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Boyne Island Gladstone

Plant in Queensland, Australia 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 10280237
MAS/MILS ID 6020351016
Record type Site
Current site name Boyne Island Gladstone
Alternate or previous names Boyne Island,Gladstone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 151.20866, -23.54667 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 151.20866, -23.54667
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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 1982
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boyne Smelters Ltd; Also Known As "Qld"
    Home office Australia
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Comalco Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Australia
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sumitomo Light Metals Industries Ltd.
    Interest 17
    Home office Japan
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Interest 9.5
    Home office Japan
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsubishi
    Interest 9.5
    Home office Japan
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Yoshida Kogya K. K.
    Interest 9.5
    Home office Japan
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sumitomo Aluminium Smelting Co. Ltd.
    Interest 5
    Home office Japan
    Year 1988

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERS ARE COMALCO 30%, KAISER 20%, SUMITOMO LM 17%, KOBE STEEL 9.5%, MITSUIBISHI 9.5% YOSHIDA KOGYO 9.5% SUMITOMO AL 4.5%:

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 21000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 21000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 99000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 99000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 186000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 186000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 213000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 213000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 192000 Mtpy Al Etal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 192000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 208000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 208000mt
  • Year 1994
    Description Planned Expansion Increase Output By Dec 460000 Mtpy Al Metal Per Year.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 460000mt

Comments on the production information

  • 87 AL-STUDY ESTIMATED ALUMINA CONS INPUT IS 399,360 MTPY ALUMINA(AL203). 87 AL-STUDY ESTIMATED AL-METAL PROD. IS 207,998 MTPY AL MET. EXPANSION PLANS HAVE THE GO-AHEAD AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 1994. PLANT CAPACITY SHOULD BE EXPANDED FROM 260,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR TO 460,000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 121 (FEB. 18, 1994).

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",

  • Deposit

    CONTRACE #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, P., 187; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    P., 19.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, P.,241

  • Deposit

    1987, P., 1.145.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "NEW SMELTER STARTS UP AR BOYNE ISLAND", NOVEMBER 1983

  • Deposit

    PAGE 83, 84.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, NOVEMBER 1983, PAGE 72.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, "AN EXCITING TIME FOR ALUMINIUM",

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1979, 22, 27, 30.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY REVIEW, "BOYNE SMELTERS LTD.",

  • Deposit

    1985, PAGE 4.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, APRIL 1985, PAGE 52, 53.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW; PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    SUMMARY, 1983.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL REVIEW, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1983, PAGE 45.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, PAGE 334.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "GEARED TO GO-SMELTER NEAR PRODUCTION",

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 1 TO 14, 1982, PAGE 9.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JANUARY 1980.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "A BOOM TIME", VOL 3, #2, JANUARY 21

  • Deposit

    TO FEBRUARY 3, 1980, PAGE 15.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "$600M SMELTER IS ON THE WAY", VOL3, #2

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 3, 1980, PAGE 20.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, "BAUXITE AND ALUMINA", "COMALCO EQUIPS

  • Deposit

    TO MEET CUSTOMER NEEDS", MAY 1980, PAGE 28, 32.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "COMALCO", AUGUST 1980, PAGE 50, 51.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, MAY, 1979, PAGE 211.

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT MINING JOURNAL, "AUSTRALIA EMERGING AS

  • Deposit

    A MAJOR ALUMINIUM PRODUCER", MAY 1979, PAGE 205.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "BECHTEL CHOSEN AS BUILDER FOR GLADSTONE SMELTER",

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1979, PAGE 57.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "AUSTRALIAN ALUMINUM WILL BOOM IN THE 1980'S", JUNE

  • Deposit

    1979, PAGE 260, 261.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "THIRD NEW SMELTER IN AL PRODUCTION BOOM",

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979, PAGE 72.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, "FURTHER ALUMINIUM SMELTER DEVELOPMENTS IN

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIA", AUGUST 24, 1979, PAGE 139.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "THIS MONTH IN MINING", OCTOBER 1979, PAGE 30.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, "COMALCO LTD....", OCTOBER 1977, PAGE 164.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, "JAPANESE AT GLADSTONE" SEPTEMBER 12, 1975.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "GO-AHEAD FOR GLADSTONE ALUMINIUM SMELTER",

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1974, PAGE 239.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "AUSTRALIA", SEPTEMBER 1974, PAGE 214.

  • Deposit

    COMALCO PRESS RELEASE. AUG. 30, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MILS "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START- UP. ALL DATA ON THIS DATA BASE FILE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS AS OF 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED AL METAL. CAPACITY DATA ON THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL2O3) CONCENTRATE INPUT PER DAY, IE, "MT CONC/DAY". COST IS AVG 1989 US DOLLARS. PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COST IS AVG 89US$. TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AMD 02 WERE USED IN THE 1987 AL- STUDY ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THIS SMELTER, FOR ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY. COST IS JAN 1987 US DOLLARS. UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA, NOT, $/KM/MT, AS PRINTED ON THE LISTING. RECORD 03 WAS USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY (1987). COST IS IN AVG 1989 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE $/KM/MT AS PRINTED. EXPANSION PLANS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD DUE TO FAILURE TO ACQUIRE THE GLADSTONE POWER STATION. A A$4.5 MILLION PILOT PLANT TO REMOVE CYANIDE FROM CARBON LININGS OF SPENT POTS IS OPERATING AT THE SMELTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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