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Mexico
Las Encinas Mine

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 Location:
0 km from Alzada, Colima, Mexico

  Regional Office:
Domicilio Conocido s/n Estación
Alzada
Colima, Mexico
28509
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Sintering
  • Magnetic separation
  • Rotary kiln & Electric furnace
Mine Life8 years (as of Jan 1, 2020)
Las Encinas produces iron ore pellets and magnetite concentrate in Mexico. At present, Las Encinas operates the Aquila and Palomas open pit mines located in Michoacán and Jalisco, respectively.


Owners

Source: p. 40,150,151
CompanyInterestOwnership
Ternium S.A 100 % Indirect

Deposit Type

  • Skarn


Summary:

Aquila is a mine composed predominantly of magnetite with a hematite roof and sulphides and silicates gangue. The form of mineralization is massive and disseminated (mineralized hornfels, endoeskarn), with mineralized gaps. The mine site is hosted along a large failure line and between the contact of an intrusive diorite and limestone, and the shape of the deposit is slightly amorphous, crossed by a countless number of dams and mainly controlled by geological structures.

Palomas is a skarn mine with calcareous-pelitic ferrous type. It is formed by massive, and bordered by disseminated mineral. The bodies are disposed in concordant tabular horizons with a northwest and southeast-oriented pseudo stratification and northeast-oriented dip. The mineralization is predominantly magnetite and the gangue mineral is composed of garnet, pyrite and calcite. The surrounding rocks are skarn (calcareous protolyte, clayey calcareous and Cretaceous sandy) or hornfels (clayey protolyte). The stratigraphic sequence is affected by dyke intrusions of monzonitic and granite composition.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

At present, Las Encinas operates the Aquila and Palomas open pit mines located in Michoacán and Jalisco, respectively.

At the Aquila site, Las Encinas holds all the mining rights for the extraction of iron ore. The Aquila operations (including an open pit mine and crushing facilities) stand on 586 hectares, which are leased to Las Encinas by the local community of San Miguel de Aquila. The lease agreement allows Las Encinas to perform all mining activities, including the extraction of iron ore, necessary to exploit the ore located in mining rights granted to Las Encinas by the Mexican federal authorities until the permanent closure of the mine. Las Encinas has operated this mine since 1998.

At the Pihuamo-Tecalitán site, Las Encinas holds mining rights for the extraction of iron ore over 376 hectares. The Palomas operations (an open pit mine) stand on an area owned by Las Encinas, which started operating this mine in 2017.


Crushing and Grinding
Crusher / Mill TypeModelSizePowerQuantity
Ball mill

Summary:

Major processing facilities (crushing, concentration and pelletizing facilities) include two primary crushers and located close to the Aquila mine, and horizontal and vertical ball mills in the Alzada facilities.


Processing

  • Sintering
  • Magnetic separation
  • Rotary kiln & Electric furnace

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Summary:

Las Encinas produces iron ore pellets and magnetite concentrate in Mexico.

Las Encinas facilities include two crushing plants (located close to each of the Aquila and El Encino mines), and a concentration and pelletizing plant located in Alzada, Colima, approximately 160 kilometers from the Aquila mine. Its major processing facilities (concentration and pelletizing facilities) include dry cobbing plant located close to the Aquila mine, and several stages of magnetic separation in the Alzada facilities. Las Encinas has two operational tailings dams in Alzada and an idled tailings dam located in Cerro Náhuatl.

The iron ore pre-concentrate is transported from the Aquila mine to a transfer station at Tecoman, Colima, by truck and from Tecoman to the Alzada facilities by rail and truck for processing in the concentration plant. The iron ore extracted from the Palomas mine is currently transported by truck to El Encino to be processed in our crushing facility. In ad ........


Production:

CommodityUnits20202019201820172016
Iron Ore Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1.81.81.9
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate & pellets.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics20202019201820172016
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required2.3 Mt2.7 Mt2.8 Mt3.1 Mt
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven 26 Mt Iron 39 %

Financials:

Units20202019201820172016
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required10   19   7  
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Mine Management:

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....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Jul 7, 2021
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2019
Form 20-F 2018
Form 20-F 2017
Form 20-F 2016
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