Vlissingen

Plant in Zeeland, Netherlands with commodity Aluminum, Contained or Metal
Sections on this page
  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 10304223
MAS/MILS ID 4210551016
Record type Site
Current site name Vlissingen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 3.5856, 51.44889 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zeeland(province)

Netherlands(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Netherlands Zeeland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 3.5856, 51.44889

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 1971
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pechiney Nederland Nv
    Home office Netherlands
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pichiney
    Interest 85
    Home office France
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hunter Douglas
    Interest 15
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 165000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 165000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 166000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 166000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 168000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 168000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 154000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 154000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 142000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 142000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 151000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 151000mt
  • Year 1985
    Period 1979 To 1985
    Description Rated Aluminum Capacity; 1979 To 1985 170000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 170000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Est. Aluminum Metal Output 149000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 149000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 162000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 162000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1987 Al-Study; Aluminum Production Est. 170000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 170000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1987 Al-Study; Alumina Input Estimate 330000 Mtpy Alumina Cons (Al2o3)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Conc. Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 330000mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Aluminum Metal Production 173000 Mtpy Al Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum, Contained or Metal Aluminum 173000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PECHINEY NEDERLAND NV IS THE OPERATOR. PECHINEY (85%); HUNTER DOUGLAS (15%) CAPACITY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AL METAL IN 1992, A 20% CAPACITY CUT WAS ANNOUNCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK", CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985;

  • Deposit

    BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS

  • Deposit

    WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, P92; PART II - SUMMARY,

  • Deposit

    P193.

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM DATA, 1986; P193,

  • Deposit

    1988; P1.110.

  • Deposit

    MINING WEEKLY. SEPT. 10, 1993, P. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILS DATA IN THE "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" FIELD IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. YEAR OF DATA IS 1987, 1988 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT. PCT. CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA ON 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 AVG 1989 U.S. DOLLARS PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". COSTS ARE IN AVG89US$ TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILTIY ECONOMIC EVALUATION. THE COST IS IN JAN 1987 US DOLLARS, UNITS ARE IN $/MT ALUMINA NOT $/KM/MT AS INDICATED ON THE DATA BASE LISTING. RECORDS 03 AND 04 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM SUPPLY STUDY. COSTS ARE IN JAN 1989 US DOLLARS, AND THE UNITS ARE $/KM/MT, AS INDICATED ON THE DATA BASE LISTING.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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