PROJECTS
Kuranakh mine
In May 2010, the Kuranakh site began trial production. Commercial sales from Kuranakh began in September 2010. By December 2010, the plant was working toward reaching full capacity and producing titanomagnetite concentrate with the grade of approximately 62% Fe and ilmenite concentrate with the grade of 48-52 % TiO2.
The processing of ore at the Kuranakh Project is a two-stage, integrated operation:
1. The ore undergoes crushing and magnetic preconcentration at a plant adjacent to the pit;
2. Further beneficiation at the processing plant is undertaken to produce concentrate.
The processing plant is designed to produce two separate titanomagnetite and ilmenite concentrates. At the processing plant, the pre-concentrated ore is crushed in ball mills in order to complete the disassembly of the ore. The crushed ore slurry is pumped to low intensity magnetic separators where the non-magnetic ilmenite is separated from magnetic titanomagnetite.
Planned output in 2011:
800,000–830,000 tonnes of iron ore concentrate
65,000–70,000 tonnes of ilmenite concentrate
Boshoi SeYm mine
Potentially economic mineralisation at Bolshoi Seym comprises massive ilmenite and magnetite. Massivemineralisation comprises 90-99% (by volume) of ilmenomagnetite, magnetite and ilmenite.The development of the Bolshoi Seym deposit fits well with the development of the Kuranakh deposit due to the proximity of the two deposits and the similarity of the ores. It is expected that the beneficiation plant the loading facilities at Olekma should be able to serve both deposits.
Kimkanskoye and Sutarskoye mines
K&S is located in the EAO, c.40 kilometres from the Chinese border, 4km to the west of Izvestkovaya railroad stati on on the Trans-Siberian Railway, which connects directly to China. The railway line passes 400 metres from the pit. Construction continues apace, and the project is on track for commissioning in 2013.K&S is designed to comprise a 10mtpa mining operation at two open pits.
Design capacity: 3.2 mtpa iron ore concentrate.
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