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Albany Plant Ti

Plant in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10201444
MAS/MILS ID 0410399001
Record type Site
Current site name Albany Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -123.10509, 44.60951 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Linn(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tangent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corvallis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011 S 003 W 18 S2SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -123.10509, 44.60951
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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
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1968
Plant type Metal Plant
Plant subcategory Ti Metal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oregon Metallurgical Corp. (Oremet)
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description 4292
  • Year 1984
    Description 2527
  • Year 1984
    Description 4086
  • Year 1985
    Description 3925
  • Year 1985
    Description 2444
  • Year 1985
    Description 4086
  • Year 1986
    Description 3194
  • Year 1986
    Description 1705
  • Year 1986
    Description 4086
  • Year 1987
    Description 4244
  • Year 1987
    Description 1825
  • Year 1987
    Description 4086
  • Year 1988
    Description 5488
  • Year 1988
    Description 1825
  • Year 1988
    Description 4086
  • Year 1989
    Description 4767
  • Year 1989
    Description Ingot Production 6481
  • Year 1989
    Description Sponge Production 4280
  • Year 1990
    Description 5442
  • Year 1991
    Description 5442
  • Year 1992
    Description Sponge Capacity 6800 Mtpy Sponge
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Metal Titanium 6800mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 90% OF NET SALES ARE TO THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. *IN 1988, 10% OF NET SALES WERE IN THE FORM OF SPONGE, 35% INGOT, 34% MILL PRODUCTS, 8% CASTINGS, 13% MISC. PRODUCTS.
  • SPONGE GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 99.3%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLANT USES A MODIFIED KROLL PROCESS. *COSTS ARE IN 1991 $. *PLANT USES SPONGE INTERNALLY AS WELL AS SELLING IT.
  • NICKEL GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 99.9%.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK- OREMET PURCHASES TICKLE FROM SCM AT ASHTABULA AT AN ASSUMED PRICE OF $0.57/KG.
  • FLOW CHART: TICKEL STORAGE-REDUCTION-SPONGE REMOVAL- SHERAING- LEACHING-SCREENING-CRUSHING-HAMMER MILL-STORAGE. *MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS: TICKEL- 3 HOURLY + 1 SALARIED; REDUCTION, CHIP REMOVAL, PROCESSING- 79 H + 8 S; MGCL2 RECOVERY- 14 H + 4 S; MAINTENANCE- 49 H + 6 S; QUALITY CONTROL- 17 H + 6 S; ADMIN. & ENGINEERING- 12 H + 31 S. *TICKEL- 4.1 KG/KG OF SPONGE, TOTAL PRODUCTION COST $570/MT, 27,880 MT, $15,891,600/YR, $2.337/KG, $1.061/LB. *ACIDS- $104,000/YR, $0.015/KG, $0.007/LB. *HELIUM- 0.3176 CU FT/KG SPONGE, 21,597 HCF, $423,081/YR, $19.59/HCF, $0.062/KG, $0.028/LB. *ELECTRICITY- 22.25 KWH/KG SPONGE, ASSUMES COMPLETE CONVERSION TO NEW ELECTROLYTIC CELLS, 22.25 KWH/KG SPONGE, $0.03279/KWH, 151,300,000KWH, $4,961,127/YR, $0.730/KG, $0.331/LB. *FUEL- 3242.4 KCAL/KG SPONGE. 3413 KCAL OF FUEL ARE USED IN THE PLANT; 95% FOR SPONGE PRODUCTION, 87,494 KCAL, $3.11/KCAL, $272,109/YR, $0.040/KG, $0.018/LB, $3.11/MILLION BTU. *WATER- LOCAL AUTHORITY, $20,000/YR, $0.003/KG, $0.001/LB. *STEP-DOWN TRANSFORMERS PROVIDE ECECTRICITY. *NO PERSONNEL ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE PLANT. *MG- PURCHASED, 680 MT, $2,701/MT, $1,836,680/YR, $0.270/KG, $0.123/LB, 1MT/MT SPONGE, $1.225/LB. *ARGON- 77,471 HCF, $2.80/HCF, $216,919/YR, $0.032/KG, $0.014/LB. *REACTOR CELL LINING: OUTER VESSELS- $1,030,000/YR, $0.152/KG, $0.069/LB. INNER VESSELS AND LIDS- $1,800,000/YR, $0.265/KG, $0.120/LB. *MG CELL RELINING- $240,000/YR, $0.035/KG, $0.016/LB. *ANODES- $612,000/YR, $0.090/KG, $0.041/LB. *MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES- $750,000/YR, $0.110/KG, $0.050/LB. *OTHER- $253,000/YR, $0.037/KG, $0.017/LB. *TOTAL OP. COST- $38,472,899/YR, $5.658/KG, $2.569/LB. *TOTLA PRODUCTION COST- $45,646,669/YR, $6.713/KG, $3.048/LB.
  • FROM 7-91 TO 11-92 OREMET EXPORTED 20.1 MT SPONGE TO BELGIUM, 1.1 MT BILLETS TO FRANCE, 48 MT BILLETS TO CHINA, AND 0.7 MT ELECTRODES TO CHINA. *ALL PRODUCTS ARE SHIPPED BY TRUCK. *SOME RAW MATERIALS ARRIVE BY RAIL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

  • Deposit

    OREMET BROCHURES.

  • Deposit

    NOTES FROM VISIT TO OREMET JAN. 14, 1992.

  • Deposit

    NOTES OF DR. K. TREESE, CONSULTANT, MARCH 10, 1992.

  • Deposit

    OREMET PROSPECTUS, NOV. 17, 1989.

  • Deposit

    OREMET ANNUAL REPORT, 1990.

  • Deposit

    PIERS.

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, OCT. 17, 1991, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, AUG. 12, 1991, P. 4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WOULD BE 3 SH/DAY, 365 DAYS/YR; AT PRESENT IS OPERATING AT 40% CAPACITY. *PLANT DOES NOT HAVE A PORT OR PIPELINE FACILITIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-1996 Slater, Linda C. / Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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