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Valentine's Iron Ore Project - Uruguay
Valentine's Iron Ore Project - Uruguay
The Valentines Project will develop the following facilities:
- 50 Mtpa open pit mine.
- 18 Mtpa magnetite DR concentrate processing facility and associated infrastructure.
- 230 km concentrate slurry and return water pipelines.
- Deep water export/import terminal for the export of 18 Mtpa concentrate, and supply of consumables.
- Onshore infrastructure for project, power generation, materials handling of concentrate, coal and consumables, services and utilities.
SNC-Lavalin was appointed by Zamin Resources to undertake the discovery phase of this project and this was subsequently followed by a prefeasibility study and a definitive feasibility study. SNC-Lavalin was responsible for the overall management of these studies including the management of other specialist consultants.