| Deposit ID | 10255518 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4030311017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ardal Ardal Verk |
| Alternate or previous names | Ardval Verk, Ardal Verk, Ardalog Sunndal Verk, Ardal Og Sunndal Verk |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 6.09949, 59.13886 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rogaland(province)
Norway(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Norway | Rogaland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | 6.09949, 59.13886 |
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hydro Aluminium As: (See Ownership Comments) |
| Home office | Norway |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Norsk Hydro: (Owns 70% Of Hydro Aluminium As) |
| Interest | 70 |
| Home office | Norway |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Norwegian Government: (Owns 51% Of Norsk Hydro) |
| Interest | 30 |
| Home office | Norway |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 185000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Published Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 185000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 180000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Estimated Aluminum Metal Production 163000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Estimated Aluminum Metal Production 157000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Estimated Aluminum Metal Production 180000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Estimated Aluminum Metal Production 170000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Published Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 163000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 152000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 155000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4030311017 |
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 97; PART II - SUMMARY,
PAGE 10, DECEMBER 31, 1987.
BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, PAGE,
194; 1988, PAGES, 1.111, 1,112.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MILS DATA IN "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. ALL DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILTIY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE IS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. INPUT CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA STES IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02, WERE THE ESTIMATES USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER, FOR THE AVAILABILITY PORTION OF THE STUDY. COST IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT AS LISTED IN THE DATA BASE PRINTOUT. RECORDS 03 STO 09 WERE USED IN THE SUPPLY PORTION OF THE STUDY. COSTS ARE IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/KM/MT ALUMINA, AS LISTED ON THE DATA BASE PRINTOUT. 1987 AL-STUDY, ALUMINA INPUT, FOR 1987-1988 IS 300700 MTPY ALUMINA CONC. 1987 AL-STUDY, AL METAL PROD. FOR 1987-1988 IS 154,852 MTPY 1987 AL-STUDY ALUMINA INPUT FOR 1989-2016 IS 364720 MTPY ALUMINA CONC. 1987 AL-STUDY, AL METAL PROD. FOR 1989-2016 IS 187821 MTPY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 16-OCT-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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