Falcondo Ferronickel Plant

Plant in Pedernales, Dominican Republic with commodity Nickel
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205868
MAS/MILS ID 2470311056
Record type Site
Current site name Falcondo Ferronickel Plant
Alternate or previous names Bonao

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -70.41626, 18.91734 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pedernales(province)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Dominican Republic Pedernales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -70.41626, 18.91734

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 85.2
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dominican Government
    Interest 10
    Home office Dominican Rep.
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pricate Investors
    Interest 4.8
    Year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • ON 1987, FALCONDO PRODUCED ABOVE PRESENT CAPACITY WITH 32,500 MT/YR FERRONICKEL.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLANT IS SIGNIFICANT PRODUCER AND RELATIVELY LOW COST. PRODUCT GRADE IS 32% NICKEL IN FERRONICKEL (96,000 MT OF FERRONICKEL OR 30,845 MT OF CONTAINED NICKEL). NOTE THAT CAPACITY IS IN TERMS OF CONTAINED NICKEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NICKDATA, INC. A COMPREHENSIVE NICKEL INDUSTRY COST

  • Deposit

    DATABASE AND COSTING PROGRAM. 1991. ILMAR J. MARTENS,

  • Deposit

    THOMAS F. TORRIES. UNIT 31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-94 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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