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Topionice I Rafinacija Bakra Bor

Plant in Serbia with commodities Copper, Gold, Palladium, Platinum, Selenium, Silver
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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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231140
MAS/MILS ID 4790252002
Record type Site
Current site name Topionice I Rafinacija Bakra Bor
Alternate or previous names Bor Smelter and Refinery.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 22.0019, 44.16537 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Serbia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Serbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Selenium Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 22.0019, 44.16537
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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 1939
Plant type Smelter/Refiner

Mining district

District name Bor

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rudarsko Topionicarski Basen Bor
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description Platinum & Palladium Production (Est) 200 Metric Tons.
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Selenium Production (Estimated) 70000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Selenium Selenium 70000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Silver Production (Estimated) 25000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 25000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Gold Production (Estimated) 4300 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 4300mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cathode Copper Production (Estimated) 150000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 150000mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF GOLD IS EXPORTED AS BARS, AND THE REMAINDER IS USED IN JEWELLERY MANUFACTURING. SILVER, PLATINUM, AND PALLADIUM ARE MAINLY FOR DOMESTIC USE. SELENIUM IS MAINLY FOR EXPORT. ALL BUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF EXPORTED COPPER IS CONSUMED DOMESTICALLY. COPPER IS REGISTERED ON THE LME ASSAYING 99.96 TO 99.99 PERCENT COPPER; GOLD IS 99.99 PERCENT IN 30 KILOGRAM BARS; SILVER IS 95.95 PERCENT IN 30 KILOGRAM BARS; SELENIUM IS 99.5 TO 99.9 PERCENT IN POWDER FORM; PLATINUM IS 96 PERCENT IN POWDERED FORM; AND PALLADIUM IS 99.95 PERCENT IN POWDERED FORM.
  • THE PRODUCTION RATES GIVEN IN THE PRODUCTION TABLE ARE THE SAME FOR THE YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1990, EXCEPT FOR GOLD. GOLD PRODUCTION FOR 1984 WAS 3.5 METRIC TONS; FOR 1985, 4.5 METRIC TONS; FOR 1986, 4.5 METRIC TONS; FOR 1987, 4.3 METRIC TONS; FOR 1988, 4.3 METRIC TONS; FOR 1989, 4.3 METRIC TONS; AND FOR 1990, 4.3 METRIC TONS. ALL THESE PRODUCTION RATES ARE ESTIMATED, AS ARE THE PRODUCTION RATES GIVEN IN THE PRODUCTION TABLE.
  • MILL FEED REPRESENTS AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT, IN METRIC TONS, OF CONCENTRATE AT 22 PERCENT GRADE. THIS AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE SCRAP. OUTPUT DOES NOT INCLUDE COPPER FROM SCRAP, WHICH IS APPROCIMATELY 30,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAPACITY STATED AS 165,000 TONS PER YEAR OF COPPER CATHODE. THIS PLANT ALSO TREATS SCRAP AND IMPORTED MATERIAL. DOMESTIC FEED ORIGINATES FROM BOR AND BUCIM MINE MINES. POLLUTION FROM THE SMELTER IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SMELTER HAS A SIGNIFICANT SULFUR DIOXIDE PROBLEM WHICH HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE TOWN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR ANY PLANT MODIFICATIONS TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION.

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN 1988, RTB-BOR SUPPLIED 513,869 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE ASSAYING APPROXIMATELY 22 PERCENT COPPER; THE BUCIM MINE CONTRIBUTED 49,611 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE AT 22 PERCENT COPPEER, DOMESTIC SCRAP OF 12,340 METRIC TONS OF COPPER SCRAP AND 20,036 METRIC TONS OF COPPER CONTENT IN IMPORTED SCRAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 1, 3, PP. 205-06

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-95 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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