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(Facility) Kukes Smelter

Plant in Kukes, Albania with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279508
MAS/MILS ID 4810231001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Kukes Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 20.48514, 42.04875 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kukes(province)

Albania(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Albania Kukes

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES ARE APPROXIMATE MEASURES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 20.48514, 42.04875
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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 1964
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Albania
    Interest 100
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991
  • Type Operator
    Owner Metallugie Combine
    Home office Albania
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBANIA IS THE SOLE OWNER OF THE KUKES SMELTER WHILE METALLUGIE COMBINE IS IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS.

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Blister Production 4000 Metric Tons Blister
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Blister Production 3500 Metric Tons Blister
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 3500mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Blister Production 4000 Metric Tons Blister
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Blister Production 4300 Metric Tons Blister
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4300mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Blister Production 4900 Metric Tons Blister
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4900mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Blister Production 5400 Metric Tons Blister
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 5400mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE AVERAGE GRADE OF THE COPPER BLISTER IS 99%. THE RECOVERY RATES FOR THE SMELTER ARE APPROXIMATELY 86%. COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED REPORTS THAT KUKES RECEIVES 100,000 METRIC TONS OF ORE PER YEAR WITH GRADES OF 2.9% CU FROM GJEGJAN. KUKES ALSO RECEIVES 15,000 METRIC TONS OF CONCENTRATE PER YEAR WITH GRADES OF APPROXIMATELY 16% CU FROM GOLAJ AND FUSHE ARREZ. THE AVERAGE OPERATING DAYS FOR THE KUSKE SMELTER IS ASSUMED TO BE 250 DAYS PER YEAR. KUKES SMELTER HAS A 25,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR AGGLOMERATION CIRCUIT FOR ORE SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER. COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED REPORTS THAT THE CAPACITY AT KUKES SMELTER IS APPROXIMATELY 6,000 METRIC TONS OF BLISTER PER YEAR.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE KUKES SMELTER. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE SMELTER IS ALLOWED TO RELEASE SULPHUR DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE SMELTER COMPENSATES NEIGHBORING FARMING ENTERPRISES FOR THIS GASEOUS RELEASE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALL BLISTER PRODUCT IS SENT TO THE ANODE FURNACE LOCATED AT LAC.
  • THE TECHNOLOGY USED AT KUKES SMELTER IS OUTDATED AND ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 60 YEARS OLD. THE SMELTER HAS THREE EIGHT TON CONVERTERS, HOWEVER ONLY ONE CONVERTER WORKS AT ANY ONE TIME. ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING CONVERTERS IS REPAIRED WHILE THE THIRD CONVERTER IS HELD ON STANDBY.
  • THE KUKES SMELTER MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE IN 1995 DUE TO DECLINING RESERVES AT GJEGJAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMCDITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, THE BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY OF ALBANIA, 1991, LONDON, 55 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    KIPPENBERGER, C., REPORT OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA

  • Deposit

    TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES SECTOR, JULY 28 TO AUGUST 11, 1988, FEDERAL

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCINECES AND NATURAL RESOURCES (BGR)

  • Deposit

    HANNOVER, 53 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES IN CO=OPERATION WITH

  • Deposit

    THE ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES, AND ENERGY,

  • Deposit

    MINING IN ALBANIA, AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY, MAY 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-95 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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