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Khumani Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotKhumani Mine comprises the Bruce, King and Mokaning open-pit areas, supported by integrated beneficiation facilities. Processing is conducted without the use of chemical reagents.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. 50 % Indirect
Assore Ltd. 50 % Indirect
Assmang Proprietary Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.(ARM) and Assore Ltd. each own 50% of Assmang Proprietary Ltd.

ARM provides management services while Assore performs the sales and marketing function.

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Deposit type

  • Banded iron formation

Summary:

Khumani mine is situated within a sequence of early Proterozoic sediments of the Transvaal Supergroup. The mine is symmetrically located on the Maremane Anticline in the Griqualand West Sequence of the Transvaal Supergroup, as well as the Elim Group of the Keis Supergroup.

In general, two ore types are present: laminated hematite ore, forming part of the Manganore Iron Formation, and conglomerate ore, belonging to the Doornfontein Conglomerate Member at the base of the Gamagara Formation. The laminated ore types occur in the upper portion of the Manganore Iron Formation as enriched high-grade hematite bodies. The boundaries of high grade hematite orebodies cross-cut primary sedimentary bedding, indicating that secondary hematitisation of the iron formation took place. In all of these, some of the stratigraphic and sedimentological features of the original iron formation are preserved.

The conglomeratic ore found in the Doornfontein Conglomerate Member of the Gamagara Formation, is lenticular but not consistently developed along strike. It consists of stacked, upward fining conglomerate-gritstone-shale sedimentary cycles.

The lowest conglomerates and gritstones tend to be rich in subrounded to rounded hematite ore pebbles and granules and form the largest part of the resource. The amount of iron ore pebbles decreases upwards in the sequence so that upper conglomerates normally consist of poorly sorted, angular to rounded chert and banded iron formation pebbles. Hematite is the predominant ore mineral, but limonite and specularite also occur.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

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Processing

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Water usage

Parameter2025202420232022202120202019
Total water 4,940,802 m3389,942 m34,037,797 m34,655,340 m34,815,349 m34.5 M m34,485,190 m3
Water use efficiency 0.06 m30.31 m3/t0.06 m3/t

Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Iron Ore Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe14 15 15 14 13 
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe20.1 Mt22 Mt20.4 Mt21.4 Mt19.1 Mt
Stripping ratio  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2.22
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe42,926,322 t43,505,469 t37,524,588 t34,287,143 t

Production Costs

CommodityUnits20252024202320222021202020192018
Cash costs Iron Ore ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Site cash costs (produced) Iron Ore ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 227 / t   207 / t  
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Mine Financials

Units20252024202320222021202020182017
Capital expenditures M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 306   892  
Operating Income M ZAR

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Mine Management

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Workforce

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