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(Facility) Sumgait Smelter

Plant in Azerbaijan with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303749
MAS/MILS ID 4570007001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Sumgait Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 49.6346, 40.5984 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azerbaijan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Azerbaijan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 49.6346, 40.5984
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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 1955
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Azerbaijan Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Azerbaijan
    Year 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALUMINA FEED FROM KIROVABAD, SUMGAIT, AND HUNGARY.
  • PLANT USES HS SODERBERG TECHNOLOGY. A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN 1992 TO REFURBISH THE SMELTER. PLANS CALL FOR CONVERTING THE PLANT TO A PREBAKE TECHNOLOGY IF KAISER ENGINEERS ACQUIRED THE NECESSARY FUNDING, PLANS CALL FOR A FIRST STAGE WHERE ONE POTLINE WOULD BE SHUT FOR 3 YRS WHILE POTLINE REBUILT USING KAISER TECHNOLOGY AND EXPANDED TO A CAPACITY OF 55,000. IN THE SECOND STAGE, THE SECOND POTLINE WOULD BE REBUILT. TIME TABLE REPORTED TO BE 1996 FOR PHASE 1; 1998 FOR PHASE 2 COST FOR ENTIRE EXPANSION $281 MILLION. TO BE PAID FOR PARTIALLY BY SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS WORLD CAPACITY HANDBOOK 1991.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1987, TRADE FLOWS AND LABOR REQUIREMENTS OF THE

  • Deposit

    USSR ALUMINUM INDUSTRY. UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. JULY 20, 1992.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. MARCH 16, 1992.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK. OCT. 17, 1994, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    INTERFAX MINING REPORT. MAY 6-13, 1994, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION TO NEAREST TOWN BASED ON US ARMY GAZETTEER AND DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAP ONC F-4. PLANS CALL FOR A CUT OF POLLUTION FROM 25 KG/MT TO 1 KG/MT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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