Belgaum

Plant in Karnataka, 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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231287
MAS/MILS ID 5330291016
Record type Site
Current site name Belgaum

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 74.60047, 15.90002 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnataka(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Karnataka

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 74.60047, 15.90002

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1969
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcan Aluminum Ltd.
    Interest 55
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private Interests
    Interest 45
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • PRIVATE INTERESTS OWN THE REMAINING 45%; INDIAN ALUMINIUM CO. LTD. (INDALCO) IS THE OPERATOR.

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Bom Published Rated Al Metal Capacity 73000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 73000mt

Comments on the production information

  • BOM AL METAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATE AT 55% OF CAPACITY FOR 1985 IS 40150 MTPY AL METAL. 1987 AL-STUDY ALUMINA CONC. INPUT ESTIMATE FOR 1987 IS 77,490 MTPY ALUMINA CONS. 1987 AL-STUDY ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION FOR 1987 IS 40,149 MTPY AL METAL. (ESTIMATE)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al 52.14 wt-pct Aluminum 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMELTER SHUT DOWN AUGUST 1992 DUE TO HIGH ELECTRICITY RATES. PLANS CALL FOR THE RESTART OF THE PLANT IN JANUARY 1995 AT AN INITIAL RATE OF 12,000 TPY. IF POWER TALKS SUCCESSFUL, PLANT COULD INCREASE TO 100,000 TPY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK"

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 145; PART II - SUMMAR,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 15, DECEMBER 31, 1987.

  • Deposit

    IBA/EB/XLII/5/88, "PRIMARY ALUMINIUM SMELTER CAPACITY BY

  • Deposit

    PLANT (1988-1993)", PAGE 30D.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES ATD., ALUMINIUM SMELTER DATA, 1986,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 250.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA IN THE, "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" FIELD IS THE YEAR OF START-UP OF THIS SMELTER. ALL DATA IN THIS DATA BASE PROPERTY FILE ARE BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS AS OF 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS "CAPACITY" FIELD DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINA CONS INPUT PER DAY, IE, "MT CONS/ DAY". PRODUCT "OUTPUT" FIELD DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02, WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. RECORDS 02, AND 03, WERE USED IN THE SUPPLY STUDY. NO COST OR DISTANCE DATA WAS AVAILABLE, FOR THIS SMELTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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