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(Facility) Hamburg Copper Smelter

Plant in Hamburg, Germany with commodities Copper, Lead, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255501
MAS/MILS ID 4280101001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Hamburg Copper Smelter
Alternate or previous names Hamburg Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 10.00241, 53.54875 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamburg(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Hamburg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 10.00241, 53.54875
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1923
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nordeutsche Affinerie Ag
    Interest 100
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1989

Comments on the ownership information

  • ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE: ALSTERTERRASSE 2 2 HAMBURG 36 WEST GERMANY THE HAMBURG SMELTING WORKS ARE COMPRISED OF TWO SMELTING PLANTS, TERMED THE EAST (OLD) AND NORTH (NEW) SMELTER. THE EAST SMELTER CONSISTS OF RAW MATERIAL HANDLING FACILITIES, A ROASTING PLANT, BLAST FURNACES, PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTERS, ANODE SHAFT MELTER AND CONTIMELT CONTINUOUS POLING FURNACE. THE NORTH SMELTER IS CONSISTS OF RAW MATERIAL HANDLING FACILITIES, A ROTARY KILN DRYER, A OUTOKUMPU FLASH SMELTING FURNACE, PIERCE-SMITH CONVERTERS, ANODE FURNACES, AND ANODE CASTING WHEEL. ACID PLANTS TREAT OFFGASES FROM BOTH SMELTING PLANTS. COMBINED CAPACITY OF THE SMELTERS IS 240,000 MTPA COPPER.

Comments on the production information

  • UNITS OF PRODUCTION: MT MET.CONT/YR

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PART OF LARGE METALS PRODUCTION COMPLEX. HAS SECONDARY CIRCUIT. DC ACID PLANT 1800 MTPD. 2 MO MAINT CLOSE 8/91, LAST IN 84.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES, LTD, QUARTERLY SERVICE ISSUE 1,

  • Deposit

    COPPER, PAGE 3.60.

  • Deposit

    TARRING, T., ED., NON-FERROUS METAL WORKS OF THE WORLD, 2ND

  • Deposit

    ED., METAL BULLETIN BOOKS, LTD, 1974, PAGE 297.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - HAMBURG,

  • Deposit

    (NORDDEUTSCHE), GERMANY. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007; FOR

  • Deposit

    INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ; REFINING: THE PRESSURE'S ON TO UPGRADE FACILITIES,

  • Deposit

    AUG. 1992, P. WW19 - WW21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-95 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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