| Deposit ID | 10158546 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5180001016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Umm-Al-Quwain |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 51.61775, 24.98264 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Qatar(country)
| Country |
|---|
| Qatar |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | 51.61775, 24.98264 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Umm Al-Qaiwain Aluminium Co. (Umalco) (Qatar Government) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Qatar |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Umm Al-Qaiwain Government |
| Interest | 25.5 |
| Home office | Qatar |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | International Engineering Consultants; (Dubai) |
| Interest | 25.5 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Aluminium Fabricators; (3-U. S. Firms) |
| Interest | 30.5 |
| Home office | Invalid State |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amari Plc, China Everbright Holdings; (China) |
| Interest | 5 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | China Nat. Metals And Minerals Imp. And Exp. Corp. |
| Interest | 5 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Published Aluminum Metal Output Capacity 240000 Mtpy Aluminum Metal | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5180001016 |
AMERICAN METAL MARKET, "QATAR SMELTER OUTPUT MARKED FOR
PARTNERS", DEC. 8, 1988, PP1, 8.
AMERICAN METAL MARKET, "$1 BILLION ALUMINUM SMELTER IS
PROPOSED FOR THE PERSIAN GULF", FEB. 12, 1988, PP1, 8.
MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, "GULF ALUMINIUM PLANT" VOL. 310,
#7955, FEB. 12, 1988, P111.
INTERNATIONAL MINING, ASIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AUG. 87,
PP115, 116.
MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, "CHINA TAKES STAKE IN UAE SMELTER"
VOL. 309, #7947, DEC. 11, 1987, P479.
MBM ALUMINIUM SUPPLEMENT, "STRATEGY", "GULF ALUMINIUM SHAPES
UP FOR THE FUTURE", JANUARY 1988, PP27-32.
MBM ALUMINIUM SUPPLEMENT,"OVERVIEW", JANUARY, 1988, P7.
AMERICAN METAL MARKET, "ARAB WORLD CONSIDERS EXPANDING
CAPACITY OF ALUMINUM SMELTERS", JULY, 26, 1988, P?.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE YEAR OF START-UP IS 1992, DATA CAN NOT BE ENTERED INTO THE "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" FIELD. DATA IS BASE ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE IS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA OF THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS, "DESIGN CAPACITY" AND "CAPACITY", RESPECTIVELY, ARE IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY; IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. THE "INPUT" DATA FIELD OF THE PRODUCT DATA SET IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY; IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02, ARE THE ESTIMATES USED IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER, FOR THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. THE COST IS AS OF JAN 1987 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT. RECORDS 03 AND 04, WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY COSTS ARE AS OF AVG 1989 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/KM/MT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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