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The Mineral Industry of Albania in 2008 2008 Minerals Yearbook ALBANIA U.S. Department of the Interior December 2010 U.S. Geological Survey THE MINERAL INDUS T RY OF ALBANIA By Mark Brininstool Albania’s important mineral deposits included chromium, reserves were 32.8 million metric tons (Mt), including 12.8 Mt copper, iron ore, and mineral fuels, such as natural gas and at a grade of more than 30% Cr2O3 (Albinvest, 2009, p. 15). petroleum. As in recent years, production of such minerals as The rights to chromite mines near Bulquize and the Burrel chromite and steel increased, and the number of exploration and the Elbasan ferrochromium plants were acquired in projects for chromite, copper, and nickel have also increased 2007 by Albanian Chrome, Sh.p.k. (ACR), which was a as Albania’s privatization program continued to attract partnership between the Austrian firm DCM DECOmetal international exploration companies. GmbH and the Russian firm Terwingo Ltd. In March, ACR opened one of three furnaces at its ferrochromium plant in Minerals in the National Economy Elbasan; it planned to open the second furnace in July 2009 and the third furnace in January 2010. In 2008, ACR reported In 2008, Albania’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased production of 74,674 metric tons (t) of chromite and 11,916 t by 6.8% and the rate of inflation was 3.4%. In 2007 (the most of ferrochromium (DCM DECOmetal GmbH, 2007; 2008a, b; recent year for which data were available), industrial production Muller, 2009). made up about 8% of the GDP, and the mineral extraction In January 2009, Empire Mining Corp. received exclusive industry accounted for about 16% of the value of industrial exploration and development rights to four licenses located production (Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Albania, near Bulqiza. The area of the licenses covered 64.5 square 2008; International Monetary Fund, 2009, p. 194, 200). kilometers (km2) (24 square miles) (Empire Mining Corp., 2009). Production JAB Resources Ltd. explored a 30-km2 (12-square-mile) area near Kalimash in northeastern Albania; its focus was on Production of crude steel and rolled steel were each estimated high-tonnage, low-grade chromite. At the end of 2008, JAB to have increased by about 14% compared with production was preparing applications for a mining permit and planned to in 2007, and ferrochromium production was restarted. operate an open pit mine and a concentrating plant to produce Other metals and industrial minerals were estimated to have about 700,000 metric tons per year (t/yr) of chromite ore, which maintained their 2007 production levels. Asphalt and bitumen would then be processed into about 100,000 t of concentrate. production increased by about 33%, coke production decrease No potential startup date for the mine and plant was given (JAB by about 20%, natural gas production increased by about 20%, Resources Ltd., 2009). crude petroleum production increased by about 25%, and Nickel.—No nickel production was reported in 2008. In production of petroleum refinery products decreased by about November, Balkan Resources Inc. (based in Alberta, Canada) 14% compared with production data for 2007 (table 1). and European Nickel PLC (ENickel) (based in London, United Kingdom) announced that they would develop the Devolli Structure of the Mineral Industry and the Kokogllave deposits in southeastern Albania as a joint venture. Each company would have a 50% stake in the project, Mining activities in Albania are regulated by the Mining Law which was expected to produce about 15,000 to 20,000 t/yr of of Albania, No. 7796, dated February 17, 1994. Privatization nickel for at least 15 years. A prefeasibility study for the project of Albanian mineral resources is accomplished through the was expected to be completed by the end of 2009 (European granting of prospecting permits, exploration concessions, and Nickel PLC, 2009, p. 8). mining concessions to Albanian and foreign companies. In 2008, more than 738 permits for prospecting, exploration, and mining Industrial Minerals were reported to be outstanding; 590 of these permits were for mining. Most of the permits went to small- and medium-size No data were available on the production of industrial companies, and the majority of permits were for the mining of minerals, but production was estimated to have remained near limestone (259 permits) and chromite (220 permits). Table 2 is the 2007 levels of production. Antea Cement Sh.a. (a subsidiary a list of major mineral industry facilities (Parliament of Albania, of the Titan Cement Group) continued construction of a 1994, p. 6-12; Albinvest, 2009, p. 2). 1.5-million-metric-ton-per-year (Mt/yr)-capacity cement plant in the Kruje region. The plant was expected to begin operating Commodity Review in early 2010. Cementos Aquila sh.p.k. (a subsidiary of Grupo Empresarial Aricam S.L.) planned to construct a plant in Metals Mamurras with an initial capacity of 1.3 Mt/yr and an eventual capacity of 2.6 Mt/yr. The Mamurras plant was expected to Chromium.