https://www.miningweekly.com

Commissioning starts at Bald Hill lithium plant

15th February 2018

By: Anine Kilian

Contributing Editor Online

     

Font size: - +

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Joint venture partners Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets have started commissioning the dense media separation (DMS) circuit at their Bald Hill lithium and tantalum mine, in Western Australia. 

First spodumene concentrate is expected as soon as ore is fed to the DMS circuit in early March.

“This is a pivotal time for the project as we make the transition from developer to producer,” Tawana MD Mark Cederwood said in a statement on Thursday.

Dry commissioning has started and is expected to continue until late February, while wet commissioning is scheduled to start on February 21.

The crushing and stockpiling of ore has started and the motor control center and low voltage switch room have also been commissioned.

“Ore feed to the DMS is expected in early March, subject to wet commissioning,” he noted.

Plant construction started in August last year, with mining beginning in December and ramping up to around 20 000 m3/d by mid-February.

An offtake agreement for 6% bald hill lithium oxide was signed in April 2017 with Burwill Holdings. The agreement has a five-year term with pricing of $880/t set for 2018 and 2019.

The first lithium shipment is planned for April this year.

Edited by Mariaan Webb
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

Showroom

Universal Storage Systems (SA)
Universal Storage Systems (SA)

South African leader in Steel -Racking, -Shelving, and -Mezzanine flooring. Universal has innovated an approach which encompasses conceptualising,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Booyco Electronics
Booyco Electronics

Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of Proximity Detection Systems, offers safety solutions for underground and surface mining, quarrying,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

PGMs and green hydrogen make headlines
PGMs and green hydrogen make headlines
19th April 2024

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.246 0.28s - 88pq - 2rq
1:
1: United States
Subscribe Now
2: United States
2: