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(Facility) Jamalco Refinery

Plant in Clarendon, Jamaica with commodity Aluminum
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205909
MAS/MILS ID 2420372001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Jamalco Refinery
Alternate or previous names Clarendon Halse Hall, Clarendon Works, Halse Hall

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -77.23304, 17.8674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarendon(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Clarendon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -77.23304, 17.8674
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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 1972
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Bayer

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 50
    Year 1993
    First year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jamaica Government
    Interest 50
    Year 1993
    First year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 482000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 482000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Alumina(Al203) 471000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 471000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Alumina(Al203) 237000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 237000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Alumina(Al203) 420000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 420000mt
  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Alumina(Al203) Rated Capacity 354000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 354000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Alumina(Al203) Rated Capacity 320000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 320000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Alumina(Als03) Rated Capacity 700000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 700000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Alumina(Al203) Rated Capacity 780000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 780000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Alumina(Al203) Rated Capacity 800000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 800000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Alumina(Al203) Rated Capacity 850000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 850000mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1991 PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 905,199 MT. 1992 PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 709,571 MT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JAMALCO IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN ALCOA (50%) AND THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT (50%). CLARENDON ALUMINA PRODUCTION LTD. (CAP) FORMERLY OPERATED THE PLANT PRIOR TO ALCOA RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS IN 1987. CURRENT CAPACITY IS 1,000,000 TPY EXPANDED FROM 800,000 TPY IN 1993. EXPANSION TO CAPACITY OF 1 MILLION MTPY IN 1993. COST OF EXPANSION IS ESTIMATED BETWEEN $500 TO $750 PER MT. PART OF MERGED BUSINESS OF ALCOA AND WESTERN MINING CORP (WMC)

Comments on other economic factors

  • JAMAICAN GOVT. INVESTED $25M IN 1986 TO IMPROVE THE RED MUD DISPOSAL SYSTEM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COST SURVEY, 1980-1985 BROOK HUNT AND

  • Production

    ASSOCIATES LTD. PG. 281. (RECORDS 1-4)

  • Production

    ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COST SURVEY, 1988 BROOK HUNT AND ASSOC-

  • Production

    IATES LTD. PG.2.25 (RECORDS 5-8)

  • Production

    CRU ALUMINUM COST SERVICE, 1989-90 - VOLUME 2: ALUMINA COSTS

  • Production

    AND MARKET OUTLOOK: 1988-1992. PG. 57. (RECORDS 9-11)

  • Deposit

    PROFILE REPORT - HALSE HALL ALUMINA REFINERY, CLARENDON

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM PRODUCTION LTD., CLARENDON, JAMAICA/KAISER

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERS - OAKLAND, CA./DECEMBER 1987.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK FOCUS, P. 12 (MARCH 1993).

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER. SEPT. 30, 1993, P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITY DATA IN THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SHEETS IN TERMS OF MT OF BAUXITE ORE INPUT. IE, "MT ORE/DAY" PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL203) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, " MT COMMOD/DAY" GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT.% OF ALUMINA.

Reporter information

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

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