Richards Bay Minerals: MSP Tailings Treatment Plant
The total duration for the FEL4 project implementation phase including detail engineering, construction and precommissioning (cold) of the MSP TTP is estimated at 36 months from January 2008 to December 2010 which includes two planned project delays totalling 6 months. Project hot commissioning and ramp-up, is scheduled for completion by March 2011.
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Legacy Project
Million Tonne Expansion
Expansion of existing smelter, up-and downstream processing facilities and services to increase production capacity of titania slag from 700,000 to 1,000,000 tpa.
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Legacy Project
QMM Ilmenite Project
The QMM ilmenite project comprises the mining and processing operations of a minerals sands deposit at Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro) in the southeastern region of Madagascar.
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Legacy Project
Smelter Complex
The end products are Sorelmetal (high purity pig iron) and a high titanium dioxide content slag. Facilities include a roaster plant, a coal charring plant, a smelter with two, 6 electrode-in-line furnaces of 105 MVA rating each and a slag processing plant.
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Smelting Furnace No. 3
Addition of smelting furnace utilizing Cygnus Process Management System, Allen-Bradley PLC - 3's and VAX process computers. Systems controlled include the weighing and charging, smelting power control, furnace off-gas and fume handling.
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UGS 375-ktpa Plant Expansion Project
This project is the continuation of a Rio Tinto-Fer et Titane investment program of several hundred million dollars, designed to reduce costs and improve quality. This is the third expansion of the UGS prototype plant since it went on stream in 1998.
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