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Alouette

Plant in Quebec, Canada with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278913
MAS/MILS ID 1220501024
Record type Site
Current site name Alouette

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -66.3659, 50.21664 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quebec(province)

Canada(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF SEPT-ILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -66.3659, 50.21664
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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
Year of first production 1992
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vaw
    Interest 20
    Home office Germany
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hoogovens Groep Bv
    Interest 20
    Home office Netherlands
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Austria Metall
    Interest 20
    Home office Austria
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Societe Generale De Financement
    Interest 20
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Interest 13.3
    Home office Japan
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marubeni Corp.
    Interest 6.7
    Home office Japan
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • ALUMINERIE ALOUETTE INC. IS A CONSORTIUM OF 6 COMPANIES: VAW, AUSTRIA METALL, HOOGOVENS, SFG, MARUBENI, AND KOBE STEEL. EACH PARTNER HAS AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN SMELTER ASSETS THAT ALLOWS IT TO DECIDE INDIVIDUALLY ON BALANCE SHEET POLICY. EACH PARTNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MARKETING ITS SHARE OF PRODUCTION AND SUPPLYING ITS SHARE OF ALUMINA. EACH PARTNER PAYS A TOLLING FEE TO THE OPERATING COMPANY.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR 1992 WAS ESTIMATED AT 70,000 MT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROJECT CAME ON LINE JUNE 1, 1992. ALUNORTE PLANS TO EXPAND CAPACITY FROM 215000 TPY TO 360000 TPY BY 1996. PLANS NOT IMPLEMENTED AS OF 1995. PLANS TO INCREASE CAPACITY OVER 3 YR PERIOD TO 229,000 BEGUN IN 1996. INCREASE TO BE ATTAINED BY INCREASING AMPERAGE ON EXISTING POTS FROM 300KA TO 315KA.

Comments on other economic factors

  • POWER CONTRACT EFFECTIVE FOR 25 YRS. POWER PRICE CONNECTED TO AL PRICE WITH A FLOOR AND CEILING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU METAL MONITOR, MAY 1992.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, DEC. 21, 1992.

  • Deposit

    1991 CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    LIGHT METAL AGE, FEB. 1993.

  • Deposit

    IBA REVIEW, OCT.-DEC. 1992.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW. OCT. 3, 1992, P. 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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