TABLE 2 |
SPAIN: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
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(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
Commodity |
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Alumina |
|
|
Alumina Española S.A. (Alcoa Inespal) |
|
Alumina plant at San Ciprian,
Lugo |
|
1,000 |
Aluminum |
|
|
do. |
|
Electrolytic plant at San Ciprian,
Lugo |
|
230 |
Do. |
|
|
Industria Española del Aluminio, S.A.
(Alcoa Inespal) |
|
Electrolytic plant at Aviles |
|
85 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Electorlytic plant at La Coruna |
|
85 |
Coal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anthracite |
|
|
Antracitas Gaiztarro S.A. |
|
Mines at María and Paulìna |
|
2,000 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Mines near Oviedo |
|
2,000 |
Do. |
|
|
Antracitas del Bierzo S.A. |
|
Mines near Leon |
|
1,000 |
Bituminous |
|
|
Hulleras del Norte S.A. ( Hunosa ) |
|
Various mines and plant |
|
3,300 |
Do. |
|
|
Hulleras Vasco Leonesa S.A. |
|
Santa Lucia Mine, Leon |
|
2,000 |
Do. |
|
|
Minas de Figaredo S.A. |
|
Mines near Oviedo |
|
1,000 |
Do. |
|
|
Nacional de Carbon del Sur (Encasur) |
|
Rampa 3 and San Jose Mines, Cordoba |
|
200 |
Lignite |
|
|
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.
(Endesa) |
|
As Pontes Mine, and Andorra Mine, |
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
La Corona |
|
|
Barite |
|
|
Minas de Baritina S.A.
(Kali-Chemie AG of |
|
Mine and plant in Espiel area, Cordoba |
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
Germany, 100%) |
|
|
|
|
Cement |
|
|
Ashland S.A. |
|
Puerto de Sagunton, Valencia |
|
2,000 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Villaluenga de la Sagra, Toledo |
|
2,000 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Three other plants |
|
2,000 |
Do. |
|
|
35 other companies |
|
49 other plants |
|
38,000 |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,000 |
Copper: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metal |
|
|
Atlantic
Copper Holding S.A. (Freeport MacMoRan |
|
Refinery at Huelva |
|
270 |
|
|
|
|
Inc., 65%, and Ercros Group, 35%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Electrolytic refinery at Huelva |
|
105 |
Do. |
|
|
Industrias Reunidas de Cobre |
|
Smelter at Asua-Bilbao |
|
30 |
Do. |
|
|
Elmet SL |
|
Smelter and electrolytic
refinery at |
|
60 |
|
|
|
Berango, Vizcaya |
|
|
Ore,
metal |
|
|
Atlantic
Copper Holding, S.A. (Freeport MacMoRan |
|
Mines and plant at
Arientero near Santiago |
12 |
|
|
|
Inc., 65%, and Ercros Group, 35%) |
|
de Compostela, Corta Atalay open pit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
mine, Cerro Colorado open pit mine |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
|
do. |
|
Alfredo underground mine in Rio Tinto area |
|
30 |
Do. |
|
|
Navan Resources Ltd. |
|
Almagera mine and plant (closed 2001) |
|
6 |
Do. |
|
|
Boliden Apiria S.A. |
|
Los Frailes mine and plant (closed
2001) |
|
5 |
Dunite |
|
|
Pasek España S.A. |
|
Mines and plant at Landoy, Ortigueira |
|
1,500 |
Fluorspar,
ore |
|
|
Minerales y Productos Derivados S.A. |
|
Plant at Torre, Austrias |
|
150 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Underground mines at
Emilio, Jaimina, and |
|
420 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moscona, Austrias |
|
|
Gold |
kilograms |
|
Rio Narcea Gold Mines, Ltd. |
|
Belmonte de Miranda, Asturias |
|
3,750 |
Iron
ore |
|
|
Compañìa Andaluza de Minas S.A. (Mokta
S.A., 62%) |
|
Mine at Alquife, Granada (closed 2000) |
|
4,000 |
Lead: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metal |
|
|
Española del Zinc S.A. |
|
Refinery at Cartagena, Murcia |
|
50 |
Do. |
|
|
Compañia La Cruz, Minas y
Fundaciones de Plomo S.A. |
Smelter at Lineares, Jaen |
|
40 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Refinery at Lineares, Jaen |
|
40 |
Do. |
|
|
Tudor S.A. |
|
Secondary smelter at Saragoza |
|
16 |
Do |
|
|
Ferroaleaciones Españolas, S.A. |
|
Secondary smelter at Medina del Campo |
|
12 |
Do |
|
|
Derivados de Minerales y Metales |
|
Secondary smelter at Barcelona |
|
5 |
Ore |
|
|
Sociedad Minera y
Metalúrgica de Peñarroya de |
|
Opencast mine at Montos de Los Azules |
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
España S.A. (Peñarroya, France, 90%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Andaluza
de Piritas S.A. |
|
Mine at Aznalcollar (closed 2001) |
|
21 |
Do. |
|
|
Exploración Minera International
España S.A. |
|
Underground mine at Rubiales, Lugo |
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
(EXMINE S.A.) |
|
|
|
|
Magnesite |
|
|
Magnesitas de Rubián S.A. |
|
Plants at Zubiri |
|
100 |
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Mines and plant near Sarria, south of
Lugo |
|
220 |
|
|
|
|
TABLE 2--Continued |
SPAIN: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
|
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
Commodity |
|
and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Mercury |
flasks |
|
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes
S.A. |
|
Mines (closed) and smelter at Almaden |
|
70,000 |
|
|
|
|
(Government, 100%) |
|
|
|
Petroleum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude |
42-gallon
barrels |
|
Chevron S.A. |
|
Oilfield at Casablanca |
|
300 |
|
|
per day |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Refined |
do. |
|
Repsol-YPF S.A. |
|
Refinery at Escombreras |
|
200,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Refinery at Puertollano |
|
14,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Refinery at Tarragona |
|
260,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Refineria de Petróleos del Norte S.A.
