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Rheinwerke Norf

Plant in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 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 10255404
MAS/MILS ID 4280251020
Record type Site
Current site name Rheinwerke Norf
Alternate or previous names Norf,Rheinwere

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 6.42228, 51.11883 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nordrhein-Westfalen(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 6.42228, 51.11883
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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 1963
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vereingte Aluminium Werke, (Vaw), West German Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Germany
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 146000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 146000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 150000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 150000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Rated Aluminum Metal Cap. Increase. 150000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 150000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 151000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 151000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Rated Aluminum Metal Cap. Increase. 165000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 165000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 171000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 171000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Rated Aluminum Metal Cap. Increase. 185000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 185000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 184000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 184000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Rated Aluminum Metal Cap. Increase. 210000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 210000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 195000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 195000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 200000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 200000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 205000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 205000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK"

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCT. 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 8; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 78.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986, P 181;

  • Deposit

    1988, P 1.100.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MILS DATA FOR "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA ARE BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. DATA FOR THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS, "DESIGN CAPACITY" AND "CAPACITY" RESECTIVLY ARE IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) INPUT PER DAY; IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST DATA IS IN JAN. 1989 US-DOLLARS. THE PRODUCT DATA SET, "OUTPUT" DATA FIELD IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY; IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST DATA ARE IN JAN. 1989 US-DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02, WERE USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE SMELTER, FOR USE IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. COST DATA IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT $/KM/MT AS LISTED. RECORDS 03, 04 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY. THIER COST ARE IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS, AND THE UNITS ARE AS INDICATED ON THE DATA BASE PRINT OUT, $/KM/MT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-93 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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