Ranshofen

Plant in Oberosterreich, Austria with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279596
MAS/MILS ID 4330351016
Record type Site
Current site name Ranshofen
Alternate or previous names Ranshofen,Braunau-Am-Inn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 13.01882, 48.21544 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oberosterreich(province)

Austria(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Austria Oberosterreich

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 13.01882, 48.21544

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Austria Metall Ag (Austrian Govn'T)
    Interest 100
    Home office Austria
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • AUSTRIA METALL AG IS ALSO THE OPERATOR

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Pub. Est. Al Metal Production; 1980-1987 85000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 85000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Pub. Est. Al Metal Production; 1980-1987 83000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 83000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1987 Al Study, Est. Al Metal Production 83005 Mt/Yr, Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 83005mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1987 Al Study, Est. Alumina Conc Input 161020 Mt/Yr, Alumina Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 161020mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Al Metal Production Cuts 30000 Mt/Year Al Metal.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 30000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, P. WW-17 (FEB. 1993).

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSCOIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM SMELTER DATA, 1986,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 163; 1988, PAGE 1.83.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 57,

  • Deposit

    PART II - SUMMARY, PAGE 7, DECEMBER 31, 1987.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM,

  • Deposit

    "PRIMARY POST-MILL ALUMINUM SMELTLING FACILITIES 1983: A

  • Deposit

    DATA BANK", CONTRACT # J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. 12/21/92. P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA IN THE "INITIAL YEAR OF PRODUCTION" FIELD IS THE YEAR OF SMELTER START-UP. ALL DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILTIY AND NET- WORK SUPPLY STUDY. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. ALL INPUT CAPACITY DATA IS IN MT OF ALUMINA CONCENTRATE. ALL OUTPUT CAPACITY DATA IS IN MT OF ALUMINUM METAL. TRANSPORT RECORDS 01 AND 02 ARE GENERAL DATA, USED IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. RECORDS 03 TO 05 ARE MORE SPECIFIC DATA, USED IN THE NETWORK SUPPLY STUDY. IN SOME DATA FIELDS, "OTHER" WAS ENTERED, WHEN "UNKNOWN" WAS AN INVALID FIELD VALUE. THE SMELTER IS CURRENTLY BEING CLOSED UNDER A FIVE STAGE PLAN, PLANT CLOSED IN DECEMBER 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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