Korba

Plant in Madhya Pradesh, India with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231254
MAS/MILS ID 5330211016
Record type Site
Current site name Korba
Alternate or previous names Korba Bilaspur

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 84.76692, 22.36612 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madhya Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Madhya Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 84.76692, 22.36612

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 1975
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bharat Aluminum Co., Ltd. (Balco)
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1987-Study Al Metal Prod. Cap. Estimate 50000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 50000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1987-Study Alumina Input Capacity Est 96500 Mtpy Alumina (Al2o3) Cons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 96500mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Bom Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 100000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 100000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BALCO PLANS TO MODERNIZE SMELTER TO SAVE POWER. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A 3,000 TPY PRODUCTION INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT OPERATING RATE OF 103,000 TPY (1995).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRPIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 143; PART II - SUMMARY

  • Deposit

    PAGE 15, DEC. 31, 1987.

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA IN "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. ALL DATA IS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CATACITY DATA OF THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONC. INPUT PER DAY, IE "MT CONC/DAY". COST DATA IS IN JAN 1987 U.S. DOLLARS. "OUTPUT" DATA ON THE PORDUCT DATA SET IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COSTS IN JAN 1987 U.S. DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION DATA, WAS AVAILABLE FOR THIS SMELTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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