Project Name: Luele Kimberlite Project
Client: Endiama Mining Lda
Location: Angola
Phase 1 (500 tph) flowsheet:
1,500 tph feed circuit for hard rock kimberlite (a first on kimberlite ore), including a 1,500 tph ThyssenKrupp eccentric rolls crusher (ERC)
500 tph autogenous mill
120 tph gravity-fed DMS plant
3 x TOMRA XRT units (provision for 9 units in total)
Fines X-Ray units
Unique to the project is a 50 m diameter, inner-driven, deep-cone concrete thickener, complete with a customised reagent facility.
Key facts:
4,000 tonnes of structural steel and platework plus mechanical equipment
12,000 m3 of reinforced concrete
550 pax installation crew.