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(Facility) Holyhead Smelter

Plant in United Kingdom with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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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. 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 10255072
MAS/MILS ID 4120551016
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Holyhead Smelter
Alternate or previous names Holyheadanglesey, Holy Head, Anglesey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -4.37762, 53.18904 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -4.37762, 53.18904
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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 1971
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anglesey Aluminum Ltd.
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rio Tinto Zinc Corp. (Rtz)
    Interest 51
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaiser
    Interest 49
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 113000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 113000mt
  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Published Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 113000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 113000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 99000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 99000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 82000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 82000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 95000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 95000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 113000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 113000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 102000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 102000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 101000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 101000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 87 Al Study Al-Metal Production Estimate 119997 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 119997mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 87 Al-Study Alumina Cons Input Estimate 231600 Mtpy Al2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 231600mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Bom Rated Al-Metal Capactiy Estimate 113000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 113000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Published Rated Al-Metal Capacity Incres 117000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 117000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Published Rated Al-Metal Capacity Incres 120000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 120000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT IS MARKETED BY PARENT COMPANIES; 80% SOLD IN UK, REST EXPERTED TO MAINLAND EUROPE. PRODUCTS INCLUDE 99.7% INGOT AND 99.9% INGOT.
  • PRODUCTION IN 1991 WAS 128,000 TPY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE OPERATORS ARE ANGLESEY ALUMINIUM LTD. OWNERS: RTZ (51%); KAISER (49%) CAPACITY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AL METAL RECENT CONVERSION TO POINT SOURCE POT FEEDERS HAS INCREASED PRODUCTION TO 1165 KG/POT/DAY, AND 94% AL RECOVERY.

Comments on other economic factors

  • SMELTER CONSUMES 225 MW OF ELECTRICITY ON LONG-TERM CONTRACTS.
  • FEED RECEIVED BY SHIP. ALUMINA CONSUMPTION IS 250,000 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

    WORLDIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 130; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 13, DECEMBER 31, 1987.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, P211;

  • Deposit

    1988, P1.129.

  • Deposit

    MBM. JUNE 1992, P. 61-63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. ALL DATA BASE DATA IN BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM SUPPLY AND AVAILABILITY STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS IN JAN89US$. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, 02 WERE PROPOSED FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER. COST IS IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT IN $/KM/MT AS INDICATED ON THE DATA BASE LISTING. RECORDS 03 TO 07 WERE PROPOSED FOR THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY. ALL COSTS ARE IN JAN 1989 US $, WITH $/KM/MT UNITS. ALL TRANSPORTATION DATA IS BASED ON CONTRACTOR AND IN-HOUSE MAFO INFORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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