Canada: Western Oil Sands & Altair – TiO2 feedstock & pigment

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Weight: 32 KB
• Volume: 2004
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0969-6210
• DOI: 10.1016/s0969-6210(04)00137-7

✦ Synopsis

Caulim da Amazonia (Cadam) can currently produce up to 1 M tonnes/y of kaolin from the Morro de Felipe mine on the Rio Jari in Amapa state. The Rio Jari can accommodate ships up to 30,000 tonnes dwt and so the kaolin, produced at the Munguba processing facility on the Rio Jari, can be loaded directly into ocean-going vessels, bound for customers in Europe, Asia, South Africa and the Americas.

From Caemi's capital investment total of $101 M for 2004, a budget of $24.2 M has been earmarked for Cadam. Of this, $6.3 M will be spent on equipment replacement and information technology, while $17.9 M will be devoted to improvements in mining efficiency and the upgrading of a spray-dryer.