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Atansor Mine

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Atansor Mine

Location: 50 km NW from Stepnogorsk, Kazakhstan

Regional Office:

Republic Ave, 1, Karaganda region
Temirtau
Kazakhstan
101407

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Atansor iron facility is a part of Orken's LLP Iron Ore Department. It includes a mine, a railway workshop, the crushing and processing plant.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Qazaqstan Steel Group 100 % Indirect
Orken-Atansor (operator) 100 % Direct
In December 2023, ArcelorMittal completed the sale of its assets in Kazakhstan to Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC). QIC acquired all the shares in ArcelorMittal Temirtau and ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Aktau. Qazaqstan Steel Group and its founder Andrey Lavrentiev became the new investor. ArcelorMittal Temirtau was later renamed Qarmet.

Orken-Atansor is representative office of Orken LLP, Qarmet’s iron ore division.

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Deposit type

  • Skarn

Summary:

The Atansore deposit is located within skarn zones related to a volcanic intrusion that can be traced for more than 1.5 kilometers. The mineralization includes both oxidized martitic ore and magnetite ore. Magnetite ore is of primary interest and only a small portion of excavated martite ore is included in the mine's mineral reserves.

The Atansore deposit hosts martite and magnetite ores. Due to the different composition and type of ores, tectonic faults in occurrence, the deposit is considered to be quite complex and heterogeneous.

Reserves

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Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

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Processing

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Production

2023: Production presented through December 7, 2023.
CommodityUnits202320222021202020192018201720162015
Iron Ore Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe0.60.50.50.40.4
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines.

Operational metrics

Metrics2022202120202019201820172016
Annual ore mining capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1.7 Mt
Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe0.7 Mt of iron ore lump & fines0.7 Mt of iron ore lump & fines0.7 Mt of iron ore lump & fines0.7 Mt of iron ore lump & fines
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe985.2 kt1,045 kt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1,718,633 m31,257,116 m3
Annual mining capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1.7 Mt of ore1.7 Mt of ore1.7 Mt of ore

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Personnel

Mine Management

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