Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Processing |
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| Mine Life | 39 years (as of Jan 1, 2019) |
Al Ba’itha is the only bauxite mine in the Middle East. It is an open pit mine with an annual capacity of over 4Mt of bauxite ore. The bauxite ore is refined in the alumina refinery at Ras Al Khair to produce 1.8 million tonnes of alumina per year, which is processed in the smelter to produce aluminium. |
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Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company (MBAC) was incorporated on 22 January 2011 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is also its principal place of business and is owned:
74.9% by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (“Ma’aden”) and
25.1% by AWA Saudi Limited (“AWA”), a foreign shareholder, which is owned 60% by Alcoa Corporation and 40% by Alumina Limited.
Summary:
Bauxite occurs as a paleolaterite profile developed at an angular unconformity between underlying late Triassic to early Cretaceous sediments (parent rock sequence Biyadh Formation) and the overlying late Cretaceous Wasia Formation (overburden sequence).
Summary:
Al-Ba’itha mine is an open-cut mine and has a production capacity of 4.6 million tons of bauxite a year.
Source:
Summary:
Al-Ba’itha mine produces direct shipping ore.
The mine includes fixed plants for crushing and train loading. Ore is transported to the refinery at Ras Al Khair by rail.
Al-Ba’itha mine has a production capacity of 4.6 million tons of bauxite a year and the plants have the capacity to produce 1.8 million tons of alumina.
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
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Bauxite
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M dmt
| ...... | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 |
All production numbers are expressed as ore.
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
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Annual production capacity
| ...... | ...... | 4 Mt of bauxite ore |
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Annual production capacity
| ...... | ...... | |
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Reserves at December 31, 2019:
TAA = T.Al2O3 = total available alumina.
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
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Proven & Probable
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187.8 Mt
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TAA
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48.2 %
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187.8 Mt
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Total Resource
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238.2 Mt
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TAA
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49.8 %
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238.2 Mt
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