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(Facility) Valesul Aluminum Smelter

Plant in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133914
MAS/MILS ID 3510571016
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Valesul Aluminum Smelter
Alternate or previous names Valesu Smelter, Vale Do Sul Aluminio S.A.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -43.16892, -22.52741 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio De Janeiro(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Rio De Janeiro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -43.16892, -22.52741
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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 1982
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vale Do Sul Aluminio S. A. (Valesul)
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (Cvrd)
    Interest 49.5
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gencor
    Interest 41.5
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Multisilicon
    Interest 9
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 24000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 24000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Rated Aluminum Metal Production Capacity 86000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 86000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 86000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 86000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 91000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 91000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 91000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 91000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 91000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 91000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 92000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 92000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Aluminium Metal Production 90000 Metric Tons Per Year.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 90000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS DIVIDED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 55-60 KMT INGOT, 15 KMT SLABS AND BARS, AND 20 KMT BILLETS.
  • 87 AL-STUDY, ALUMINA CONS INPUT, FOR 1987-1994 IS 165,660 MTPY ALUMINA. 87 AL-STUDY, AL-METAL PROD. 1987-1994 IS 79,660 MTPY AL MET. 87 AL-STUDY, PROP. EXPAN. AL203 INPUT FOR 1995 IS 331,960 MTPY ALUMINA. 87 AL-STUDY, EXPAN. AL METAL PROD. FOR 1995 IS 159,319 MTPY ALUMINA.

Comments on other economic factors

  • A $37 MILLION INVESTMENT IS PLANNED TO RAISE OUTPUT FROM 93 KMT TO 100 KMT ALUMINUM PER YEAR BY 1995. ENERGY COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    METALS WEEK, P. 3 (MAY 17, 1993).

  • Ownership

    MINING JOURNAL. JULY 29, 1994, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 48; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 6.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., 1986, P157; 1988 P1.78.

  • Deposit

    LAML, "FOCUS" - "BRAZIL TO BECOME 4TH BIGGEST ALUMINIUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCER", AUGUST 29, 1986.

  • Deposit

    METALS BULITEN, "VALESUL WAITS FOR IMPROVEMENT", #7078,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 18, 1986, PAGE 13.

  • Deposit

    CRV MONITOR, "PRODUCTION/CAPACITY EXPANSIONS", APRIL 1986.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL DATA ON THIS DATA BASE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATA IS AS OF 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SET "CAPACITY" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS AVG 89US$.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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