| Deposit ID | 10231320 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4120451017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lochaber Ft William |
| Alternate or previous names | Lochaberft Williamscotland |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -5.09745, 56.09907 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
United Kingdom(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| United Kingdom |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | -5.09745, 56.09907 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1929 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | British Aluminium Ltd. |
| Home office | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alcan Aluminum Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 28000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 16000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 36000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 38000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1984-1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production; 1984-85 39000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 38000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 39000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4120451017 |
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983; A DATA BANK", CONTRACT
#J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 129; PART II - SUMMARY,
PAGE 13.
BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, PAGE 214
1988, PAGE 1.131.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MILS DATA IN THE "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR START-UP. ALL DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS 1987-88 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM METAL. CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE INPUT PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COSTS ARE IN JAN 89US$. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY", IN JAN89$. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER. COST IS JAN 1989 U.S. $, THE UNITS ARE IN $ PER MT ALUMINA CONS, NOT $/KM/MT AS SHOWN ON THE DB LISTING. RECORDS 03 AND 04 WERE USED IN THE SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. DISTANCE AND COST WERE BASED ON CONTRACTOR AND IN-HOUSE MAFO DATA. COST ARE JAN 89US$, UNITS ARE IN $/KM/MT, AS INDICATED ON THE DB LISTING. ACTUAL COSTS ARE $5.04/MT ALUMINA, RECORD 03, AND $8.16/ MT ALUMINA, RECORD 04. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-SEP-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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