| Deposit ID | 10280896 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4000001016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Straumsvik |
| Alternate or previous names | Straumsvik,Hafnarfjordur, Straumsvik,, Hafnarfjordur |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -21.57712, 63.03952 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iceland(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Iceland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | -21.57712, 63.03952 |
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1969 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Icelandic Aluminium Co. Ltd. (Isal) |
| Home office | Iceland |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alusuisse (Swiss Aluminum Ltd.) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Switzerland |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 77000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1980-1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production; 1980, 1981 75000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Increase In Rated Aluminum Metal Cap. 88000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1982-1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production; 1982,1983 77000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 82000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Estimated Al Metal Production 77000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 80000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 85000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 88477 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4000001016 |
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITES 1983: A DATA BANK",
CONTRACT # J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, P84; PART II - SUMMARY, P9.
BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986, PAGE 185;
1988, PAGE 1.104.
MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, VOL 311, #7989, "ICELANDIC SMELTING
VENTURE", OCTOBER 7, 1998, P277.
METALS BULITON, "LIGHT METALS" "ISAL ESPANSION TALKS
RESUME", OCTOBER 14, 1986, P??.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS, JAN 1989, PP280-281.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MILS DATA IN THE "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. ALL DATA BASE INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. DATA IS FORM 1987 OR 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) COMCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COSTS ARE IN JAN. 89 U.S. DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COSTS IN JAN 89 U.S. DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION/TRANSPORTATION MODE DATA RECORDS 01, AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER, FOR THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. COST DATA IS IN JAN 1987 US $, UNITS ARE $/MT ALUMINA, NOT $/KM/MT AS LISTED ON THE PRINT OUT. RECORDS 03 TO 05 ARE FOR THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY. COSTS ARE IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS. UNITS ARE IN $/KM/MT. 1987 AL-STUDY ALUMINA CONC.INPUT EST. IS 183350 MTPY AL203 CONC. 1987 AL-STUDY ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION IS 89858 MTPY. EXPANSION PLANS FOR THE SMELTER HAVE BEEN MADE. EXPECTED OPERATIONAL START-UP IS 1991, WITH AN ANNUAL CAPACITY OF 95000 TONS. BOM RATED ALUMINUM METAL CAP. FOR 1985 IS 86000 MTPY AL. AL-METAL PROD. INCREASE; (REF. #1, #2) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 11-OCT-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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