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(Facility) Alumar Aluminum Smelter

Plant in Maranhao, Brazil 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. Land status
  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 10279648
MAS/MILS ID 3510191016
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Alumar Aluminum Smelter
Alternate or previous names Sao Luis Smelter, Sao Luis Aluminum Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -44.26572, -2.56497 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maranhao(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Maranhao

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -44.26572, -2.56497
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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 1984
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aluminio Do Maranhao
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 53
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gencor
    Interest 47
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1994
    First year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 27000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 27000mt
  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Published Rated Aluminum Capacity 110000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 110000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 103000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 103000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 198000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 198000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Bom Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 245000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 245000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Published Rated Capacity; Increase To 245000 Mtpy Al Metal
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 220000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 220000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 350000 Metric Ton Per Year.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 350000mt

Comments on the production information

  • 87 AL-STUDY, ALUMINA CONS INPUT ESTIMATE FOR 1987 IS 424,600 MTPY ALUMINA CONS 87 AL-STUDY, AL METAL PRODUCTION EST. FOR 1987 IS 217,593 MTPY AL METAL. 87 AL-STUDY, ALUMINA CONS INPUT ESTIMATE FOR 1988 IS 472,850 MTPY ALUMINA CONS. 87 AL-STUDY, AL METAL PRODUCTION EST. FOR 1988 IS 242,319 MTPY AL METAL 87 AL-STUDY, ALUMINA CONS INPUT ESTIMATE FOR 1990 IS 733,400 MTPY ALUMINA CONS. 87 AL-STUDY, AL METAL PRODUCTION EST. FOR 1990 IS 375,842 MTPY AL METAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    METALS WEEK, P. 3 (MAY 17, 1993).

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 45; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 5.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM SMELTER DATA, 1986,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 156, 1988 PAGE 1.76.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, "ALUMAR INVESTMENT MOOTED", OCT. 3, 1985,

  • Deposit

    P. 249.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, "ALUMAR OWNERS LINK EXPANSION TO

  • Deposit

    CHEAPER POWER", APRIL 4, 1986, PP. 1, 14.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, "ALUMAR EXPANSION RECEIVES GO-AHEAD"

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 25, 1986, PP. 1, 6.

  • Deposit

    CRV MONITOR, "PRODUCTION/CAPACITY EXPANSIONS", APRIL, 1986.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "ALUMINIUM", NOVEMBER, 1986, P. 471.

  • Deposit

    LMAL, "BRAZILIAN ALUMINIUM SMELTERS HITBY ENERGY RATIONING",

  • Deposit

    APRIL 10, 1987, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, "LATIN AMERICA" "BRAZIL - PRODUCION

  • Deposit

    WILL BE DOUBLED AT THE ALBRAS ALUMINUM PROJECT...", P. 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. DATA FOR THIS DATA BASE FILE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILTIY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE IS AS OF 1987, 1988, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS ARE IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". PRODUCT DATA SETS "OUTPUT" IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY. COST IS IN TERMS OF $/MT ALUMINA CONS, NOT $/KM/MT, AS IS PRINTED ON THE LISTING. RECORDS 02 AND 03 WERE USED IN THE SUPPLY STUDY. THE COST IS IN TERMS OF $/KM/MT ALUMINA CONS, AS PRINTED ON THE LISTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-SEP-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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