SNIM Open Pit Iron Ore Mining
Image courtesy of SNIM. Miferma (Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) was created in 1952 to exploit iron ore deposits in the Kedia d'Idjil area of northern Mauritania. A mining centre was constructed at …
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Sphere to build $900m iron-ore mine in Mauritania
The board of junior Sphere Minerals on Thursday approved the $900-million development of the Askaf North iron-ore project, in Mauritania. The board approval followed a confirmation of key fiscal ...
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Brief: Sphere Minerals
Sphere Minerals has announced a maiden inferred mineral resource of 319m tonnes for the company's Askaf iron ore project in Mauritania from the recently drilled Askaf North Deposit. May 31, 2010 ...
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Mining Weekly
Name and Location Askaf iron-ore project, Mauritania. Client Sphere Minerals, a subsidiary of Glencore. Project Description The project has the potential to create a 7.5-million-tonne-a-year ...
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Askaf iron ore mine Report | Wood Mackenzie
Askaf is medium sized project in the Tiris-Zemmour District of northern Mauritania. In 2015, Glencore stopped development and wrote-off much of the value of this project.
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Askaf iron-ore project, Mauritania
Sphere Minerals will slow down the development of the Askaf iron project as it initiates a review of the project.
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Mauritania's mining industry hit by commodity price fall
Mauritania is especially vulnerable as it produces an iron ore product called TZFC, which European importers tend to avoid due to its high silica content, but is popular in China. …
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Glencore unit delays Mauritania project due to iron ore …
Sphere Minerals, a subsidiary of commodity trading and mining giant Glencore said it will slow down development of its Askaf iron ore project in Mauritania in response to the fall in prices for the steel ingredient. Iron ore has lost about 40 percent of its value so far this year and is expected to decline further in the next few years as …
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Mauritania
Daily Updates of the Latest Projects & Documents. The Guelbs Iron Ore Project for Mauritania consists of the sequential development of two new iron ore open pits with proven reserves of 386 million tons, both located in .
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El Aouj Project | Ausenco
The El Aouj project will add 11.5 millions tons per year of iron concentrate to the production in Mauritania. The El Aouj mine is an open-pit iron mining operation located in the Tiris Zemmour area in Northern Mauritania. Phase 1, the El Aouj "East" deposit, will produce 11.5 million tons per annum of concentrate from approximately 25 ...
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Sphere to build $900m iron-ore mine in Mauritania
The board of junior Sphere Minerals on Thursday approved the $900-million development of the Askaf North iron-ore project, in Mauritania.
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Glencore finalises Mauritania iron ore infrastructure agreement
Glencore finalises Mauritania iron ore infrastructure agreement. Swiss commodities major Glencore has finalised an iron ore infrastructure agreement for its Askaf project in …
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Xstrata passes 50% threshold in $515 mil buyout of …
Sin Tang had countered Xstrata's takeover offer by pitching a plan toprovide the funding to develop Sphere's Askaf iron ore project in Mauritaniainto production via equity raising at A$3.25/share, targeted at raising A$111million, and securing $350 million in debt funding from a Chinese bank.
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Glencore unit delays Mauritania project due to iron ore price …
Sphere Minerals, a subsidiary of commodity trading and mining giant Glencore said it will slow down development of its Askaf iron ore project in Mauritania in response to the fall …
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xstrata – askaf iron ore design feasibility study, mauritania
Company Secretary, Sphere Mauritania S.A. – Xstrata Iron Ore de … and adjacent to SNIM's iron ore railway. The 194km2 Askaf … for funding a Bankable Feasibility Study … » Free online chat! Xstrata Bids for Sphere and its Iron Ore Projects. Xstrata Bids for Sphere and its Iron Ore Projects … SNIM), Mauritania's state-owned iron ...
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Iron ore slump slows Sphere's Askaf mine
The board was reviewing the Askaf project in Mauritania, Sphere said yesterday, after approving development in April. Askaf North had been expected to begin output in early 2017 and is forecast to ...
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Xstrata targets Sphere for iron ore exposure | Reuters
Coal and base metals miner Xstrata
Mauritania state mining firm signs iron ore deal with Glencore
Mauritanian state mining firm SNIM has finalised a deal with Glencore Plc to exploit its Askaf iron ore mine in exchange for access to its rail, port and storage facilities, SNIM said in a ...
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(PDF) 2016 Minerals Yearbook MAURITANIA [ADVANCE RELEASE…
Mauritania's iron ore exports, which increased to nearly . 13.3 million metric tons (Mt) in 2016 from a revised 11.6 Mt . ... development of the Askaf iron ore project owing to the collapse .
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Sphere Minerals
• Askaf is Sphere's first iron ore project… –A major step for both Sphere and Mauritania • …But we have other large resources –El Aouj (50% SNIM) is our flagship project and progressing well –Lebtheinia has significant potential –Other Askaf Guelbs provide expansion/ extension potential (resource upgrades imminent)
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Mauritania set to double iron production
This project will enable the company to increase its production of fine enriched ore by 2m tonnes/year. In addition, a non-binding memorandum of understanding was signed in May with steel giant Arcelor Mittal to develop an iron ore pellet plant and a pre-reduced iron ore production plant, which should provide 2.5m tonnes of green steel.
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Mauritania's SNIM targets iron ore output of 13 mln T in 2014
Mauritania's national iron ore mining company SNIM aims to produce 13 million tonnes in 2014, around the same level as last year, the majority state-owned firm said.
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Glencore Unit Slows $900 Million West African Iron Ore Project
The board is reviewing the Askaf project in Mauritania, Sphere said today in a statement, after approving development in April. ... Glencore Unit Slows $900 Million West African Iron Ore Project ...
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Mauritania state mining firm signs iron ore deal with Glencore
Mauritanian state mining firm SNIM has finalised a deal with Glencore Plc to exploit its Askaf iron ore mine in exchange for access to its rail, port and storage facilities, SNIM said in a statement on Wednesday. Commodities giant Glencore said in its last annual report it was assessing two iron ore projects in the West African country, Askaf …
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Mining Weekly
PERTH (miningweekly) – The board of junior Sphere Minerals on Thursday approved the $900-million development of the Askaf North iron-ore project, in Mauritania.
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Mining Weekly
Name and Location Askaf iron-ore project, Mauritania. Client Sphere Minerals, a subsidiary of Glencore. Project Description The project has the potential to create a...
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Glencore sets sights on Mauritanian ore
Tightening of credit in the country has meant that steel mills have not been able to buy ore in large volumes. The price of the ore hit an 18-month low earlier this month at $104.7 per tonne, reflecting a lack of …
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Xstrata's iron-ore ambitions | Financial Times
Sin-Tang proposed that the funds be used to develop Sphere's Askaf mine in Mauritania. The deposit sits 35 km (22 miles) south of its larger Guelb el Aouj project, a joint venture with ...
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Askaf iron-ore project, Mauritania
Sphere Minerals has executed an exclusive option to Al Rawda Resources to buy an 80% interest in its Askaf project.
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