AMG Graphite commissions Mozambique project

• Autores: Davide Ghilotti
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 594, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Junio)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • AMG commissioned Ancuabe graphite mine in Mozambique joining other graphite junior producers already in the country.

    Germany's Graphit Kropfmuhl GmbH, part of Dutch metals producer Advanced Metallurgical Group NV (AMG) under the name AMG Graphite, has completed the commissioning of the Ancuabe graphite mine in Mozambique, with production starting this month, AMG announced on 8 May.

    AMG Graphite, an operating division of AMG and an affiliate of Alterna Capital Partners, forecasts a total production capacity of 9,000 tpa graphite at the site.

    "Ancuabe will produce concentrates at different carbon content of up to 98% carbon," Thomas Junker, managing director and CEO at Graphit Kropfmuhl, told IM. "In addition, sieving operations can be done at the mine.