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Mineral Facilities of Asia and the Pacific, Table1.—Attribute data for the map "Mineral Facilities of Asia and the Pacific," 2007 (Open-File Report 2010-1254). [The United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveys international mineral industries to generate statistics on the global production, distribution, and resources of industrial minerals. This directory highlights the economically significant mineral facilities of Asia and the Pacific. Distribution of these facilities is shown on the accompanying map. Each record represents one commodity and one facility type for a single location. Facility types include mines, oil and gas fields, and processing plants such as refineries, smelters, and mills. Facility identification numbers (“Position”) are ordered alphabetically by country, followed by commodity, and then by capacity (descending). The “Year” field establishes the year for which the data were reported in Minerals Yearbook, Volume III – Area Reports: Mineral Industries of Asia and the Pacific. In the “DMS Latitiude” and “DMS Longitude” fields, coordinates are provided in degree-minute-second (DMS) format; “DD Latitude” and “DD Longitude” provide coordinates in decimal degrees (DD). Data were converted from DMS to DD. Coordinates reflect the most precise data available. Where necessary, coordinates are estimated using the nearest city or other administrative district.“Status” indicates the most recent operating status of the facility. Closed facilities are excluded from this report. In the “Notes” field, combined annual capacity represents the total of more facilities, plus additional comments provided by country specialists (see table 2, on map).] [Abbreviations used: -, not applicable; DMS, degrees-minutes-seconds; DD, decimal degrees; kt, kilotons; NA, not available; Nb2O5, Niobium pentoxide; P2O5, Phosphorus pentoxide; S, surface mine; SU, surface and underground mines; SX-EW, solvent extraction / electrowinning; Ta2O5, Tantalum pentoxide; U, underground mine; F, coordinates are at or very close to a facility; A, coordinates are approximate or are the best-known location] [Footnote: 1–Capacity of clustered surface mines varies extremely, depending on demand. Estimated total production is 1.8 million metric tons per year. 2–Estimated total phosphate rock production is 1.2 million metric tons per year. The production of these maps was performed by on-site contractors from ETI Professionals and University of Puerto Rico—Mayagüez Campus, Youth Initiative Program students under supervision of USGS National Minerals Information Center (NMIC) Global Minerals Analysis section (GMA) country specialists. POSITION YEAR COUNTRY COMMODITY LOCATION FACILITY NAME FACILITY TYPE DMSLAT DMSLONG DDLAT DDLONG PRECISION MINING OPERATING COMPANY MAIN INVESTOR(S) OTHER INVESTOR(S) STATUS CAPACITY UNITS NOTES METHOD 1 2007 Australia Alumina Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone alumina Plant 24° 09' S 151° 13' E -23.85 151.22 F - Queensland Alumina Ltd., operator Rio Tinto Alcan, 80% Rusal, 20% Active 3,850 thousand metric tons per - refinery year 2 2007 Australia Alumina Nhulunbuy, Gove, Gove alumina refinery Plant 13° 48' S 136° 44' E -12.20 136.73 F - Alcan Gove Pty. Ltd. Rio Tinto plc, 100% - Active 3,800 thousand metric tons per - Northern Territory year 3 2007 Australia Alumina 20 kilometers northwest Worsley alumina Plant 34° 46' S 116° 04' E -33.24 116.07 F - Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd., manager BHP Billiton Ltd., 86% Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty. Active 3,700 thousand metric tons per - of Collie, Western refinery Ltd., 10% year Australia 4 2007 Australia Alumina Pinjarra, Western Pinjarra alumina refinery Plant 33° 22' S 115° 55' E -32.64 115.92 F - Alcoa World Alumina Australia Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 100% - Active 3,400 thousand metric tons per - Australia year 5 2007 Australia Alumina Waroona, Western Wagerup alumina Plant 33° 05' S 115° 55' E -32.92 115.91 F - Alcoa World Alumina Australia Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 60% Western Mining Corp., 40% Active 2,600 thousand metric tons per - Australia refinery year 6 2007 Australia Alumina Kwinana, Western Kwinana alumina Plant 33° 45' S 115° 46' E -32.25 115.77 F - Alcoa World Alumina Australia Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 100% - Active 2,100 thousand metric tons per - Australia refinery year 7 2007 Australia Aluminum Gladstone, Queensland Yarwun alumina refinery Plant 24° 08' S 151° 17' E -23.87 151.29 F - Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 100% - Active 1,400 thousand metric tons per - year 8 2007 Australia Aluminum Boyne Island, Boyne Island aluminum Plant 24° 04' S 151° 20' E -23.93 151.34 F - Boyne Smelters Ltd., operator Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 64%; Sumitomo Light Metal Industries Ltd., Active 550 thousand metric tons per - Queensland smelter 17%; Ryowa Development Pty. Ltd., 12%, year Kobe Steel Ltd., 5%; Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., 