(Facility) Gravelines Smelter

Plant in France with commodity Chromium, Ferrochrome

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10304358
MAS/MILS ID	4270701003
Record type	Site
Current site name	(Facility) Gravelines Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Town
Geographic coordinates:	2.38558, 51.03221 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Comments on the location information

LOCATED IN GRAVELINES, NEAR PORT OF DUNKIRK. COORDINATES ARE OF DUNKIRK.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium, Ferrochrome Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1)	2.38558, 51.03221	ListMap

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	1988
Plant type	Smelter
Plant subcategory	Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Chromeurope Sa

Interest 100

Home office France

Year 1990

First year 1990

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Chromeurope Sa
Interest	100
Home office	France
Year	1990
First year	1990

Comments on the ownership information

CHROMEUROPE SA IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FERROALEACIONES ESPANOLAS SA OF SPAIN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

TWO FURNACES, FIRST ON-LINE IN MARCH 1988, SECOND MID-1989: (1) 11 MVA = 17,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR (2) 19 MVA = 29,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR LONG TERM POWER CONTRACT WITH ELECTRICITIE DE FRANCE; POWER PROVIDED FROM A NEAR-BY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	4270701003

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-SEP-1996	Boyle, Ed	U.S. Bureau of Mines

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