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Hachinoe Zn

Plant in Aomori, Japan with commodity Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206893
MAS/MILS ID 5880031026
Record type Site
Current site name Hachinoe Zn
Alternate or previous names Hachinohe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.53188, 40.74846 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aomori(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Aomori

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.53188, 40.74846
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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
Plant type Smelter/Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hachinohe Smelting Co. Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mim
    Interest 40
    Year 1993
    First year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nippon Mining And Metals Co.
    Interest 50
    Year 1993
    First year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsui Mining And Smelting
    Interest 10
    Year 1993
    First year 1993

Comments on the production information

  • PLANT IS A IMPERIAL SMELTERS ESTIMATED ZINC SMELTING COSTS FOR 1974-75 (COST IN $/TON ZN) LABOR 32.88 MATERIALS 32.76 UTILITIES 20.73 GAS & COKE 121.29 TOTAL DIRECT 207.66 DIRECT & OVERHEAD 313.77 DEPRECIATION 21.09 INTEREST 10.96 RETURN ON EQUITY 22.14 TAXES 10.19 TOTAL COSTS 378.15 CASH COSTS 324.73

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RECENT DATA

Comments on other economic factors

  • 8-93: THE PARTNERS IN THE Y56BN LEAD/ZINC SMELTER AND REFINERY PROJECT HAVE PULLED THE PLUG ON ITS CONSTRUCTION SAYING THAT POOR ZINC PRICES AND THE RAPID APPRECIATION OF THE YEN HAVE MADE THE PROJECT UNECONOMIC. THE IMPERIAL SMELTING PROCESS PLANT WAS DUE TO COME ON STREAM IN LATE 1994 OR EARLY 1995 PRODUCING ABOUT 120,000 TPY ZINC AND 60,000 TPY LEAD FROM A VARIETY OF CONCENTRATES AND SCRAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    *METAL BULLETIN, MON. 9 AUG. 1993, P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AUSMELT TOP SUBMERGED LANCE TECHNOLOGY RECOVERS PB/ZN FROM SLAG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1996 Hunter U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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