| Deposit ID | 10279596 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4330351016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ranshofen |
| Alternate or previous names | Ranshofen,Braunau-Am-Inn |
| Point of reference | Town |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 13.01882, 48.21544 (WGS84) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Oberosterreich(province)
Austria(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Austria | Oberosterreich |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Town (1) | 13.01882, 48.21544 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Austria Metall Ag (Austrian Govn'T) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Austria |
| Year | 1987 |
| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Pub. Est. Al Metal Production; 1980-1987 85000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Pub. Est. Al Metal Production; 1980-1987 83000 Mt/Yr, Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | 1987 Al Study, Est. Al Metal Production 83005 Mt/Yr, Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | 1987 Al Study, Est. Alumina Conc Input 161020 Mt/Yr, Alumina Conc | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production Cuts 30000 Mt/Year Al Metal. | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4330351016 |
ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, P. WW-17 (FEB. 1993).
BROOK HUNT & ASSCOIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM SMELTER DATA, 1986,
PAGE 163; 1988, PAGE 1.83.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY
ALUMINUM PLANTS WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 57,
PART II - SUMMARY, PAGE 7, DECEMBER 31, 1987.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM,
"PRIMARY POST-MILL ALUMINUM SMELTLING FACILITIES 1983: A
DATA BANK", CONTRACT # J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
METALS WEEK. 12/21/92. P. 5.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-JAN-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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