(Facility) Siechnice Wroclaw Smelter

Plant in Poland with commodity Chromium, Ferrochrome
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. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206706
MAS/MILS ID 4550411001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Siechnice Wroclaw Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.15221, 51.03193 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Poland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Poland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium, Ferrochrome Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.15221, 51.03193

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Huta Siecznice (Government Of Poland)
    Interest 100
    Home office Poland
    Year 1990
    First year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1991
    Description Allual High C Fecr Cap. Prior To 1991 68000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Chromium, Ferrochrome Chromium 68000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT, LTD., LONDON, 1990, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL, 1 & 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN/NEAR WROCLAW. COORDINATES ARE OF WROCLAW. J. PAPP USING CAPACITY OF 68,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR AND THAT VALUE WAS USED IN THE NETWORK FLOW MODEL. GOVT. WAS REPORTED TO BE PLANNING TO CLOSE THIS SMELTER IN 1991 BECAUSE OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND WERE GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH A TOTALLY NEW FECR SMELTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-1995 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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