Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Production Start | ...  |
| Mine Life | 2033 |
Source:
p. 13,46
100% owned by Mosaic Fertilizantes P&K S.A., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Mosaic.
Mosaic Fertilizantes segment owns and operates mines, chemical plants, crop nutrient blending and bagging facilities, port terminals and warehouses in Brazil and Paraguay, which produce and sell concentrated phosphates crop nutrients, phosphate-based animal feed ingredients and potash fertilizer.
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Deposit Type
- Carbonatite hosted
- Laterite
Summary:
The Catalão I Complex belongs to the Alto Paranaíba alkaline-carbonatitic province.
Accumulations of apatite are mainly associated with lateritic processes. A weathering mantle more than 100 m thick was developed over the intrusive body, and contains abundant residual apatite, pyrochlore, monazite, Ti-bearing minerals (perovskite, ilmenite, and anatase), and vermiculite. The intrusion consists of dunite, pyroxenite, phoscorite, phlogopitite, carbonatite and volcaniclastic rocks.
Summary:
Complexo Mineração de Catalão is an open pit mining complex which is located near Catalão, Minas Gerais (and Goias) in Brazil.
Phosphate ore is extracted via conventional truck and shovel method with preliminary drilling and blasting operations. Mined ore is transported to the beneficiation plant onsite at CMC.
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Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 |
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Phosphate rock
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kt
| ...... | ...... | ...... | 800 | 872 | 1,000 |
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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Annual production capacity
| ...... | ...... | 1 Mt of phosphate rock concentrate | 1 Mt of phosphate rock concentrate |
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:
The cutoff grade for mineral reserves is 5.2% P2O5.
The cutoff grade for mineral resources is 5.2% P2O5.
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade |
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Proven
|
67.2 Mt
|
P2O5
|
10.8 %
|
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Probable
|
17.4 Mt
|
P2O5
|
10.5 %
|
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Proven & Probable
|
84.6 Mt
|
P2O5
|
10.8 %
|
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Measured
|
54.2 Mt
|
P2O5
|
10.4 %
|
|
Indicated
|
97.9 Mt
|
P2O5
|
10.5 %
|
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Measured & Indicated
|
152.1 Mt
|
P2O5
|
10.5 %
|
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Inferred
|
60.1 Mt
|
P2O5
|
9.4 %
|
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