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Tpy Aluminum Metal (Estimated) 69300 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 69300mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Aluminum Metal Production (Estimated) 69700 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 69700mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Al Metal Production After Upgrade 132000 Metric Tons Per Year.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 132000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTS ARE 99.5% AND 99.7% ALUMINUM AS INGOT, BILLET AND SLAB. IMPORTED INGOT FEED CASTHOUSE IN FORM OF CAST PRODUCTS AND LIQUID METAL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1989 PRODUCTION WAS 69,300 MT AL (SONDERBERG) A NEW SMELTER AND ANODE PLANT ARE BEING BUILT NEXT TO THE EXISTING PLANT AND WILL USE HYDRO-AL TECHNOLOGY. CAPACITY IS EXPECTED TO BE 105,000 MTPY, COMING ON-LINE IN 1994. AT THAT TIME THE OLD SMELTER WILL BE DISMANTLED. ZIAR SMELTER ALSO HAS CAPACITY OF 100,000 MTPY OF SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS CAPACITY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AL METAL.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALUMINA FEED COMES FROM ON-SITE REFINERY.
  • PLANT IS VERTICAL-STUD SODERBERG, END TO END, CONSISTING OF TWO POTLINES TOTALLING 342 POTS. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIED FROM GRID FROM COAL BURNING STATION IN TOWN AT 15,847 KWH/MT. EFFICIENCY IS 89-90%. PLANT CONSUMES 1.9234 MT AL2O3, 28.3 KG ALF2, 14.5 KG CRYOLITE, 548.6 KG ANODE MATERIALS; POTLIFE IS 1647 DAYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 1 (SEPT. 3, 1993).

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT, LTD., LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 2, PP. 95-96

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NEW SMELTER IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT EXISTING SITE, USING HYDRO ALUMINIUM TECHNOLOGY PREBAKED ANODES, AND 230 KA POTS. THE NEW PLANT CAPACITY IS 105,000 MTPY, AND IS SCHEDULED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PLANT IN 1994. AS OF 1992, THE ZIAR-NAD HRONOM SMELTER IS PLANNED TO BE SOON RECONSTRUCTED IN A JOINT VENTURE WITH A FIRM FROM NORWAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-1996 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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