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Start-Up:
2004 (commissioned 04/2005) |
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Throughput
capacity reached in 10/2005 (at full capacity
as of December 2005) |
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Ownership
Structure:
Japanese Consortium (90%)
Rio Tuba (10%) |
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Operated
by Sumitomo Metal Mining |
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100%
of the ore feed comes from Rio Tuba limonite
ore stockpiles (20+ years) |
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Products: |
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Mixed
Sulphides (57% Ni + 4% Co) shipped to Japan
(SMM) for refining
20,000 tpa Ni (in situ) capacity |