| Deposit ID | 10255204 |
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| MAS/MILS ID | 4410001018 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Martigny |
| Alternate or previous names | Martigny Valais |
| Point of reference | Plant |
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| Geographic coordinates: | 7.06877, 46.09888 (WGS84) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Switzerland(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Switzerland |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | 7.06877, 46.09888 |
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| Operation type | Processing Plant |
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| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1938 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Usine D'Aluminium Martigny, S. A. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Switzerland |
| Year | 1987 |
| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1980-1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production; 1980, 1981 9000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production Estimate 7000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production Estimate 8000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production Estimate 7000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production Estimate 3000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Rated Aluminum Capacity 10000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4410001018 |
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BASE", CONTRACT
#J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, P111; PART II - SUMMARY,
P11.
BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986, PAGE 210.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MILS DATA IN "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 AL AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. ALL 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 TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST DATA IS JAN 89 U.S. DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COSTS ARE IN JAN 1989 U.S. DOLLARS. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE SMELTER. THE COST IS IN JAN 1987 US$. THE UNITS HOWEVER ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT AS INDICATED ON THE DATA BASE LISTING. RECORDS 03 AND 04 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY. THE COSTS ARE IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS, WITH THE UNITS IN $/KM/MT AS ON THE LISTING. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-SEP-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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