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Pisolite Hills bauxite mine and port project, Australia

6th September 2013

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Name and Location
Pisolite Hills bauxite mine and port project, Queensland, Australia.

Client
Cape Alumina.

Project Description
An updated prefeasibility study on the Pisolite Hills bauxite mine and port project has confirmed the technical and economic feasibility of the project as a bauxite mine delivering 7.5-million tonnes a year of dry product, producing high-quality, export-grade bauxite over a life of 14 years, based on a 134-million-tonne bauxite resource.

The proposed mine fleet includes front-end loaders and mine trucks, to load and transport the raw bauxite to the beneficiation plant, and road trains to transport the bauxite product to Port Musgrave.
Run-of-mine raw bauxite will be washed in three 650 t/h beneficiation plants, which incorporate crushing, sizing, screening and conveying.

Transshipping of the bauxite product is a key value driver for the operation and the use of 6 000 t to 10 000 t barges, loading 71 000 t Panamax or 166 000 t Cape-size vessels, has been incorporated into the design.

It is proposed that Pisolite Hills will start production at 2.5-million tonnes a year of dry beneficiated bauxite, building up to 7.5-million tonnes a year over two years.

Value
The project has a capital cost of $396-million.

Costs can be reduced through the implementation of contract mining, beneficiation, infrastructure ownership and operation, as well as synergies attributable to operating the project in conjunction with the Bauxite Hills project.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Further optimisation work, including resource optimisation, will be undertaken to improve the project economics.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
Cape Alumina, tel +61 7 3009 8000, fax +61 7 3221 4811 or email info@capealumina.com.au.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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