Resumen de Kumas: : capitalising on vertical integration in refractories

Industrial Minerals

• [Kumas] presently has reserves of 127m tonnes cryptocrystalline crude magnesite ore and 112m tonnes crude dolomite ore. A total of 1m tpa raw ore material is processed at the company's various mine sites to increase purity via crushing, sieving and permanent magnet separators, before being trucked to Kumas' production facilities.

  In 2011, Kumas acquired a plant in Tavsanli, containing one shaft kiln capable of 15,000 tpa CCM production, one rotary kiln with 18,000 tpa CCM production and a separate shaft kiln with 25,000 tpa DBM capacity.

  Capacity now stands at 275,000 tpa DBM, 55,000 tpa CCM and 37,500 tpa FM. Kumas can produce 90-97% pure MgO DBM, 80-97% MgO pure CCM and 96-98%MgO FM.