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(Facility) Kwe Kwe Smelter

Plant in Midlands, Zimbabwe with commodity Chromium, Ferrochrome
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135163
MAS/MILS ID 7960251002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Kwe Kwe Smelter
Alternate or previous names Que Que Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 29.85136, -18.91367 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Midlands(province)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zimbabwe Midlands

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium, Ferrochrome Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 29.85136, -18.91367
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1965
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Great Dyke

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Zimbabwe Mining And Smelting Co. (Zimasco)
    Interest 100
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1989

Comments on the ownership information

  • ZIMASCO IS WHOLLY OWNED BY UNION CARBIDE

Comments on the production information

  • SMELTER YIELDS A 75% OVERALL RECOVERY AND 291,288 MT PROD. PER YEAR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 1990: 7 FURNACES FOR 202,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR; REMELT FURNACE (NEW) ADDED IN 1988, 12.5 MVA FURNACE RECOMMISSIONED IN FEB.1988. FURNACES AS FOLLOWS: 12.5 MVA = 24,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 18.5 MVA = 32,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 18.5 MVA = 32,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 18.5 MVA = 32,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 18.5 MVA = 32,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR
  • 18.5 MVA = 32,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR REMELT FURNACE = 18,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR

Comments on other economic factors

  • SMELTER RECEIVES BOTH FINES AND LUMP ORES FROM: SELUKWE PEAK RAILWAY BLOCK, VALLEY CHROME, GLENAPP-IVO, IMPINGE, UMVUKWKS AREA MARYLAND, AND LALAPANZI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZIMASCO, 1982, "HIGH-QUALITY CHROMIUM FROM ZIMBABWE", ZIM-

  • Deposit

    BABWE MINING AND SMELTER COMP.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1965, AFRICA, RHODESIA, SOUTHERN.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, 1980, ORES, FERRO-ALLOYS, "WHERE IS RHO-

  • Deposit

    DESIA NOW?", FRI. JAN. 11, 1980.

  • Deposit

    SILK M H, 1988, "WORLD CHROMITE RESOURCES AND FERROCHOMIUM

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION", MINTEK SPECIAL PUBL. NO. 11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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