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(Facility) Witbank Smelter

Plant in South Africa with commodity Chromium
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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 10207986
MAS/MILS ID 7910201011
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Witbank Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 29.21813, -25.87991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 29.21813, -25.87991
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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 1963
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name West Bushveld Complex

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ferrometals, Ltd. (Samancor)
    Interest 100
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • FROM THE FEEDS RECORD EACH LINE COMES FROM THE FOLLOWING: LINE 001 GRASVALLY LINE 002 GRASVALLY LINE 003 MOOINOOI LINE 004 MOOINOOI LINE 005 TWEFONTEIN LINE 006 MOOINOOI

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATING CO. IS FERROMETALS,LTD. AS OF 1990 5 FURNACES(HI-C FROM 30 MVA IS BLOWN DOWN TO MED-C): 25 MVA,CONVENTIONAL = 40,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 25 MVA,CONVENTIONAL = 40,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 30 MVA,CONVENTIONAL = 50,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 50 MVA,CONVENTIONAL = 88,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR 50 MVA,CONVENTIONAL = 88,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR TOTAL =306,000 MTPY HIGH-C FECR A 50 MVA FESI FURNACE EXISTS BUT WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS. LOCATED IN CITY OF WITBANK. CO-ORDINATES ARE OF WITBANK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHROMITE MINES AND RESOURCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH

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    AFRICA; P.L. SIEMS, E.M. CRIST, B. BHATT, AND L.E. SHEEHAN

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    JR.; UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO; DEC., 1976; P. 30.

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    1978 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

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    PROCESSING OPERATIONS, P. 339.

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

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    PRODUCTION", MINTEK SPECIAL PUBL. NO. 11.

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    DAVIDOFF R L, BOYLE E H JR., 1988, "NOTES FROM VISIT TO THE

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    REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA", USBM SEPT, 1988.

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    RANKIN G, 1975, "CHROMIUM AND FERROCHROMIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA"

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    SAUNDERS AND TAYLOR, JOHANNESBURG, 1975.

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    BASSON J, 1985, "THE PRODUCTION OF INTERMEDIATE CARBON BY

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    BOTTOM BLOWING IN A CLU-CONVERTER", FERROMETALS LTD

  • Deposit

    (SAMANCOR).

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    THOMAS P, 1985, TRIP REPORT "PREREDUCTION AND THE WITBANK

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    PLANT".

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    BUTTS K, 1985, "VISIT TO FERROMETALS LIMITED, SAMANCOR,

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    WITBANK".

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    SAITO H, 1984, "A VISIT TO SAMANCOR OF S. AFRICA", THE TEX

  • Deposit

    REPORT, VOL. 16 NO. 3,863, DEC 24, 1984.

  • Deposit

    SAMANCOR, 1989, "ANNUAL REPORT", FERROMETALS, PGS 11-12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-92 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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