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| Company | Interest | Ownership |
|
Itafos Ltd.
(operator)
|
100 %
|
Direct
|
Summary:
The Conda section is about 180 m downdip from the surface. It is 60.7 m thick and contains an average of 9.4 weight percent P205.
Summary:
The ore is mined using conventional open pit mining techniques.
Flow Sheet:
Summary:
Conda Phosphate Operations produce approximately 500,000 tonnes of phosphate fertilizers, including Mono-Ammonium Phosphate (MAP 11-52-0), Super Phosphoric Acid (SPA), and Merchant Grade Acid (MGA). Conda also produces sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid, which are used in its fertilizer production processes.
Phosphate ore, sulfuric acid, sulfur and anhydrous ammonia are the principal raw materials used to manufacture phosphate fertilizers at Conda.
At Conda produced phosphate rock concentrate contains 29.5% of P2O5.
Recoveries & Grades:
| Commodity | Parameter | 2019 |
|
Phosphate rock
|
Head Grade, %
| 29.5 |
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2019 * |
|
Phosphate rock
|
kt
| ......  * |
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate.
* Average annual production reported in 2019
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2019 |
|
Annual mining rate
| ...... |
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Reserves at December 31, 2016:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade |
|
Proven & Probable
|
15,133,952 t
|
P2O5
|
25 %
|
|
Inferred
|
18,000,000 t
|
P2O5
|
25.1 %
|
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