Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Production Start | ...  |
| Mine Life | 2045 |
Al Khabra is an open pit mine producing phosphate ore for processing into phosphate concentrate at Wa’ad Al Shamal. |
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Ma’aden Wa’ad Al-Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC) was incorporated on 27 January 2014 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is also its principal place of business and is owned:
- 60% by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (“Ma’aden”);
- 25% by Mosaic Phosphate B.V., a foreign shareholder, a limited liability company registered in Netherlands wholly owned by The Mosaic Company (“Mosaic”);
- 15% by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (“SABIC”).
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Summary:
The deposit is limited by the Ha’il arch complex in the east, Wadi Sirhan, Quraymiz area in the South, and Iraqi and Jordanian borders in the north and the west.
In the Al Khabra area, the Arqah Phosphorite member is repeatedly exposed by the set of northwest trending faults. The member varies in thickness from 1.3 metres to 5.6 metres and averages 3.09 metres. The phosphates layers comprise an original succession of carbonate-cemented sub-cycles, now represented by friable, semi-friable and residual carbonate-cemented phosphorite. Graded bedding is ubiquitous; with the pelletal grain size decreasing upwards in successive sub-cycles (fining upwards). Occasional barren limestone and chert interbeds are documented within the phosphorite sequence.
Summary:
Al Khabra is an open pit mine producing phosphate ore for processing into phosphate concentrate.
Conventional truck and shovel with drilling and blasting has been selected for the majority of the mining operation, but includes a component of ripping in waste material of thickness less than 3m. This method is expected to bring operational efficiency, best selectivity, and low dilution factors.
Waste rock is used to progressively backfill the mine void.
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Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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Phosphate rock
|
kt
| ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1,400 |
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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Annual production capacity
| ...... | ...... | 3 Mt of phosphate rock concentrate | 3 Mt of phosphate rock concentrate | 3 Mt of phosphate rock concentrate |
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
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Proven
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290 Mt
|
P2O5
|
16.8 %
|
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Probable
|
96.1 Mt
|
P2O5
|
15.7 %
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Proven & Probable
|
386.1 Mt
|
P2O5
|
16.5 %
|
63.8 Mt
|
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Measured
|
300.2 Mt
|
P2O5
|
16.7 %
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Indicated
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107.2 Mt
|
P2O5
|
15.5 %
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|
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Inferred
|
6.5 Mt
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P2O5
|
17.6 %
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Total Resource
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413.9 Mt
|
P2O5
|
16.4 %
|
67.9 Mt
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Financials:
| | Units | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 |
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Capital expenditures
|
M SAR
| | | ...... |
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Revenue
|
M SAR
| ...... | ...... | |
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Pre-tax Income
|
M SAR
| ...... | ...... | |
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After-tax Income
|
M SAR
| ...... | ...... | |
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Operating Cash Flow
|
M SAR
| ...... | ...... | |
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