https://www.miningweekly.com

Base sets production record for two products

13th October 2016

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

Font size: - +

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Base Resources has reported record quarterly rutile and ilmenite production from its Kwale mineral sands project, in Kenya, on the back of increased plant throughput.

Ilmenite production for the September quarter reached 121 821 t, up from 119 340 t in the previous quarter, while rutile production increased from 21 766 t in the June quarter to 22 458 t.

Zircon production for the quarter under review declined from 9 471 t to 9 050 t, reflecting lower average zircon recoveries, which resulted from circuit optimisation modifications undertaken during the quarter.

The modifications were necessitated by the higher mineral separation plant feed-rate and some electrical voltage instability that resulted in repeated stoppages in the wet zircon circuit.

Zircon recoveries are expected to improve in the December quarter.

Meanwhile, sales volumes for the quarter declined across all products, with ilmenite sales dropping from 150 911 t in the June quarter to 139 441 t in the three months to September, while rutile sales were down from 32 454 t to 23 023 t.

Zircon sales volumes for the quarter were also down from 9 590 t to 8 525 t.

Base on Thursday maintained its full-year production guidance for all three of its products, with rutile production expected to reach between 88 000 t and 95 000 t, ilmenite production between 450 000 t and 480 000 t, and zircon production between 35 000 t and 40 000 t.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies
Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies

Established on 1 March, 2000, by Barries Barnard, Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies (AFST) and the Advanced Group stands as Sub-Saharan...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Bell Equipment
Bell Equipment

As one of South Africa's leading manufacturers, Bell Equipment distributes and exports its wide range of heavy equipment globally to mining,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

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:0.045 1.075s - 110pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now