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Nuberry Open-pit mining
The operation uses an open-pit mining complex with an initial capacity of 35Mtpa, which is soon to be extended. It also uses a deepsea berth within the city of Cape Town, with a ground slot capacity of 5,250 slots and 1,500 reefer points. Our rail logistics offers a single-track 1.6m gauge railway line of approximately 990km interconnecting the mine and port.
Plant
Full resource and mineral production
- DMS
- Scrubber
- Wet plant
- Crusher
- Jig
- Active testing between weighbridge
Production
In a world of declining quality iron ore supplies, our iron ore operations are positioned to supply premium products to our customers, helping meet ever growing demand. We have large, high quality iron ore resources in South Africa.
Testing
- Grain Size Analysis
- Specific Gravity & Bulk Density
- Magnetic Separation
- Electrostatic Separation
- Heavy Liquid Separation (HLS)
- Gravity Separation
- Grindability
- Rheology
Technology
The process of pelletization enables converting Iron Ore Fines into “Uniformed Sized Iron Ore Pellets” that can be charged into the blast furnaces or for Production of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI). Pellets are uniform size, with purity of 63%- 65% contributing to faster reduction and high metallization rates.
Quality
These iron ore reserves are all of high quality Hematite allowing us to produce both high quality lump (64.0%Fe) and high grade sinter fines (63.5%Fe) for the domestic and export markets. We are unique in that we are primarily a principle lump producer with a product of recognized exceptional chemical and metallurgical quality.
Planning
Mine planning and design involves compiling and incorporating suitable geotechnical, geochemical, geological, mining, engineering, and economic data in order to establish an approach to exploit our specific mineral deposits.