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as we differ over the RoF, others are cutting our grass

posted on Oct 08, 2013 11:39AM

Here is an article on chromite production and the power requirements....2x16500 KVA, is immense amount of power....no solar or wind systems can hope to cover....only thermal gas/oil or hydro....

Omani chromite miner to launch ferro-chrome smelter by 2014

Montag, 21 Mai 2012

Oman’s main chrome ore miner, Gulf Mining Materials Company, is planning construction of a ferro-chrome smelter in Q4, with a view to commencing production 12-14 months thereafter. Output will be exported to Europe and China.

The firm signed an agreement last week with Omani authorities for the 50,000 tonnes/year plant, which will be located in Sohar Freezone, north along the coast from Muscat. The project is Oman’s second foray into ferro-chrome production, following its 75,000 t/y joint venture with Oman’s Muscat Overseas Group and India’s Indsil Group that is expected to come on line this summer.

Gulf Mining Materials’ facility will possess two 16,500 KVA furnaces, fed by chromite mined from the company’s various sites in Oman. The firm produces some 20,000 t/month of 24-42% grade chromite, and 5,000 t/m of chrome concentrate, most of which it ships to China and India. Once the ferro-chrome smelter begins production, it will consume 50% of the company’s chromite output.

There is no accurate data on the volume of Oman’s chromite reserves, but they are sizeable and make the Arab Gulf state an attractive proposition for investments into ferro-chrome production, Gulf Mining Materials chief executive, Kanwal Gambhir, told Platts Steel Business Briefing. Oman is the world’s third largest exporter of chromite to China after South Africa and Turkey.

In the second expansion phase, scheduled for 2015/16, the ferro-chrome smelter’s capacity will be doubled to 100,000t/y. Chromite output can be increased at will, Gambhir added.

Gulf Mining Materials’ parent company, Gulf Mining Group, also has a 15,000t/y chrome beneficiation plant, plus iron ore and laterite mines in Oman, as well as manganese ore mines in Egypt.


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