(Petronor) |
|
Refinery at Somorrostro |
|
240,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.
(Cepsa) |
|
Refinery at Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
|
160,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Petroleos del Mediterraneo S.A.
(Petromed) |
|
Refinery at Castellon de la Plana |
|
120,000 |
Do. |
do. |
|
Compañía Iberica
Refinadora de Petróleos S.A. |
|
Refinery at La Coruna |
|
140,000 |
|
|
|
|
(Petroliber) |
|
|
|
|
Potash,
ore |
|
|
Iberpotash S.A. (Dead Sea
Works Ltd., 60%; |
|
Mines and plants at Suria near
Barcelona |
|
850 |
|
|
|
|
La Seda S.A., 20%; Tolsa S.A., 20%) |
|
|
|
|
Pyrite |
|
|
Compañia Española de Mines de Tharsis |
|
Mines and plants at Tharsis
and Zarza |
|
1,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
near Seville |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Plant at Huelva |
|
600 |
Do. |
|
|
Rio Tinto Minera S.A.
(Rio Tinto plc, 75%, and |
|
Mines and plant at Rio
Tinto (closed 2001) |
900 |
|
|
|
|
Rio Tinto Zinc, 25%) |
|
|
|
|
Sepiolite |
|
|
Tolsa S.A. |
|
Mine and plant at Vicalvaro near
Madrid |
|
100 |
Do. |
|
|
Silicatos-Anglo-Ingleses S.A. |
|
Mine and plant at Villecas near Madrid |
|
200 |
Sodium
sulfate |
|
|
Crimidesa S.A. |
|
Mine and plant at Cerezo de Rio,
Burgos |
|
600 |
Steel |
|
|
Aceralia Corporación Siderúrgica
(Arbed S.A., 35%) |
|
Plants at Aviles,
Gijon, Sagunto, and Sestao, |
8,000 |
Do. |
|
|
Cia Espanola de Laminacion SL (Celsa
Group, 100%) |
|
Plant at Barcelona |
|
1,600 |
Strontium |
|
|
Solvay Minerales S.A. |
|
Mines and plant at Escuzar, Granada |
|
85 |
Do. |
|
|
Bruno S.A. |
|
Mine and plant at Montevives, Granada |
|
50 |
Uranium,
U3O8 |
metric tons |
|
Empresa Nacional del Uranio
(Enusa) |
|
Mines and plant near Ciudad Real |
|
500 |
|
|
|
(Government, 100%) |
|
|
|
Zinc: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metal |
|
|
Asturiana
de Zinc S.A. (Azsa) (Glencore International |
|
Electrolytic zinc plant
at San Juan de Nieva |
480 |
|
|
|
|
AG, 44%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Española del Zinc S.A. |
|
Electrolytic plant at Cartagena |
|
50 |
Ore |
|
|
Asturiana
de Zinc S.A. (Azsa) (Glencore International |
|
Reocin mines and plants
near Torrelavega, |
500 |
|
|
|
|
AG, 44%) |
|
Santander |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Boliden Apirsa S.A. (Boliden Ltd.,
100%) |
|
Los Frailes Mine (closed 2001) |
|
3,500 |
Do. |
|
|
Exploración Minera
International España S.A. |
|
Underground mine at Rubiales, Lugo |
|
500 |
|
|
|
(EXMINE S.A.) |
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Sociedad Minera y
Metalúrgica de Penarroya-Espana S.A. |
Mines and plants at Montos de los Azules y |
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sierra de Lujar, San
Agustin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|