| Deposit ID | 10279857 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 3150001016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Paranam Aluminum Smelter |
| Alternate or previous names | Paranam, Paramaribo Aluminum Smelter |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -55.09923, 5.3513 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Suriname(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Suriname |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | -55.09923, 5.3513 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Suriname Aluminium Co. (Suralco) |
| Home office | Surinam |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1987 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Production 57000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Production 41000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Production 42000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Production 34000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Production 23000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Production 29000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Production 29000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Aluminum Production/Close For Power Out 2000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 3150001016 |
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK", CONTRACT
#J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985; SOURCES: WAS, 1981; AIP, 1982
API, 1982; NFMWW, 1982; OECD, 1983; MINERALS YEARBOOK,
1983; USBM, 1984
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 52; PART II - SUMMARY,
PAGE 6.
BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, PAGE 283
1988, PAGE 1.80.
IBA REVIEW, JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1988, PAGE 8.
METALS WEEK, JULY 25, 1988, PAGE ?.
CRU METAL MONITOR, AUGUST, 1988, PAGE ?.
MINING JOURNAL, "SURINAM, ALUMINIUM INVESTMENT PLANS", OCT.
31, 1986, PAGE 318.
MINING JOURNAL, "SURALCO TO RESTART ALUMINIUM SMELTER",
APRIL 1, 1988, PAGE 261.
MINING JOURNAL, "SURINAM, SURALCO COLSURE INDEFINITE",
FEBRUARY 20, 1987.
MINING JOURNAL, "SURINAM'S BAUXITE BLOW...", APRIL 24, 1987,
PAGE 310.
AMM, "OUT OF ACTION", FEBRUARY, 1987, PAGE ?.
LAML, "OPERATIONS; SURINAM: MORE BAD NEWS FOR WORKERS AT
IDLED SURALCO PLANT", FEBRUARY 27, 1987, PAGE 4.
MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1987, "SURINAM".
BOM/MINERALS ALERT, "SURINAME", JULY 13, 1987, PAGE 4.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MILS "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START- UP. DATA BASE DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY MODEL STUDY. ALL DATA IS AS OF 1987-88. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA OF THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST DATA IS IN JAN 89 US $. PRODUCT "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST DATA IS IN JAN 89US$. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02 ARE FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION. RECORD 03 WAS USED IN THE SUPPLY MODEL ANALYSES. ALL COST DATA IS IN JAN 87 US DOLLARS. TRANSPORT MODE UNITS, OF $/KM/MT, ARE OK FOR THIS SMELTER ONLY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-SEP-95 | Wilburn, David R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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