BHPB approves GEMCO expansion
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- 02 Aug 2011 1:16pm GMT
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BHP Billiton announced on July 29, that the partners in Samancor Manganese had approved the second expansion of the GEMCO operation in Australia’s Northern Territory. This follows the successful commissioning of the GEMCO Expansion Phase 1 (GEEP1) project in April 2009.
The US$279 million GEEP2 project, in which BHPB has a 60% share worth US$167 million, will increase GEMCO’s beneficiated product capacity from 4.2Mt/y to 4.8Mt/y through the introduction of a dense media circuit by-pass facility. The project is expected to be completed in late 2013.
The expansion will also address infrastructure constraints by increasing road and port capacity to 5.9Mt/y, creating 1.1Mt/y of latent capacity for future expansions.
Tom Schutte, Manganese president at BHPB, said: “The first phase expansion confirmed GEMCO’s status as the world’s largest and lowest cost producer of manganese ore. This second expansion will further enhance GEMCO’s competitive advantages and create additional options for growth.”
The US$279 million GEEP2 project, in which BHPB has a 60% share worth US$167 million, will increase GEMCO’s beneficiated product capacity from 4.2Mt/y to 4.8Mt/y through the introduction of a dense media circuit by-pass facility. The project is expected to be completed in late 2013.
The expansion will also address infrastructure constraints by increasing road and port capacity to 5.9Mt/y, creating 1.1Mt/y of latent capacity for future expansions.
Tom Schutte, Manganese president at BHPB, said: “The first phase expansion confirmed GEMCO’s status as the world’s largest and lowest cost producer of manganese ore. This second expansion will further enhance GEMCO’s competitive advantages and create additional options for growth.”
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