—Production of chromite in 2008 decreased begin operations in 2010 (Grupo Empresarial Aricam, 2008; Titan by 37% compared with that of 2007. Reported chromite ore Group, 2009, p. 54). ALBANIA—2008 2.1 Mineral Fuels References Cited Crude Petroleum.—Production of crude petroleum was AlbanianEconomy, 2008, Albanian oil refinery privatized: AlbanianEconomy, estimated to have increased to about 3,970,000 barrels (bbl), December 23. (Accessed June 8, 2009, at http://www.albanianeconomy.com/ news/2008/12/23/albania-oil-refinery-privatized/.) which was an increase of about 25% compared with that of Albinvest, 2009, Albanian mining today: Albinvest, Februrary, 26 p. (Accessed 2007. The increase was entirely the result of an increase in June 2, 2009, at http://www.albinvest.gov.al/foto/BP_Mining.pdf.) production by Bankers Petroleum Ltd. The company increased Albpetrol Sh.A., 2009, Albpetrol: Albpetrol Sh.A. (Accessed June 8, 2009, at crude petroleum production at its Patos Marinza field to an http://albpetrol-net.fierihost.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view &id=72&Itemid=112.) average of 5,875 barrels per day (bbl/d) from 4,724 bbl/d in Bankers Petroleum Ltd., 2009, 2008 annual report: Bankers Petroleum Ltd., 2007. By the end of 2008, Bankers Petroleum was producing up March, 50 p. (Accessed June 8, 2009, at http://www.bankerspetroleum.com/i/ to 6,960 bbl/d from the Patos Marinza field and increased the pdf/Bankers08AR.pdf.) amount of proved and probable reserves by 22% to 180 million DCM DECOmetal GmbH, 2007, DCM’s Albanian chrome project: DCM DECOmetal GmbH press release, March. (Accessed December 11, 2008, barrels (Mbbl). State-owned company Albpetrol Sh.A. reported at http://www.dcm-vienna.com/cms/index.php?dy76w8tg-9k4e-bw92-9dfi- production of 281,147 t (1.9 Mbbl) of crude petroleum in 2008, 2serpjea55.) which is the same amount that was reported in 2007. This DCM DECOmetal GmbH, 2008a, Chrome ore: DCM DECOmetal GmbH. reported figure was converted to 42-gallon barrels using the (Accessed December 11, 2008, at http://www.dcm-vienna.com/cms/ index.php?girq0zuj-h5hs-xuqu-u0ei-parbaqpyn8.) U.S. Energy Information Administration’s conversion factor DCM DECOmetal GmbH, 2008b, Ferro chrome—Albanian Chrome for Albania of 6.594 bbl of crude petroleum per metric ton ACR: DCM DECOmetal GmbH. (Accessed December 11, 2008, at (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2008; Albpetrol Sh.a., http://www.dcm-vienna.com/cms/index.php?eun4j116-56ce-va2a-5qcb- 2009; Bankers Petroleum Ltd., 2009, p. 1, 2, 14). ky43c3uk2n.) Empire Mining Corp., 2009, Empire awarded exploration licenses at its Refined Petroleum.—In February the Albanian Government Bulqiza chromite project in Albania: Empire Mining Corp. press release, announced that Albania’s only petroleum refinery, the state-owned February 26. (Accessed May 27, 2009, at http://www.empireminingcorp.com/s/ Albanian Refining and Marketing of Oil Sh.a. (ARMO), would NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=339473&_Type=News-Releases&_ be privatized, and, in June, the Government announced that a Title=Empire-Awarded-Exploration-Licenses-at-its-Bulqiza-Chromite-Project- in-Alba....) consortium made up of Switzerland-based Anica Enterprises and European Nickel PLC, 2009, Annual report and accounts 2008: Mercuria Energy Group Ltd., and United States-based Refinery European Nickel PLC, March 27, 54 p. (Accessed June 1, 2009, Associates of Texas Inc. was chosen as the winner of the tender at http://www.enickel.co.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/72697/ for 85% of the company. The consortium bid $193.4 million European_Nickel_plc_ar08_indexed_PDF.pdf.) Grupo Empresarial Aricam, 2008, Cement: Grupo Empresarial Aricam. 1 and planned to invest about $354 million in ARMO’s refineries, (Accessed December 15, 2008, via http://www.aricam.com/aricamenglish/ which were located in Ballsh and Fier. The deal was reportedly index.html.) made final in early December, and the consortium paid the Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Albania, 2008, Gross domestic product Government the money owed for the purchase of the refinery by economic activities 1996-2007: Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Albania. (Accessed March 18, 2009, at http://www.instat.gov.al/graphics/ (AlbanianEconomy, 2008; Koleka, 2009). doc/tabelat/Treguesit 20Ekonomik/Llogarite 20Kombetare/LLk2008_ogerta/ tab5.xls.) Outlook International Monetary Fund, 2009, World economic outlook: Washington, DC, International Monetary Fund, April, 228 p. JAB Resources Ltd., 2009, Feasibility study recommends mine development Albania has the potential to increase its production of metals at Kalimash: JAB Resources Ltd. (Accessed May 27, 2009, at and mineral fuels as exploration projects continue and as foreign http://www.jabresources.com/newsupdate.html.) companies increase investments in Albania. Further investment Koleka, Benet, 2009, Albania confirms refiner’s sale to U.S.-Swiss group: will depend on economic and social stability as well as on the London, United Kingdom, Reuters, June 18.
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