| Deposit ID | 10158936 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 6020451016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bell Bay |
| Alternate or previous names | Bell Bay,Tasmania |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 146.53846, -41.24282 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tasmania(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Tasmania |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | 146.53846, -41.24282 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd. |
| Home office | Australia |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Comalco |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production; 117000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 114000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 126000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 119000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 120000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 124000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 123000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Al Metal Production 125000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 6020451016 |
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",
CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 186; PART II - SUMMARY,
PAGE 19.
BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, PAGE
240, 1988, PAGE 1.146.
E&MJ, NOVEMBER 1983, PAGE 72.
THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "UPGRADING BELL BAY, 1$28M COMALCO
PLAN",MARCH 17 TO 30, 1980, PAGE 7.
THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "COMALCO'S PROFIT UP 31 PER CENT",
MARCH 3 TO 16, 1980, PAGE 28.
E&MJ, "AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA", JANUARY 1978, PAGE 69.
E&MJ, "AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA", JANUARY 1977, PAGE 60.
E&MJ, "PANORAMA", SEPTEMBER 1977, PAGE 48.
MINING EGINEERING, "A SELECTIVE SAMPLE OF AUSTRALIA'S NEW
MINING PROJECTS", JANUARY 1977, PAGE 36.
WORLD MINING, "TASMANIAN SMELTER EXPANSION COMMISSIONING",
JUNE 1977, PAGE 147.
MINING MAGAZINE, "AUSTRALASIA" - "AUSTRALIA", SEPTEMBER
1976, PAGE 257.
WORLD MINING, "TASMANIA" - "COMALCO CUTS BELL BAY ALUMINUM
PRODUCTION 4,500 TONS", FEBRUARY 1975.
WORLD MINING, "TASMANIA... COMALCO EXPANDING BELL BAY
ALUMINUM SMELTER TO 126,000 ANNUAL TONS", APRIL 1974,
PAGE 80.
MINING MAGAZINE, "AUSTRALASIA" - "AUASTRLIA", SEPTEMBER
1974, PAGE 214.
MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1974, PAGE 546.
E&MJ, "AUSTRALIAN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY: MORE EXPORTS", FEBRUARY
1971, PAGE 30.
MINING MAGAZINE, "BELL BAY", JUNE 1968, VOL. 118, #6,
PAGE 383.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MILS DATA IN "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA BASE DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS AS OF 1987, 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) CONCENTRATE INPUT PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTUPT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PRODUCTION PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02, WERE THE ESTIMATES USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER, FOR USE IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. COST IS AS OF JAN 1987 UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT, AS LISTED ON THE PRINTOUT. RECORD 03 WAS USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. COST IS IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/KM/MT, AS LISTED ON THE DATA BASE PRINTOUT. PROPERTY REVIEWED 6/92, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 11-OCT-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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