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Tga Boris Kidric

Producer in Slovenia with commodity Aluminum
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256108
MAS/MILS ID 4790301003
Record type Site
Current site name Tga Boris Kidric
Alternate or previous names Kidric Smelter, Kridricevo Aluminium Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 15.78533, 46.39872 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Slovenia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Slovenia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 15.78533, 46.39872
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Yugoslavia
    Interest 100
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tga Boris Kidric
    Home office Yugoslavia
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Aluminium Production (Estimated) 48000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 48000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Aluminium Production (Estimated) 48000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 48000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Aluminium Production (Estimated) 76000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 76000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Aluminium Production (Estimated) 93000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 93000mt
  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Aluminium Production (Estimated) 92000 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 92000mt

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY INFORMATION ON PRODUCTS WAS FOR 1989: 35,000 METRIC TONS OF INGOTS, 14,000 METRIC TONS OF BILLETS, 19,000 METRIC TONS OF CASTING STRIPS, 2,000 METRIC TONS OF WIRE ROD, AND 23,000 METRIC TONS OF ROLLING SLAB. PLANT CAPACITY WAS SCHEDULED TO DROP TO 75,000 METRIC TONS IN 1991 FROM 92,000 METRIC TONS IN PRIOR YEARS.
  • FORTY PERCENT OF PRODUCTION IS USED FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, 55 PERCENT IS EXPORTED TO GENERATE HARD CURRENCY, AND 5 PERCENT IS EXPORTED TO OTHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLANT CONSTRUCTED IN 1954 WITH EXPANSIONS IN 1964 AND 1987. THE PLANT HAS DRY SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY. IN 1987, AN ONGOING 150 MILLION DOLLAR MODERINIZATION PROGRAM WAS UNDERWAY.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PLANT HAS 344 POTS IN THREE POTLINES, BUT ONE WAS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE DOWN IN 1991 BECAUSE IT WAS THE OLDEST AND LEAST EFFICIENT SODERBERG LINE. THE PLANT GETS 65 PERCENT OF ITS POWER FROM SLOVENIA AND 35 PERCENT FROM SERBIA. MORE THAN 50 PERCENT IS COAL GENERATED AND THE BALANCE IS HYDROELECTRIC AND NUCLEAR. ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ARE: THE NEW PECHINEY REQUIRES 13,600 KILOWATT-HOURS PER METRIC TON OF ALUMINIUM, THE MODERNIZED POTLINE REQUIRES 14,500 KILOWATT-HOURS PER METRIC TON OF ALUMINIUM, AND THE SODERBERG POTLINE REQUIRES 17,500 KILOWATT-HOURS PER METRIC TON OF ALUMINIUM PRODUCED. THE OLD 20,000 METRIC TON PER YEAR SODERBERG LINE WAS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE DOWN BY 1991. THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION WAS 1954, WITH MAJOR EXPANSIONS IN 1964 AND 1987.
  • ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF FEED ORIGINATES FROM THE KIDRICEVO REFINERY. SINCE 1988, THE PLANT HAS IMPORTED ALUMINA TO FULFILL CAPACITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, LONDON, THE BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL INDUSTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, VOL. 3, PP. 201-02

  • Deposit

    (NOV. 1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-92 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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