The Simandou iron ore project is located in eastern Guinea, approximately 600km from the Guinean coast and 400km from the Liberian coast. Image courtesy of Rio Tinto. The Simandou iron ore mine is located in southeast Guinea, Africa. First production from the mine is expected in 2015.
According to GlobalData's Mines and Projects Database, within the Mining Intelligence Center, there are over 7,000 surface mines in operation globally, of which XXX are in the Middle East and Africa.
The Red Mountain underground gold project is a high-grade, underground gold/silver mine being developed in Canada by IDM Mining. The…
The Wafi-Golpu project will be developed as an underground mine in Papua, New Guinea is estimated to have a mine life of 28 years.
Underground mining, as the name would imply, is the technique of mining into and under the ground for commercial purposes, usually in the pursuit of valuable ores or minerals. In general, the technique is employed when surface mining, or rather 'strip' mining would be prohibitively expensive. For example, there are mines in South Africa ...
The Agbaja mine is a shallow, flat-lying channel iron ore deposit located in Kogi State, Nigeria. Kogi Iron, an Australian company, is developing the project through its Nigerian subsidiary KCM Mining. The project includes the development of an iron ore mining and processing operation capable of producing five million tonnes (Mt) of …
The Sokolovsky Mine is a surface and underground mine located in Kostanay. It is owned by Eurasian Resources Group and produced an estimated 7.52 mtpa of iron ore in 2023. The mine will operate until 2038. Buy the profile here.
The project is being executed in three-phases. Phase one, carried out between November 2005 and November 2007, completed the preliminary stages of ore body assessment. Magnetic survey, geological mapping and a surface assay conducted during this phase revealed the economic potential of the iron mineralisation.
The operation is efficient, low-cost and cash-generative and through the exploitation of its near-surface and underground chrome resource, delivering a run-of-mine chrome …
Supply of world chromite (chrome ore) has come under severe pressure over the past year driven by strong demand for ferrochrome used in ferroalloy production for …
In India, at both the Sukinda and Boula-Nausahi sectors, chrome ore is mined by opencast mechanized mining methods, though a few underground mines exist which are confined to Byrapur in Karnataka and the Boula and Kathpal mines in Odisha. The overall beneficiation scenario is outlined in Figure 4.
Sylvania Platinum focuses on the re-treatment and recovery of platinum group metals including platinum, palladium and rhodium, mainly from tailings dumps and other surface sources, but also lesser amounts of run-of-mine underground ore from Samancor chrome mines in South Africa. Analyst. René Hochreiter. +44 (0)20 3077 5700.
This project is a theoretical exercise, and thus the only field data that could be collected was in the form of observations during underground bord-and-pillar mine visits. Three underground mine visits were made, RPM Amandelbult Section's 16 West and 43 East Projects and RPM Union Section's Piggy Project.
According to GlobalData's Mines and Projects Database, within the Mining Intelligence Center, there are over 7,000 surface mines in operation globally, of which XXX are in North America.
Jubilee Platinum has signed an agreement to process ore from Dilokong Chrome Mines' (DCM) operations in South Africa.
The operation is efficient, low-cost and cash-generative and through the exploitation of its near-surface and underground chrome resource, delivers run-of-mine chrome-ore …
The Mayoko iron ore project is located within the south-west region of the Republic of Congo (RoC). The project comprises an extensive tenement covering 1,000km² in West Africa. Project owner African Iron (now Exxaro) owns the Mayoko exploration licence that was initially held by DMC Mining. The exploration licence was acquired by African Iron ...
Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture, Samancor Chrome, and Hernic Ferrochrome are some of the South African chromite and ferrochrome producing companies. However, the industry has seen a growth in the number of integrated operations, where traditional ore mining companies have integrated into smelting.
The Minas-Rio iron ore mining project is situated in the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in the south-eastern region of Brazil. It is owned by Anglo American through its subsidiary, Iron Ore Brazil.
Samancor has two mining centres: Eastern Chrome Mines (ECM) in the Steelport area of Mpumalanga Province and Western Chrome Mines (WCM) near Rustenberg and Brits in Northwest Province. Both units now comprise five underground mining areas, each with a hoisting shaft, while …
Sylvania Platinum focuses on the re-treatment and recovery of platinum group metals including platinum, palladium and rhodium, mainly from tailings dumps and …
JSE-listed Bauba Platinum officially launched the underground development phase of its Moeijelijk chrome mine, in Limpopo, on Friday. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online, CEO Nick van der Hoven said ...
The next stage in the chrome plant process flow is ore extraction. There are several methods employed to extract chromite ore from the ground, including surface mining and underground mining. Surface mining involves the removal of soil and overburden to expose the ore, which is then extracted using heavy machinery, such as …
Dishaba mine uses underground mining through conventional breast stoping with strike pillars. Dishaba Mine, owned by Anglo American, is situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Dishaba Mine, located 40km south of Thabazimbi and 15km north of Northam town in the Limpopo province of South Africa, produces platinum …
Learn about the Black Chrome mine, a developing underground chrome ore project with over 20 million tons of reserve, managed by SAIL group.
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Bauba Platinum has awarded a contract for a chrome spiral circuit wash plant and the primary crushing circuit at its Moeijelijk mine in Limpopo province, South …
Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine is an underground mechanised mine geared to deliver high quality grade chromite for export. The chromite is extracted from underground mining areas at North and South Shafts.
It is important that the strategic mine plan makes optimum use of available resources and provides continuous quality ore to drive sustainable mining and profitability. This requires the development of a well-integrated strategy of mining options for surface and/or underground mining and their interactions. Understanding the current tools and …
The next stage in the chrome plant process flow is ore extraction. There are several methods employed to extract chromite ore from the ground, including surface …
Putu mine contains an estimated 2.37 billion tons of iron ore. Putu iron ore project is part of a 425 square kilometre exploration tenement located in south-east Liberia. The mine includes a 12km ridge of banded iron formation which consists of …
Plans by Cliffs Natural Resources for an open pit and underground chromite mine and ore processing facility in the Ring of Fire and a ferrochrome production facility (includes a …