2% 9 2007 Australia Aluminum Tomago, New South Tomago aluminum Plant 33° 11' S 151° 43' E -32.82 151.72 F - Tomago Aluminum Co. Pty. Ltd., operator Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 51.5% Gove Aluminum Finance Ltd., 36.05%; Active 525 thousand metric tons per - Wales smelter Hydro Aluminum, 12.04% year 10 2007 Australia Aluminum Portland, Victoria Portland aluminum Plant 39° 37' S 141° 38' E -38.38 141.63 F - Alcoa of Australia, manager Alcoa of Australia, 45% China International Trust Investment Co. Active 345 thousand metric tons per - smelter (a Chinese Government agency), 22.5%; year Marubeni Australia Pty. Ltd., 22.5% 11 2007 Australia Aluminum Point Henry, Victoria Point Henry aluminum Plant 39° 52' S 144° 25' E -38.14 144.42 F - Alcoa of Australia Alcoa of Australia, 100% - Active 185 thousand metric tons per - smelter year 12 2007 Australia Aluminum Kurri Kurri, near Kurri Kurri aluminum Plant 33° 13' S 151° 29' E -32.79 151.48 F - Hydro Aluminum Kurri Kurri Pty. Ltd. Hydro Aluminum Kurri Kurri Pty. Ltd., 100% - Active 165 thousand metric tons per - Newcastle, New South smelter year Wales 13 2007 Australia Aluminum Bell Bay, Tasmania Bell Bay aluminum Plant 42° 52' S 146° 52' E -41.13 146.87 F - Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 100% - Active 160 thousand metric tons per - smelter year 14 2007 Australia Antimony 25 kilometers east of Hillgrove mine Mine 31° 26' S 151° 54' E -30.57 151.90 F U Straits Resources Ltd. Straits Resources Ltd., 100% - Active 5 thousand metric tons per - Armidale, New South year Wales 15 2007 Australia Antimony 50 kilometers east and Augusta underground Mine 38° 43' S 145° 00' E -37.28 145.00 F U AGD Mining, operator Cambrian Mining Plc, 100% - Active 5 thousand metric tons per - southeast of Bendigo, antimony-gold mine year Victoria 16 2007 Australia Bauxite 75 kilometers south of Huntly open pit bauxite Mine 33° 25' S 116° 05' E -32.59 116.09 F S Alcoa World Alumina Australia Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 100% - Active 20,000 thousand metric tons per - Perth, Western Australia mine year 17 2007 Australia Bauxite Weipa, Queensland Weipa-Andoom open pit Mine 13° 20' S 141° 52' E -12.66 141.87 F S Comalco Ltd., operator Rio Tinto plc, 100% - Active 17,000 thousand metric tons per - bauxite mine year 18 2007 Australia Bauxite 20 kilometers northwest Worsley open pit bauxite Mine 34° 46' S 116° 04' E -33.24 116.07 F S Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd., manager BHP Billiton Ltd., 86%; Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty. Active 13,200 thousand metric tons per - of Collie, Western mine Ltd., 10%; Sojitz Alumina Pty. Ltd., 4% year Australia 19 2007 Australia Bauxite 180 kilometers south of Willowdale open pit Mine 34° 25' S 115° 40' E -33.58 115.67 F S Comalco Ltd., operator Rio Tinto plc, 100% - Active 8,600 thousand metric tons per - Perth, Western Australia bauxite mine year 20 2007 Australia Bauxite Gove Peninsula, Gove open pit bauxite Mine 13° 48' S 136° 44' E -12.20 136.73 F S Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 100% - Active 8,000 thousand metric tons per - Northern Territory mine year 21 2007 Australia Bentonite 350 kilometers west of Miles open pit bentonite Mine 27° 35' S 150° 03' E -26.42 150.05 F S Unimin Australia Ltd. Unimin Australia Ltd., 100% - Active 100 thousand metric tons per - Brisbane, Queensland mine year 22 2007 Australia Bentonite 10 kilometers southwest Cedars open pit Mine 27° 11' S 151° 55' E -26.81 151.92 F U PCP Douglas Pty. Ltd. PCP Douglas Pty. Ltd., 100% - Active 20 thousand metric tons per - of Yarraman, bentonite mine year Queensland 23 2007 Australia Bentonite 20 kilometers north of Cressfield open pit Mine 32° 04' S 150° 49' E -31.94 150.82 F S Unimin Australia Ltd. Unimin Australia Ltd., 100% - Active 12 thousand metric tons per - Scone, New South Wales bentonite mine year 24 2007 Australia Bentonite 95 kilometers northeast Arumpo open pit Mine 34° 08' S 142° 54' E -33.87 142.90 F S Arumpo Bentonite Pty. Ltd. Arumpo Bentonite Pty. Ltd., 100% - Active 10 thousand metric tons per - of Mildura, New South bentonite mine year Wales U.S. Geological Survey Page 1 of 51 U.S. Department of the Interior POSITION YEAR COUNTRY COMMODITY LOCATION FACILITY NAME FACILITY TYPE DMSLAT DMSLONG DDLAT DDLONG PRECISION MINING OPERATING COMPANY MAIN INVESTOR(S) OTHER INVESTOR(S) STATUS CAPACITY UNITS NOTES METHOD 25 2007 Australia Cement Gladstone, Queensland Plant at Gladstone Plant 24° 10' S 151° 09' E -23.83 151.15 F - Cement Australia Ltd. Cement Australia Ltd., 100% - Active 1,600 thousand metric tons per - year 26 2007 Australia Cement Berrima, New South Plant at Berrima Plant 35° 29' S 150° 20' E -34.51 150.34 F - Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd. Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd., 100% - Active 1,200 thousand metric tons per - Wales year 27 2007 Australia Cement Birkenhead, South Plant at Birkenhead Plant 35° 10' S 138° 31' E -34.83 138.51 F - Adelaide Brighton Cement Pty.
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