First premium quality concentrate comes from Karara

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Gindalbie Metals and its efforts at the Karara site generated the first production of premium quality concentrate, the firm said on Thursday.

Mining Weekly reports the developer of iron ore produced an iron concentrate of 68 percent. The concentrator’s key areas all have been finished and the final polishing circuit is set to be commissioned.

Particular areas of the concentrator have been functioning at the rate at which they were designed to do so, the mining consultants told shareholders. Moving forward, the project team is aiming toward fulfilling components of the plant that can be joined to be sure production will continue with the nameplate capacity. That capacity is gauged at 8 million tons per year with concentrate of magnetite.

The project was able to notch a notable threshold when it achieved premium grade for the first time, according to managing director Tim Netscher.

“This would be amongst the highest grade, best quality iron-ore products every produced in Western Australia and it certainly marks the first time a product of this nature has ever been produced in the Midwest region,” the managing director said, according to the news source.

Achievement of concentrate production marks one of the last accomplishments the firm was aiming for, the managing director said.

“While there is still more work to do to tie all areas of the plant together to work in harmony and achieve the production rate on a continuous and reliable basis, we have now proven beyond any doubt that the Karara concentrator works, and works well, producing an exceptional product that will be in high demand in global markets,” the managing director said.

Thus far, roughly 4.8 million tons of the mineral has been exported from the Karara project via the Geraldton port, the news source reports.

Platts reports Karara represents a venture between Gindalbie and Anshan Iron & Steel of China.

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